Grecian Cafe (again)

mmm-yoso!!! continues to be written by Cathy while Kirk and His Missus continue to enjoy their well earned vacation.

I wrote about Grecian Cafe in January 2019, without mentioning the reason we first stopped here was because of our regular bread run just down the street at Frank's Bakery.  The update to that post is the the corner anchor restaurant here is no longer Pizza Hut Round Table Pizza, but is Pho and Grill International.E3A5B68C-478A-4DA4-B43B-E923F3D064F7 The other update is that this family owned and run restaurant has been here for more than 30 years.
19F6F7D6-8652-48F4-BDBE-F594B74B410C Walk in, order and pay.  There is a menu board above the ordering space in the wall.  Your food is brought out by one of the family members.  
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C2366B26-AB7D-4D5D-96AA-9322644F0773 As always, we order onion rings ($4.49).  Thick slices of sweet onions, sweet batter, properly crisp fried and not greasy.  This is served with ranch dressing.
C2366B26-AB7D-4D5D-96AA-9322644F0773  DC1BC732-D780-4988-AC8E-6AB70C265290 A small Greek chicken salad ($9.49) holds a lot of tasty, moist roasted chicken and comes with pita bread and tzatziki.  The salad part is the same size as the side salad which comes with the meal below and includes cucumber, tomato and onion and a red wine vinegar based dressing.
C2366B26-AB7D-4D5D-96AA-9322644F0773  F3093B69-3294-436D-B318-E1BB34F6F0B8 The Moussaka and Gyros combination plate ($15.99) was ordered on this day…because we wanted leftovers.  Plenty of fluffy rice with some peas and carrots topped with slices of gyros and, of course, the Moussaka- the bottom layer is baked potato, then a nice layer of eggplant, the sweet (cinnamon and oregano) spiced ground meat filling topped with a layer of thick béchamel and covered in a subtle seasoned (garlic, thyme, parsley, basil) tomato sauce. 

Another long time family owned, quality restaurant which survived Covid-19. 

Grecian Cafe 9676 Campo Road Spring Valley 91977 (619) 464-0385 Open Mon-Sat 11-8, Sun 1-7 

25E25838-C438-4937-AA62-48A09F8A4673 You can see the Santa Sophia Roman Catholic Church tower just East out the side window of the restaurant.  The Greek title, "Santa Sophia" (Holy Wisdom) is popular in Greek Orthodox churches and is rare for Catholic churches.