Where in Sequim, Wash., can you get mouth-watering gyro stuffed with thinly sliced beef and lamb, diced tomatoes, purple onions, feta and juicy tsatziki sauce? At Gabby's Java & Gourmet Grub off Carlsborg Road.
Gabby's is an enduring gem in a world of fly-by-night sandwich shops and roadside coffee stands on the Olympic Peninsula. A columnist for the Sequim Gazette raved about the brand-new Fifth Avenue Deli a few months ago. If its bland sandwich was any indication, its sudden makeover as yet another real estate office should be no surprise.
Don't expect run-of-the-mill sandwiches here at Gabby's. When I pulled up Friday for lunch, I was told they had run out of Philly and lasagna. 'What else do they have?' Preconceived notions of Reuben, chicken and other sandwiches flew out the passenger-side window as fast as a menu was handed out the window of this drive-through joint.
"Off Gabby's Grill" has Philly, gyro, BBQ meatloaf, lasagna, pulled pork on Kaiser roll and chicken pita. A familiar variety of deli meat on your choice of bread is under "Cold Sandwiches." If you get there before 10:30 a.m., you might try the full (US$6.95) "BORU Breakfast."
The breakfast fit for a king might have been named after the fabled Irish emperor. Just don't go swinging your imaginary sword down Carlsborg Road, chanting "Éire go brách!" Sheriff's deputies will not take kindly such bizarre displays of national pride.
You might miss Gabby's small red brick building, set back a few yards from Carlsborg Road, but its gyro (US$5.95 with feta) is impossible to forget.
471 Business Park Loop
Sequim, WA 98382
360.683.8839
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