New York’s Best Meat Skewers Come From The Souvlaki Lady Street Cart in Queens - Dining on a Dime

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  • Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
  • Greeks have been grilling meat for centuries, and the tradition is being kept alive withThe Souvlaki Lady, who has been on the corner of Ditmars and 33rd St in Astoria, Queens for 30 years. On this episode of Dining on a Dime, Lucas Peterson tries her namesake souvlaki, with some soutzoukakia and some delicious (and secret) sauces.
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  • @FLN62
    @FLN62 6 років тому +22

    Bravo Souvlaki Lady mou. Na mou ziseis gia panta... 🇬🇷👍

    • @sachsgs2509
      @sachsgs2509 3 роки тому +2

      Σουβλακια και Τρυφιλαρα για παντα ρεεεε💚☘☘☘

  • @jeffward1106
    @jeffward1106 6 років тому +20

    I appreciate how Lucas describes the dishes honestly & intelligently.

  • @FlowerofDissolution
    @FlowerofDissolution 5 років тому +9

    The last one sounds like a "mixed grill", a pretty common dish in Greece (well, at least when I was there years ago). You'd get beef, chicken, pork, some sausage, lamb - all in one dish. Served souvlaki-style with fried potatoes, tzatziki, and some veggies. Also, fresh lemon to squeeze over the meat. Super delicious and you'll definitely be full after a meal like that.

  • @camiloandres87
    @camiloandres87 6 років тому +9

    Astoria my neighborhood ♥ unfortunately gentrification has worsen our neighborhood a lot. Two great restaurants in Astoria are definitely Taverna Kyclades and Zenon Taverna. Another great sport is BZ Grill! If you ever visit Astoria you won't regret visiting any of these three places for sure!

  • @radomark408
    @radomark408 6 років тому +6

    LOVE GREEK FOOD! Def. made my mouth water! Excellent episode!

  • @DekuStickGamer
    @DekuStickGamer 6 років тому +57

    Eater be makin Lucas eat chicken skewers, just because hes the only presenter who could last 5 minutes talking about it.

  • @Boshtunes
    @Boshtunes 6 років тому +5

    Thanks for checking out Ditmars! There's so much great stuff to eat up here. Major props for not doing Taverna Kyclades like 99% of other food shows!

  • @solomonsilal3180
    @solomonsilal3180 6 років тому +4

    Love Greek food especially the salad and grilled chicken with Mediterranean spices

  • @johndearing4180
    @johndearing4180 4 роки тому +4

    Man, going through these videos again, I need more lucas videos. Yours are my favorite on this channel.

  • @Yakikitsu
    @Yakikitsu 6 років тому +49

    For those who say "But Souvlaki is just a Copy from "this" Country"
    Btw, almost every Food in the Balkan Region is the same..
    so stop crying about it and just Enjoy it differently in every Country!

    • @saltboy1212
      @saltboy1212 6 років тому +16

      as if meat on stick was an original idea anyways

    • @jimmygs2504
      @jimmygs2504 6 років тому +10

      souvlaki is greek,it appeared 3000 years but it was called κάνδαυλος.

    • @TheofilosMouratidis
      @TheofilosMouratidis 2 роки тому

      @@jimmygs2504 κάνδαυλος was boiled meat...

  • @samirgacevic6025
    @samirgacevic6025 6 років тому +14

    Gotta love the Souvlaki Lady! So happy Eater and Lucas came out to Ditmars Astoria! Respresent! You guys should check out King of Falafel in Astoria! Another really popular spot!

  • @jy5960
    @jy5960 3 роки тому +2

    "lotta lemon lot of salt" one of the many things I miss about Astoria

  • @briankim3472
    @briankim3472 6 років тому +14

    Souvlaki is the best shoegazing album by Slowdive.

  • @tosht2515
    @tosht2515 6 років тому +112

    Here before all the anti-finger eaters show up.
    Another excellent Lucas video. 👍

    • @cileft011
      @cileft011 6 років тому +1

      boy....u know those fingers have been on subway poles and who knows what else....it just aint hygienic

    • @lucaskwanpeterson2010
      @lucaskwanpeterson2010 6 років тому +4

      Thanks for watching and thanks for your support! :D

  • @MisoDope
    @MisoDope 6 років тому +5

    Lucas is so knowledgeable about everything cuisine! It's so impressive, especially when he attempted to guess the special sauce.

