Samia's — Restaurant in New York

Loooovvveeee love love this place! It's all homemade and all fresh and Everytime something different over the last 20 years. Both staff are super patient with explaining what everything is. The dough actually has flavor, the proofing process isn't rushed or they use a poolish buga or mother of some sort. I love anything with spinach and feta, sometimes it's chicken, sometimes potato, etc. Also the meat stuffed zucchini omg! The ricotta mozzarella bread is so perfect. The fried...

Wonderful homemade-style middle eastern food items. Kibbe, Spinach Pies, Meat Pies, Yebra, Mjedera, non-meat Kibbe, Eggplant, Baba Ganoush, Humus, etc. Nice lady and her husband run this business for many years, always the best freshest and tastiest items. We have been going to her for ocer 20 years and it was the only place my dear Hamati would buy these items when she could not make them herself (and she was also a great cook)....

I have been coming here since I was young, probably over 18 years now. Just for the spinach pies and grape leaves. Amazing comfort food. Delicious and worth the trip over to Bayridge. I have tasted many grape leaves from many different places but hers are the ABSOLUTE BEST. (Please note they are...