Zorba's Kitchen

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A small, family-run Greek kitchen on Lake Underhill Road where, as one guest put it, the chef cooks like someone's Greek grandma. Everything is made fresh from scratch: lamb gyros on soft pita, the skepasti stacked with lamb, peppers, fries and feta, moussaka, spanakopita, and feta fries on the side. The dining room is intimate and welcoming, the kind of place that makes regulars feel at home.

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