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Cafe Baguette -- Good Mediterranean near Campus

On the recommendation of a Beast Blog reader, a bunch of us headed to Cafe Baguette (2510 Channing, just off of Telegraph Ave., in Berkeley) last night for a Mediterranean meal. Here is what she wrote in:

Basically, it's this tiny place that opened up a coupla weeks ago, called Cafe Baguette, on 2510 Channing (just south of campus). It's all-organic, and the food is *amazing,* not to mention dirt cheap. I think the owners must be a Tunisian family, because they have a bunch of Tunisian stuff on the menu (including lamb couscous and veggie stews), but they also have your traditional falafel and shawarma,
which kick the butts of those at Truly Med and Bongo Burger. I've been looking forever for a place that does this stuff at a price that I (as a student) can handle, and that meets my standards (my parents are Middle Eastern). And oh my God, this so fits the bill; I've eatern there four times in the past week, since I discovered it.

Anyway, so I highly recommend you check it out. I almost feel obliged to go advertise for them everywhere, since they haven't been getting many customers since they opened, and I would die if they went out of business so soon after opening, since they're so damn good. God forbid another independent-run place shuts down to be replaced by another Subway.

Pretty much everyone ended up with a Mediterranean platter. I got lamb. Others got chicken. The lamb one looked like this:

Though less blurry. The lamb people were much happier than the chicken people. The lamb tasted... lamby. Meaty. Juicy. And spicy. It was quite good. As was the hummus. The baba ghanoush was the most eggplant-y I'd ever had (it's up to you to determine if that's a good thing or not). The falafel were the only disappointment -- dry and kind of chewy.