Jannah

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Chelsea Lin

Joined 6 years ago

Exotic flavors and low prices on Middle Eastern cuisine.. A leftover pool table and long empty bar speak to this venue's sordid past--it formerly hosted a seedy Korean brothel/nightclub called Gabin--though this Middle Eastern joint's cheesy sky-meets-sea paint job looks like a new beginning. Though the wide-open spaces and hard surfaces create a noise volume that's hard to ignore, it shouldn't matter much to nearby USF students, for whom the almost laughably cheap apps ($3-4), falafel-crusted pizza, and $11 entrees (phyllo-wrapped rice-and-meat concoctions, grilled kebabs, and California-inspired dolmas wrapped in Swiss chard rather than grape leaves) seem destined. Use the change from that twenty to grab a glass of wine, or two--they're only $3 a pop--and stare off into the clouds, or try to imagine the steamy scenes from this spot's sleazy past.