![]() Gyros, is the main feature on the menu at Alexandros, although its cooked similar to the middle eastern dish of Shawarma, the difference is in the spices used to marinate the meat.Īt Alexandros, the meat is shipped fresh into the store every morning, its then marinated in a secret blend of spices that only one cook at each location is allowed to use and know about. Customers feel nostalgic visiting the red-coloured counter front, they talk about how the restaurant still looks the same from when they would come as a kid. Walking into the restaurant, store manager Tahmina Sadigova points to a corner near the beverage fridge where she said many people were crouching down to hide from the shooter.Īside from that, good memories still exist at the Danforth location of Alexandros. The restaurant took in a few people who were shot and brought them to the basement until emergency services came. In the summer of 2018, the first shots in the Danforth shooting were fired right outside of Alexandros. Into the early 2000's, it was a favourite among club-goers in the area, who would fill up the outdoor patio for some late-night eats. Throughout the years, Alexandros has been an anchor in the Danforth and Greektown communities. Greek people were particularly excited to see a popular food from back home being available in the city they lived in now. When Owner Angelo Velonis started selling Gyros for the first time in Toronto, people would wait in long line-ups down the road, just to try the dish. ![]() Gyros in English means "to turn", it's a popular dish in Greece traditionally made with lamb that cooks while spinning on a pole inside of a vertical broiler.Īlexandros first opened on the Danforth in 1997, but since then a chain has grown, now there are three different locations across Toronto, with a fourth store in Hamilton, Ont. ![]() ![]() Alexandros Take Out has been in business for over 20 years, it was the first Greek restaurant in Toronto to introduce Gyros on their menu. ![]()
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