Short notice lunch/GNR delivery today (10/30) 1pm at Naf Naf

Just come by if you want to.

Dang. Didn't see this until after we already ate! I've been thinking about a trip there for the last 2 weeks.

We did make it to Naf Naf today and they have their GNR sticker on the door and their plaque by the register. I said something to the girl at the register and she said "Isn't that cool, he was here yesterday" They was also a sign that said they will be featured on Hungry Hound next week.

LikestoEatout wrote:We did make it to Naf Naf today and they have their GNR sticker on the door and their plaque by the register. I said something to the girl at the register and she said "Isn't that cool, he was here yesterday" They was also a sign that said they will be featured on Hungry Hound next week.

A truly shocking coincidence.

Steve Dolinsky's Hungry Hound should show Naf Naf tonight.

I was there a couple times the first week for the onslaught of volume that made it chaotic. The personable owners were all over the problems though. One evening that week shortly before closing Naf Naf had the most interesting clientele maybe ever put together in Naperville. Our table was the only "flatlanders." There were two tables of Israelis, two tables of Arabs, an American Jewish Orthodox family, and a table of young men that I took to be recently arrived Russian Jews. I was so impressed-who knew Naperville could be so cosmopolitan? Since then they have settled into a very comfortable routine with excellent food. I have commented before that I think their falafal (sp?) is my favorite in Chicagoland, but I also think the lentil soup is as good as anyone's too. I recently become enamored with the hot sauce-does it have special name? what's in it?

Constantly making fresh pitas out in the open assures fresh bread, but also make the place smell great all the time. The older woman making falafals continuously is a nice touch as well.

The staff has turned over quite a bit and the service can be quirky (who does get the olives and pickles?). There were two young males "working" there of a total of 5 or 6 staffers who seemed to ignore the hostess/order taker's requests. Although there were only a handful of customers (6 maybe), they ignored the hostess' request to serve our soup-she ended up serving it herself. Likewise at the end of the meal they ignored her request to make Turkish coffee-the older woman had to make it. I don't know if it was ethnic, cultural, or hormonal, but it did make for an odd dynamic.

Fortunately the food is consistently good-my current favorite is the chicken shwarma and the schnitzel.

A well deserved GNR!