Summer Salad: Melita’s Greek Café & Market
By Shari Caudron
Created 2010-07-02 10:34

By: Shari Caudron [1]

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Summer Salad: Melita’s Greek Café & Market

I love a big salad, especially for lunch on a hot day. My latest darling is the chicken souvlaki [2] salad at Melita’s Greek Café & Market [3] on Lincoln Street in Capitol Hill. Tender chunks of chicken---marinated in lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, and herbs---are grilled (to order, not in advance) and set alongside a fresh tumble of mixed greens, cucumber, onions, olives, pepperoncini, and tangy feta. The salad comes with two dressings: a light tzatziki [4] and a slightly spicy oil-and-vinegar. (I prefer the refreshing cucumber-yogurt of the tzatziki.) Rounding out the dish is soft, warm pita bread, a dolma [5], and a triangle of sticky-sweet baklava [6]. All this for an easy $8.45. Tip: If you like fixing Greek food at home, Melita’s has a small market where you can purchase olives, cheese, grape leaves, pita bread, and other Greek staples. But don’t wait until the last minute. Melita’s is open only until 7 p.m. on weekdays and 5 p.m. on weekends. 1035 Lincoln St., 303-629-1624
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[1] http://www.5280.com/tag/authors/shari-caudron
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souvlaki
[3] http://www.melitasgreekcafe.com/
[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tzatziki
[5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolma
[6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baklava