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No Soup For You! Ok, I’ll Have The Falafel & Chicken Sandwich.

Beneath a billowing plume of fragrant charcoal smoke at 20th & Market in Philadelphia lies Christos’ Falafel, a small cart run by chef/owner Gus Hristis.  Maker of the most interesting – and possibly the best – sandwiches in all of Philadelphia, Christo’s (also known as the Falafel Nazi, so named with respect and admiration after the Seinfeld Soup Nazi, a similarly passionate and eccentric food vendor) serves up a grilled chicken and falafel sandwich on a pita that pleases and thrills the palate like none other.

The grilled chicken and falafel sandwich comes on a fresh Greek pita, stuffed to the gills with made-fresh daily fillings and sauces (red pepper sauce, shredded lettuce, chopped tomato, hot sauce, cous cous, lots of Greek oregano-even some fresh grapes) and wrapped in foil in a cone to go.  The chicken is char-grilled, sweet and smoky.  The falafel is fried but still tender, flaky and green.

The fillings change daily, so expect some new flavors to tantalize you on each visit.

One of our favorite food vlogs, VendrTV, also gave a wonderful review of Christos’. Check out the video after the jump.