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by
Gerald D. Thurman
[GETTING THERE][HELPFUL LINKS]
RoadTripAmerica.com asked me, via e-mail, if I would visit
Jimmy's Krazy Greek Restaurant located in Fountain Hills, Arizona. I used
Yahoo!Maps to get driving directions between my starting location at Scottsdale
Community College and the Krazy Greek in Fountain Hills. Yahoo told me
I had an 18 mile drive that would take 29 minutes. Yahoo!Maps did a great
job. I left SCC at 11:00 a.m. and drove 19 miles in 32 minutes to Jimmy's
Krazy Greek Restaurant.
I had the feeling the Krazy Greek was going to be a friendly
place. I did not want a free meal; therefore, I left my camera in the
car and decided I would speak to them after the bill for my lunch had
been paid. I entered the restaurant and was told to sit where I pleased.
I picked a booth in the middle of the mostly empty restaurant (it was
11:30am on a hot mid-September Friday). I knew immediately that this was
indeed a friendly place operated by a tightly knit family unit. It was
nicely decorated with lots of art and memorabilia.
I ordered a gyro sandwich that came with fries. The menu
reminded me that gyro is pronounced yee-roh. When my lunch arrived, I
just had to take a picture. The gyro was excellent and the fries were
nicely done.
I suspect taking a picture of my food caused the Krazy Greek
to be suspicious of me (they may have even thought me krazy). When the
waiter brought my check she insisted that she knew who I was. I assured
her she didn't. She asked if I had come from far away and I told her I
came from Scottsdale. It was obvious that she knew I just wasn't some
guy who dropped in for a lunch, so I gave her a printed copy of the email
message I had received from RoadTripAmerica.com. Upon reading the email,
she bolted into the kitchen to tell the others.
Immediately I was invited into kitchen area of the restaurant
to take pictures. This was one of the cleanest looking kitchens I've ever
been in. While I was in there, the restaurant filled with people, and
that limited the rest of my picture taking. I did manage to get a picture
of a patriotic tree and an old poster.
I will definitely return to Jimmy's Krazy Greek Restaurant.
9/03
RTA Editor's Note: We first enjoyed the hospitality
of the Carres family in April, 1997, when we had the good fortune to have
lunch at their first restaurant on Saguaro Blvd. If you stop by Jimmy's
Krazy Greek, be sure and say hello to Christina, Dina, Jimmy, & Rita
Carres. The family is originally from Cyprus. They'll treat you like family
while you are enjoying some of the best food to be had in greater Phoenix
metroplex.
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