Demos

LOCATION: 146 Lexington Street Waltham, MA 02452
TYPE OF FOOD: Greek (don't worry, there's no "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" jokes in this review (at least for the first half))
REVIEW: Greek restaurants are as much as an enigma as opening a Christmas present: when you open it, you have no idea what you'll get. Would they put stuffed grape leaves on the Greek salad (OMG!!!!! :O)? Would they have the creamy Greek dressing (GASP!!!)? Or would they, possibly would they, would they experiment with their kabobs (AHHHH!!! TWEET! MUST TWEET!!!)? Luckily, I knew of one place which had nether of these three: Demos (THANK U YEAH!!!!).

I had been there so many times I didn't need to use my vitreous humour to look at the menu: chicken kabob dinner with double Greek salad and water (oh, I know what you were thinking: you thought I would go into some long thing stating how weird the food offered was like, "Oh, they have deep fried lamb and they call it, an American classic," well I'm not going to do that, this paragraph will be trim with only a couple of sentences, so if you don't like it, you can just go- oh, it's long now, isn't it? Oh....). I sat down and after a few minutes, the salad came, though I didn't touch it (or breathe on it or think about or, gasp, smell it!), and instead I waited until more minutes later for the kabobs to come. And soon enough, the kabobs arrived.

The kabobs were nice and hot, and the chicken was nicely grilled to absolute perfection. They were nice and juicy, and I chewed on them happily. The vegetables were the exact same, perfectly grilled and one of the best sandwiches I have ever eaten when placed in a pita with the meat. After the meat disappeared to meet its' acid fate in my digestive system, I reared my ugly head to the salad. The lettuce was fresh and the vinaigrette was delicious, but the best part of it was the cheese. The cheese was slightly salty, the sign of good Feta cheese, and combined with the rest of the salad, it was absolutely delicious. Walking away with a ton full o' delicious fresh from Mount Olympus food (say hi to Demeter for me), I stepped out the door out into the parking lot out into the car out onto the street out to my house.

SERVICE: The service was nice, though I didn't get a real sense of them (I'm not Freud here, give me a break, unconscious mind). They mostly stayed behind the counter, where they took in money and orders. They brought the food to you ('cause I'm a lazy hard working American who needs to put food on the table.... and dress weird at Walmart), which was a nice bit of relaxation. The staff was authentic Greek, and has some sort of accent. Despite this, I could still understand what they were saying. My unconscious mind bothers me some times.

ATMOSPHERE: The atmosphere had direction signs, pictures, wood, perfect, authentic.... Italian. I'm not joking. The atmosphere made it look as if it was an authentic, legit (I don't have time to type the full word, blame my unconscious mind) Italian restaurant from the North End. I mean, it was mostly clean, had nice booths to sit in and fine bathrooms.... but it looked like a darn Italian restaurant. And you know what? I was kind of fine with it. One's unconscious mind works in strange ways.

PRICE: The price is about twenty-six dollars for two meals and a drink. The food was high quality and plenty of it as a kicker. Overall, the price is perfect for the delicious food. This restaurant's manager has a pretty good unconscious mind, if I don't say so myself.

RATING: Demo's is a delicious authentic Greek restaurant in every sense of the word. It has decent service and a nice price to boot. While the atmosphere looks more Sicilian than Aegean, anyone with a fit unconscious mind can get past that. Oh, I'm sorry. I think I've been seeing too much product placement. Fly JetBlue today and save money! Darn unconscious mind. Demo's gets a five out of five.