Zankou Chicken   

Fine dining it's not. The strip-mall location is drab, the lighting is fluorescent, and the dining room bears an uncanny resemblance to a high school cafeteria. But who really cares when the food is so crunchy-greasy-garlicky good . . and so cheap! Rotisserie chicken is the obvious choice and it's excellent, especially with the house garlic sauce and warm, oven baked pita bread accompaniments. But shawerma -- either as a platter or in a sandwich -- is also worth a try, and so are the kebabs if you've got enough time and patience to wait while they're cooking. If you don't recognize some of the dishes from their menu descriptions, just look at the photographs on the wall. Approach the otherworldly hot pink vegetables that are served alongside your main course cautiously -- they're pickled turnips, and they've got quite a bite. -- Lena Katz