How to Use souvlaki in a Sentence

souvlaki

noun

• There were shops, a town hall, wine cellars, souvlaki sticks.
  — Timothy O'Grady, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2019
• The focus is on small plates, such as cashews dusted with ras el hanout (a North African spice mix) and tender pork souvlaki.
  — Julie Besonen, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2017
• This is great to use with chicken or souvlaki before grilling.
  — Judy Buchenot, chicagotribune.com, 4 May 2018
• Eat your fill of lamb on the spit, gyros, souvlaki, saganaki, pastisiou, mousaka and more.
  — cleveland.com, 1 Sep. 2017
• His uncle’s cart was at 51st Street and Park Avenue, and also sold Greek sausage, spinach pie and souvlaki platters.
  — New York Times, 20 July 2021
• Twenty value meals with fries and a drink, from burgers to Italian beef to gyros to chicken and steak souvlaki.
  — Shonda Talerico Dudlicek, Elgin Courier-News, 6 July 2017
• The souvlaki cookoff - essentially a Greek kebob - will also be judged by members of the SCA.
  — Jennifer Bolton, Houston Chronicle, 12 Aug. 2019
• The flagship location opened in Hoover in 2021, and the menu features such Greek dishes as souvlaki, gyros, kefta and falafel.
  — Bob Carlton | [e-mail], al, 19 Jan. 2022
• Our chicken souvlaki skewers were served hot and curling with steam, the rich tzatsiki and ladolemeno sauces spot on.
  — Kendall Hamersly, miamiherald, 19 Oct. 2017
• Is anyone a vegan that couldn’t do a food tour sampling souvlaki and feta cheese?
  — Amy Louise Bailey, Vogue, 7 June 2018
• The menu features homegrown recipes for items like gyros, salads, and lamb, steak and chicken souvlaki platters.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 25 Sep. 2020
• Of course, there is Papa Cristo’s, the famous Greek taverna opened since 1948, where my call is usually the half chicken or lamb souvlaki.
  — Ben Mimscooking Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2022
• New Yorkers may relish the city’s diverse street-food offerings, from schnitzel to souvlaki.
  — Charles Passy, WSJ, 26 Mar. 2018
• But, not too much notice: Saturday, March 31, is your last day for flaming Saganaki or lamb souvlaki.
  — Domenica Bongiovanni, Indianapolis Star, 28 Mar. 2018
• Try your first bite of souvlaki on a stick, sit back and watch live music and dancing, wander around the Hellenic cultural exhibits and, best of all, shop for belly dancing skirts.
  — charlotteobserver, 23 Aug. 2017
• So did the divine mushroom souvlaki at the recent pop-up, Happy Gyro, hosted at Komi.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2019
• The event has shifted to a drive-through format, offering food, including gyros, souvlaki, baklava and more.
  — Michael Norman, cleveland, 28 May 2021
• Entrees include pork souvlaki and Mediterranean sea bass.
  — Jay Caruso, Washington Examiner, 11 Feb. 2021
• Full dinners include pastitsio, souvlaki and lamb shank.
  — courant.com, 11 Sep. 2020
• Close behind the treat is a souvlaki featuring mushrooms that have been sliced paper-thin, marinated, layered and pressed for a few days before they’re threaded on a skewer and seasoned with oregano.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2019
• One of the festival’s main draws is, of course, the food: expect all the standard Greek specialties, including dolmadas, tiropita, pastichio, souvlaki, and more.
  — Betsy Blumenthal, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 June 2019
• There will be plenty of Greek foods available for sale, including souvlaki, pastitsio, spanakopita and gyros.
  — Erin Gallagher, Daily Southtown, 9 June 2017
• The menu will include choices such as the familiar gyro, and other favorites including chicken souvlaki, mousakka with green beans, lamb shank with rice, pastitsio with green beans, falafel on pita and more.
  — cleveland, 19 Aug. 2020
• From kefta kebabs and tandoori chicken skewers to lamb souvlaki, Thai moo ping and negima yakitori, my hand will always gravitate to anything grilled on a stick.
  — Asha Loupy, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2022
• That influence can be felt while eating in restaurants serving gyros, souvlaki and spanakopita, not to mention baklava and loukoumades for dessert.
  — Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 14 Mar. 2021
• Greekman’s — with a menu of souvlaki, salads, hummus, pita and Greek natural wines — through October.
  — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2021
• Today, Pete’s Kitchen still serves up cowboy burgers, gyros, souvlaki and breakfast burritos within a larger mix of Greek and greasy-spoon dishes.
  — Josie Sexton, The Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2019
• Coffee shops in New York, souvlaki restaurants in Buffalo, chili parlors here, gyro stands everywhere.
  — Polly Campbell, Cincinnati.com, 19 June 2017
• Gyro Express carried a short, fast-casual menu of souvlaki, veggie and chicken pita platters, lamb kebabs and lemon potatoes.
  — Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com, 26 Aug. 2021
• Enerjy serves various Mediterranean and Greek specials like spanakopita, pork souvlaki, lula kebabs, beet hummus, and gyros.
  — Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 12 Aug 2024