St. Louis is filled with shawarma, but only the beef Original Palestine from Medina Grill has our hearts. The shawarma is spit roasted and shaved to order, seared with spicy chile-tomato-vinegar sauce to add gusto, then folded into a soft pita along with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles, a garlicky tahini sauce and a dusting of bitter sumac. It’s an addictive handheld lunch that keeps us coming back over and over again.
This article appears in August 2016.
