Cuisine:

• Middle Eastern
• Armenian
• Others
• East and West

Raffi's Place Description:
Among the most popular eateries in Glendale, this patio-focused Armenian café tends to be crowded even during off-hours. The restaurant has a clean, functional interior, but most of the action takes place on its inviting outdoor courtyard, with its striped awnings, expansive mural of a Mediterranean seascape and towering trees wrapped with sparkling lights. This is clearly a social scene: guests hop from table to table, consuming enormous portions of food and---because they're outdoors---smoking to their hearts' content. The menu is rather short---especially when compared to the extensive lists at nearby Middle Eastern restaurants like Carousel---but almost all the dishes are exceptionally well-prepared. It would be easy to construct a meat-only meal, but be sure to start with the cool roasted eggplant spread. Kebabs rule here, and our favorites are the remarkably juicy koobideh (ground beef), herb-inflected shishlique (lamb chops) and tender chicken barg (chicken breast), all served with roasted tomatoes, a stack of lavash bread and a mountain of saffron-tinted basmati rice.


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