  • @joyjoyoo
    @joyjoyoo 6 років тому +24

    There's also a lamb skewer lady in flushing

    • @mzmishu
      @mzmishu 5 років тому

      where exactly?

  • @mitchlippmann4773
    @mitchlippmann4773 6 років тому +28

    Can you do an episode of the chinese restaurants you grew up on in your home town

  • @ljplatano14
    @ljplatano14 3 роки тому +2

    The food looks awesome, hope for much success to the family!

  • @IAlanakiI
    @IAlanakiI 6 років тому +2

    Who loves Greek food?

  • @s_i_m_o_ns_a_y_s5064
    @s_i_m_o_ns_a_y_s5064 6 років тому +12

    Lucas is such a nice boy.

  • @sammythebullgravano4477
    @sammythebullgravano4477 4 роки тому +1

    2:46 i understood "ellada" when he said "i love it"

  • @John-ld8yf
    @John-ld8yf Місяць тому

    Great report..cool lady and daughter..food looks amazing..

  • @purerage6762
    @purerage6762 3 роки тому +5

    +1 opoios einai apo ellada

  • @manwiththeplan8339
    @manwiththeplan8339 6 років тому +5

    He's gotten very emotionless lol XD

  • @ivandragonyc5240
    @ivandragonyc5240 3 роки тому

    Wish this show would come back

  • @deathpyre42
    @deathpyre42 6 років тому +1

    Wow, that Souvlaki lady looks really good. Like, if she had kids, plural before this cart, the youngest she could be was in her 20s when she started. I guess that Greek food's just that great for one's health, eh?

  • @vithakatsa5451
    @vithakatsa5451 3 роки тому +1

    I'll come from Melbourne just for that

  • @cafezo87934
    @cafezo87934 6 років тому +1

    I love you Lucas 😊😍😙

  • @ariel3725
    @ariel3725 6 років тому +1

    That looks yummy! I'm all for grilled food.

  • @feachen1318
    @feachen1318 6 років тому +2

    I wish I can be as articulate as Lucas does.

  • @alexhernandez49
    @alexhernandez49 6 років тому +1

    My Big Fat Greek Souvlaki Appetite!

  • @donarw1064
    @donarw1064 3 роки тому +2

    Most of Greek immigrants came to the US before WW2 not after .

  • @danno698299
    @danno698299 6 років тому +1

    I’ve never had Souvlaki Lady...Ditmars is a little bit of a trek from where I live, but looks great. You should also try Frankie’s Souvlaki parked on Steinway and 31st Ave next time you are in Astoria.

    • @detectivesingh
      @detectivesingh 6 років тому

      Danny B yeah I’ve been to both and Frank makes a better souvlaki by far

  • @nulnoh219
    @nulnoh219 6 років тому

    Meat on a stick is like universal across all cultures that have invented fire.

  • @Busanjingu.popularrapper
    @Busanjingu.popularrapper 6 років тому

    YES ANOTHER LUCAS VIDEO

  • @brningpyre
    @brningpyre 6 років тому +1

    Fuck, I'm hungry. That looks delicious.

  • @cafezo87934
    @cafezo87934 6 років тому +1

    when is Lucas going to visit Asian countries aka taiwan. the world needs lucas.

    • @NickyNightShine
      @NickyNightShine 6 років тому

      Actually let Serena Dai do North Korea then leave her there

  • @christopherallen3749
    @christopherallen3749 Рік тому

    I just at wish I could find more about the grill she uses

  • @decisi2024
    @decisi2024 6 років тому

    Thank you for the hard work :)

  • @jamesechevarria5428
    @jamesechevarria5428 3 роки тому

    I love those w the bread n bbq sauce n til foil. Shishkabobs

    • @Tony_montana83
      @Tony_montana83 3 роки тому +2

      Try pork souvlaki with mustard and breat with lemon juice on the meal ofc. Thank me later bud. Greetings from greece

  • @xzxarchangelxzx
    @xzxarchangelxzx 6 років тому

    GDI, why didn't you come out with this video earlier?! I was just in Astoria last weekend. Now I have to go back. This looks so goddamn good.

  • @MichaelSmith010101
    @MichaelSmith010101 6 років тому +1

    Great video! Although whoever does post needs to chillax on the camera switching.

  • @nikipiulitzaable
    @nikipiulitzaable 6 років тому +1

    Please also leave some link to map location of the place you go! I will visit New York soon and it will make it easier for me to find the places shown at Dining on a Dime.

