mmm-yoso is the blog. It’s Cathy’s turn today. Kirk is on vacation.
Hi, it’s me again. The Mister and I were driving about Little Italy about noon on Saturday because we so enjoy trying to find a parking space and then walking many blocks. We did not feel like waiting in lines with lots of tourists, but were hungry and decided to head up Washington Street and probably going for a slice of pizza. Bronx Pizza is really close by.
Being the ever vigilant blogger, I knew that Bronx would kind of be a redundant post; a ‘wasted meal’ in a sense, and that it would probably just provide fodder for the vocal anti-Bronx crowd out there. The Mister and I both like it, and that is that. It is good pizza.
Ah, where have we also gone that we liked but I have not yet blogged about? Oh sure, Kirk did, but like a long time ago, in September of 2005. Kitty corner from Bronx-
Mediterranean Cafe! Yes, we went here about 2 years ago, -when the line for Bronx was out the door- and we *really* liked it. Besides, I sort of wanted some sort of greens and Bronx is only pizza.
Here is the menu. Pretty much standard Mediterranean fare, with a lot of vegetarian options.
There are nine small tables inside. It seems most people were getting "To Go" orders, although at all times there were at least two tables with ‘eat in’ people, even at 2 p.m. on a Saturday. You can walk up and order and pay, or sit at a table and someone will take your order and bring the food out to you.
I wanted to try the Gyros and hummus combo plate ($8.75).
Gyros, hot pita, a lot of mixed greens salad with shredded carrot, tomato, olives, feta
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In store made fresh hummus. Herbed rice (the herb was dill) with green beans mixed in. (Option of rice, fries or more salad was given). The rice is not the sticky kind, but was fresh and tasty.
The gyros meat was plentiful and good. Not the best I have ever had, but not bad. The hummus was wonderful. The side of tzatziki was also fresh and nicely sour. You make your own salad dressing with the condiments provided on the table.
The Mister, still craving pizza, tried the Cheese pizza, small (8 inch) served with a side of Greek salad ($5.95).
This was a *lot* of cheese, melted properly (i.e., some burned cheese)on top of a pocketless pita and had a mild tomato/garlic/olive oil sauce. Wow! It was heavy with cheese and we can only imagine how much they put on top of the ‘large’ (11 inch) pita bread. Excellent.
Even though we weren’t that hungry, I was curious about the sign "we proudly make our own Key Lime Pie" at the counter and decided we must try a slice. 
Wow, again. Real whipped cream topping-not from a can- and the lime flavor was subtle, not sweet, texture creamy and the crust was a good crispy graham cracker crust. Definitely home made. It costs $2.50 a slice or $18 for the whole pie. Once again, I strongly urge everyone to be certain to have their children study math. {This slice is not 1/8 or even 1/7 of the whole pie-the profit margin on the whole versus sliced pie is quite high}{This phenomenon shall hereafter be dubbed the "inverse Costco effect": thanks, Hao}
I am thinking that it is even busier in here during the week, with this great deal on sandwiches that is available. 
(click and it will enlarge) I am trying to think of how I would be able to have the tzatziki sauce on a sandwich with any of those meats, but suppose I could just do a cheese sandwich and all the veggies and then it would work.
Anyhow, try this place; it’s been in the same location for a long time and it’s good.
Mediterranean Cafe 112 West Washington (corner of 1st and Washington) San Diego 92102 (619)98-7738 Fax (619) 298-7739