Eat local: Alexandros Take-out

Queens Quay is home to about 37 eateries -- we'll loosely define them as places where you can pick up a bite to eat. At Queens Quay Life, why not try to give a good idea of what each has to offer. Today we continue with gyros and souvlaki

Alexandros Take-out 5 Queens Quay West
Restaurant info

We've all seen Alexandros. It's on the south side of Queens, just west of Yonge Street. It's not uncommon to see people stop in and out of the perpetually open takeout and eat in joint. Truth us, we didn't try Alexandros until we embarked on this eat local theme.

Gyros and souvlaki are pretty common in Toronto. Alexandros served pork and chicken gyros on pitas and souvlaki. When we went into Alexandros, it was empty and we were instantly greeted by the person on duty. We took a quick look and decided to go for the chicken gyros. We've read about the chicken but we didn't quite feel like a full meal.

The food: The chicken gyros cost $5.60, weighed 10 oz or 285 gm (yes, we have a digital scale at QQL. It had lots of chicken, tomato, onion, hot sauce and some
very garlically tzatziki sauce.



The hot sauce was a nice and the tomatoes were a much needed addition to give the meat moisture as it was a little dry. But since it's gyros and it was a slow day, we're not surprised. The meat was flavourful if a little on the salty side with the sauces and about on par on what you'll find elsewhere but had a few pieces of gristle. Luckily, we don't mind gristle

The pita was small, crispy and tasty, with meat overflowing

Other dishes: Dinners for $10 and burgers starting around $4.

What locals should know:
Conversations can go a little like this:
"I'l have a chicken gyros to go"
"Tomato, onion"?
"Yes"
"Hot sauce?"
Yes
"Cold out, eh?
"Yep"

No frills, and we love it that way .

This shop has obviously been here for a long time and is bound to stay for awhile yet. We think it's served by the condo, local working crowd and probably the endless car-bound workers who can make a quick stop. Perhaps with the new George Brown campus, it'll get a big surge of students looking for cheap grub. It's sure to please.

Eat in: Stools enough to fit more than a few people. It has outside seating for nice days