    • @cafezo87934
      @cafezo87934 6 років тому

      Mariuta Nicolae you could yelp it. just enter the restaurant name and location. really easy.

    • @HaydenLovie
      @HaydenLovie 6 років тому

      Yes just save all the names on yelp!

    • @cafezo87934
      @cafezo87934 6 років тому

      they show the location and "map" at 0:06

  • @user-pv3ry6os8m
    @user-pv3ry6os8m 2 роки тому

    tesyn hi tuyet v ngon thank

  • @Mikedawgs
    @Mikedawgs 6 років тому +18

    That's my hood :)

  • @callyc6887
    @callyc6887 6 років тому

    It's almost midnight AND I AM HUNGRY AGAIN WHY LUCAS WHY

  • @millionfish
    @millionfish 6 років тому

    The thing I've never gotten is that the majority of Greece and most Greeks identify as Orthodox Christian, but Orthodox Christians are the most strict when it comes to not consuming Pork.

    • @Asimenio21
      @Asimenio21 6 років тому +3

      Orthodox Christians definitely eat pork. Especially Greeks! Could you imagine if almost all of Greece could no longer eat souvlaki or gyro? They'd go nuts.

  • @sevengoals
    @sevengoals 6 років тому

    Super!

  • @woodenchair8850
    @woodenchair8850 6 років тому +23

    Lucas-senpai!

  • @sarafernandez6837
    @sarafernandez6837 6 років тому

    You should try tortas neza in queens !

  • @triantafyllosmoustakakis4700
    @triantafyllosmoustakakis4700 3 роки тому +1

    Πάμε κορίτσια δυνατά να τους μάθουμε να τρώνε

  • @thegoldenmajesticmeatball
    @thegoldenmajesticmeatball 6 років тому +1

    Μπράβο κοπελιές

  • @pluckernil
    @pluckernil 6 років тому

    Lucas, have you ever been to Toronto? (Edit: just watched your Toronto playlist!) Oh, and what's your favourite Weezer album?

  • @elduro9437
    @elduro9437 4 роки тому

    There’s a shishkebob Guy by kids GAP I think. Hands down the best in the world. Everyone knows him. His sons run it now but they hired a couple Mexicans now. It’s the best you’ll ever taste and everyone knows them. Always a line. They have a truck now

  • @HaydenLovie
    @HaydenLovie 6 років тому

    Next do Thai food in elmhurst!!!

  • @fatjingohui
    @fatjingohui 6 років тому +5

    aayyyyy lucas

  • @driopas
    @driopas 3 роки тому

    the thing is that all the culinary world knows, accepts and respects good teriyaki skewing, bout soyvlaki is so, so underrrated at the same time, same goes for souvlaki pita which technically is nothing but sushi.... sushi has tuna( protein), rice, (starch) and a burning sauce ( wasabi).....now change all these with meat, tzatziki and pita and tell me that theyre not completely identical

  • @akbardimas909
    @akbardimas909 6 років тому +3

    Do Indonesian food please

  • @MrBlazemaster525
    @MrBlazemaster525 6 років тому

    Good God that food makes me wanna kick my diet

  • @rorschachroach
    @rorschachroach 6 років тому +4

    how she start 30 years ago when she barely look 40?

  • @ry8246
    @ry8246 6 років тому +4

    Can someone teach me how to make Tzatziki?

    • @agaphkotsianidou138
      @agaphkotsianidou138 6 років тому +5

      RY 82 yoghurt, garlic,cucumber, olive oil, salt,vinegar

    • @MrBiginvegas
      @MrBiginvegas 6 років тому +4

      and lemon and mint!

    • @EFREETomani
      @EFREETomani 6 років тому

      add crushed walnuts it would take it to the next level

    • @aaronsirkman8375
      @aaronsirkman8375 6 років тому

      That would be a different, although also delicious, sauce.

    • @ry8246
      @ry8246 6 років тому

      do i still need vinegar if i use lemon? i don't like vinegar

  • @martinquinn9007
    @martinquinn9007 6 років тому

    Mmm

  • @itomti
    @itomti 6 років тому

    That seems very similar to shashlik.

  • @KieranShort
    @KieranShort 6 років тому

    Gyros! Yiros! Wins!

  • @theman6760
    @theman6760 6 років тому

    I thought this was just going to be about the wooden sticks, not the actual food.

