[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

No, it isn't because they buy from Sysco. I don't know if they do or not, and it doesn't matter. These food service companies sell whole leaf lettuce, not just shredded lettuce. They sell individual ingredients, not just pre-made portion-control frozen foods. They offer a variety of options to restaurants, and the restaurant decides which items it will buy, if any, and in which form/shape.

Taki's could buy bags of greens, unshredded, washed and ready to toss. They've chosen not to. They also prepare their sauce in-house. Do they used canned tomatoes? No doubt. Do they use ground chuck instead of grinding their own chuck-roast in house? You betcha. But the preparation is done there, it's not a ready-to-nuke operation. That doesn't mean it's good. There are plenty of restaurants that make everything from scratch - and don't last long, because their food is lousy.

Takis greek salad isn't greek salad. I don't know why they call it that, and I don't know why people keep ordering it from them.

As I said - their pastitsio is very tasty. A really good greek ground beef and tomato sauce with plenty of herbs and not too much pepper, with just the right amount of cheese. But they need to stop calling it lasagna. It isn't lasagna. It's pastitsio.

Wish they offered good gyros