Lebanese Guys

When you Google “Lebanese Guys,” the algorithm will show you oiled men with burly chests and chiseled jawlines lounging on beaches, squinting into the abyss harder than your grandpa at an eye exam. But if computers were really that smart, they’d take you right to this red Lebanese food truck on Bird Road with the fluffiest falafels in town. But here we are, and there goes your algorithm. We’ll give you a minute to search if you’re curious.

If you’re still with us, let’s focus on the right Lebanese Guys, which you’ll find at a strip mall by train tracks that always send our dog flying to the roof of our car. There’s no sign out front, so be on the lookout for a smoke shop named “N Hale.” Turn into that plaza.

photo credit: Cleveland Jennings

photo credit: Cleveland Jennings / @eatthecanvasllc

photo credit: Cleveland Jennings

photo credit: Cleveland Jennings

This truck is equipped with two vertical shawarma spits that pump out juicy beef and lamb shawarma sandwiches wrapped in Lebanese flatbread. But these guys go the extra mile with all of their food. The fries are hand-cut, the hummus is made with freshly squeezed lemon juice, and their toum sauce is so garlicky it will put you on a Transylvanian no-fly list. This kind of prep is hard enough for a restaurant that's not on wheels, so we can only imagine what it’s like for a food truck run by two people.

There’s nothing on this menu over $19, which is incredible when you consider all the attention to detail (like almond slivers in the vermicelli rice), and how large the portions are. One $14 shawarma wrap can easily be shared between two people. 

Nothing—not even a web page full of hunky half-naked guys—is more exciting than coming across a place so unexpectedly good it deserves its own algorithm adjustment. From now on, whenever someone tries to find “Lebanese Guys” online, they should get photos of this truck’s oiled-up baba ghanouj, steaming hot falafel platters, and shots of sticky baklava gleaming in honey.

Food Rundown

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Falafels

These intensely green and fluffy falafels are served straight out of the fryer piping hot and ready to dunk in some tarator sauce. You will want to eat them immediately and burn the roof of your mouth (don't—be patient).

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Hand-Cut Fries

Lebanese Guys makes hand-cut fries that bend the rules of entropy and time, somehow staying crispy and fresh for up to two hours after sitting in a closed styrofoam box. The process apparently takes an entire day and involves switching from a cold ice plunge to a steaming bath more frequently than a podcast wellness bro.

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Fried Kibbeh

These kibbeh have such delightfully nutty, earthy notes with deep hints of allspice and pepper that we kind of want to turn them into cologne. But we’re not telling you to rub fried kibbeh on your neck. That would be a perfectly good waste of these delicious meat-filled balls.

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Kafta Skewers Platter

The kafta platter comes with two sides. We like ours with vermicelli rice and baba ghanouj. The ground beef and lamb skewers are more tender than that pinky toe you rammed into your bedside table last night. This is the best kafta we’ve had in Miami.

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Hummus

Lebanese Guys only uses fresh lemon juice in their hummus. You can really taste how such a small choice makes it so much brighter. And even though it comes in a dinky little plastic container, the presentation is meticulous.

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Lamb & Beef Shawarma Sandwich

Wraps sometimes taste completely different from start to finish. Not here. Everything from the tomato, turnips, and pickles are cut in long strips so each bite is exactly as good as the last. And it’s huge too.