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Hot Pepper Cafe (Falafel Spot)

New York, New York, United States

Falafel Spot

The Hot Pepper Cafe is a small restaurant located on Waverly Place, near Washington Square Park. They serve spicy falafels! We visited for lunch, and ordered through their big take out window. The store is quite small, so you can either go in the door and order at the counter, or order from the window that occupies the remainder of the storefront.

Whole wheat pitas may also be available - I think I saw a bag of them sitting on the counter.

Dress

Very casual

Cost

4.50 for a falafel sandwich

Service

We placed our order through the walk-up window, and one of the two people working there immediately put some falafels in the deep fryer for us. They took about three minutes to cook, and we had our falafel sandwich shortly after that.

Items Ordered

Falafel Sandwich

Falafel Sandwich

I was quite surprised how spicy this falafel sandwich was - I have never had spicy falafel before. At $4.50, the pita may be slightly overpriced (there are cheaper falafel pitas available at Mamoun's Falafel), but if you like spicy falafel, you should definitely try this place.

The pita was well stuffed with lettuce and salad on both the top and bottom, and four fairly medium-sized falafel in the middle. We also had some tahini in the pita, but declined the additional hot sauce. I didn't really like the falafel. I thought it was too spicy, and with all the spice, I couldn't appreciate the flavor of the falafel. I just tasted spice.