King of Falafel & Shawarma

"A map of Palestine hangs on the wall at this Astoria mainstay founded by Freddy Zeideia, who started with a food truck in 2002 before it upgraded to a restaurant in 2015. It strives to have some of the city’s best falafel and shawarma, but the menu offers many other notable dishes, including flame-grilled kebabs and qudia, a quintessential Jerusalem breakfast or luncheon dish of hummus topped with fava beans, zapped with a sprightly green sauce. The original cart now often parks at East 53rd Street and Park Avenue in Manhattan." - Robert Sietsema