We eat there a lot, mostly for takeout. It is the Eastern Mediterranean
joint we prefer in University City.
Sa'ad seems to be open on every day, at every hour that we want takeout
food. I don't recall placing an order during Ramadan, so I can't say
what he does then. His kitchen lies within two blocks of two mosques, so
I suspect he faces market pressure to respect Islamic customers. The
wall art is unquestionably devout: 10 times more illustrations of Mecca
than I've ever seen illustrations of, say, St. Peter's in an
Italian-American restaurant. But my impression of the proprietor is he
is more interested in selling food than faith. His kitchen staff does
not wear ostentatious religious dress, for instance -- less so than some
of the Plain-Folk vendors at the Clark Park Farmers' Market, for instance.
He does serve a basic Philadelphian short-order grill menu, with
cheesesteaks and the like, along with his Middle Eastern fare. So I
would describe Sa'ad as a successful crossover/crossroad ethnic restaurant.
-- Tony West
Wilma de Soto wrote:
Sa-ád's business hours escape me, even though I enjoyed a Shwarma there four
years ago.
Are there regular business hours or still "Brigadoon" hours.
Another listserv poster said they had Cheese steaks and when my husband and
I went by after riding our bikes on the Drive this past Sunday, but he was
closed.
I DO know he closes for the entire month of "Ramadan". Aside from that when
is he open and what does he serve?
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