Beyti
My first adventure to Brighton Beach! I've known Brighton Beach to be a Russian neighborhood - and we certainly saw Russian establishments in the area - but as we discovered, there is also a large Turkish population in the southern tip of Brooklyn. I have only had good Turkish food (in fact, I sort of believe you can't go wrong with Turkish food) and our trip to a small kebab place called Beyti confirmed my theory. Beyti definitely looks like a local favorite. The sweet smell of roasting meat hits you when you first walk in. The people working there probably don't speak the best English. People were walking in shirtless from the nearby beach and boardwalk. Sanitary? Probably not. But gladly it didn't take away from the food. We shared a large mixed appetizer platter and a mixed meat entree. The mixed appetizer platter was great: a big dollop each of a mint yogurt sauce (think tzatziki), hummus, babaghanoush, chopped eggplant,...