Posts Tagged ‘Max’s Kosher Cafe’

The Falafel at Pita Hut in Rockville: Can It Compete With Max’s in Wheaton?

The winner of last month's Restaurant Week contest suggested that, instead of sending him a copy of Best Food Writing 2009, I could hand it to him during lunch. Did someone say lunch?! So last week, Y&H make the trek up to Rockville Town Square, where Daniel Korn introduced me to a new kosher Middle Eastern operation known, rather rustically, [...]

Ali Baba’s in Bethesda Does Falafel the Egyptian Way

Not long ago, Mohamed Elrafal decided to trade his antiques business for a spotless new street cart, which to this untrained eye looks as if it's painted deep Egyptian blue. The color would be only appropriate. Elrafal is a native of Egypt, and his cart, Ali Baba's Falafel, located on the corner of Willow Lane [...]