  • @ljpjcg
    @ljpjcg 4 роки тому

    I wanted to keep watching with my eyes, but the constant camera cuts at every three words was making me dizzy and pissing me off

  • @paulto5185
    @paulto5185 6 років тому

    Hey guys were visiting new york on december. Wheres the best steakhouse?

    • @eater
      @eater  6 років тому +1

      Can't go wrong with any of these: Peter Lugers, Keens, St Anselm

    • @MrBiginvegas
      @MrBiginvegas 6 років тому

      Frankie & Johnnies 320 W 46th off Broadway district for best old school steakhouse. Peter Luger in Brooklyn is probably best steak but pricey. Gallaghers off Time Square also old school, great martini's.

  • @jimmynoleaksboilerman7348
    @jimmynoleaksboilerman7348 2 роки тому

    Lamb is traditional

  • @soisitimpossible
    @soisitimpossible 3 роки тому

    I thought souvlaki was originally lamb not pork!?

    • @sachsgs2509
      @sachsgs2509 3 роки тому +1

      Yes back in ancient Greece the meat was lamb.
      After ww2 it included pork as well(which today its a staple) and the last 2 decades chicken as well.

  • @peterfoster1844
    @peterfoster1844 6 років тому

    Meat skewer space station

  • @kweenb4166
    @kweenb4166 6 років тому

    Hi Lucas, do you wash ur hands before u eat? Sorry, i have to ask for the sake of my sanity. Thanks.

  • @improjects4510
    @improjects4510 6 років тому

    Sate

  • @umeranwer447
    @umeranwer447 6 років тому

    Not as good as people have reported , the chicken on stick was dry and over salted. Mostly white meat . Low cost but nothing to write home about. Eater.ny needs to up their game this is another one of theirs raving reviews that are sub par .
    Notable the fried chicken in NY review.

  • @dcentral
    @dcentral 6 років тому +2

    Astoria 20 years ago was one of the least desirable neighborhoods in Queens. No one but the Greeks wanted to live there. It was a rundown dump like Hells Kitchen in 1960s and 70s was a dump. Then came the "young professional" transplants from suburban America and the gays who started to move into Astoria because revitalized Brooklyn neighborhoods like Buschwick and Williamsburg became too expensive for these transplants. Astoria today is so gentrified that the Greeks can't afford the rents and properties as it's been turned into Queen's largest gayborhood.

  • @lamb4lifexox
    @lamb4lifexox 6 років тому

    It's souv- lai-kee not souvlahki

  • @user-ku1np8bs8n
    @user-ku1np8bs8n 6 років тому +2

    😩😍💦💝 i want him to (redacted)

  • @TheOne-fe8wk
    @TheOne-fe8wk 2 роки тому

    The name “souvlaki lady sauce “ made me uncomfortable

  • @FlowNexium
    @FlowNexium 6 років тому

    Glad to finally see non-pink meat

  • @petepete8862
    @petepete8862 6 років тому

    Dann I love fried zucchini and skewers.i would destroy that meal

  • @cr-ew8od
    @cr-ew8od 3 роки тому

    What happened to this dude?

  • @kellyaslan3657
    @kellyaslan3657 6 років тому

    Dear, you are supposed to use your teeth to pull it out!

  • @IBradFrazer
    @IBradFrazer 6 років тому +1

    As nice as the food looks, I could never eat food from a truck on a corner in New York City:(

  • @Bele_Ge
    @Bele_Ge 3 роки тому

    Για πμε λιγο το τυροκαφτέρι

  • @edgarjasmin7552
    @edgarjasmin7552 6 років тому

    The thumbnail is cringey af

  • @catskann
    @catskann 3 роки тому

    I remember being shown an apartment in Astoria in ‘i87. Every adult lady was sticking her head out of the window. I was with my best friend. And she was a Black American Citizen. And they were alllll staring. All those Greek ladies. Ugly, unwelcoming staring. I remember tf out of that. We chose Sunnyside.

  • @ipepsi
    @ipepsi 6 років тому

    Not that great had way better on Broadway

  • @brainwormradio
    @brainwormradio 9 місяців тому

    Very unenthusiastic when talking about food

  • @user-xh2ji2qy3c
    @user-xh2ji2qy3c 4 роки тому

    Only I cringe when I saw how this man was eating the souvlaki😳

  • @TardRepellent
    @TardRepellent 6 років тому

    looks bland though

  • @user-pv3ry6os8m
    @user-pv3ry6os8m 2 роки тому

    tesbn tuyet v thank