How to Use souvlaki in a Sentence

souvlaki

noun
  • There were shops, a town hall, wine cellars, souvlaki sticks.
    — Timothy O'Grady, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2019
  • This is great to use with chicken or souvlaki before grilling.
    — Judy Buchenot, chicagotribune.com, 4 May 2018
  • The restaurant serves gyros and pitas, salads, bowls, souvlaki and more.
    — Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Like sheet-pan chicken souvlaki and summer berry stovetop crisp.
    — Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Eat your fill of lamb on the spit, gyros, souvlaki, saganaki, pastisiou, mousaka and more.
    — cleveland.com, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Is anyone a vegan that couldn’t do a food tour sampling souvlaki and feta cheese?
    — Amy Louise Bailey, Vogue, 7 June 2018
  • Our chicken souvlaki skewers were served hot and curling with steam, the rich tzatsiki and ladolemeno sauces spot on.
    — Kendall Hamersly, miamiherald, 19 Oct. 2017
  • The menu includes dishes like housemade pita, fish kofta, lamb belly ribs and pork souvlaki.
    — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Its menu also includes rice bowls, handhelds, souvlaki and separate seafood menu.
    — Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The menu features homegrown recipes for items like gyros, salads, and lamb, steak and chicken souvlaki platters.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 25 Sep. 2020
  • The focus is on small plates, such as cashews dusted with ras el hanout (a North African spice mix) and tender pork souvlaki.
    — Julie Besonen, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2017
  • Twenty value meals with fries and a drink, from burgers to Italian beef to gyros to chicken and steak souvlaki.
    — Shonda Talerico Dudlicek, Elgin Courier-News, 6 July 2017
  • New Yorkers may relish the city’s diverse street-food offerings, from schnitzel to souvlaki.
    — Charles Passy, WSJ, 26 Mar. 2018
  • The neighborhood is a great one to explore on foot; make a pit stop at Ta Koritsia for a souvlaki to-go.
    — Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The event has shifted to a drive-through format, offering food, including gyros, souvlaki, baklava and more.
    — Michael Norman, cleveland, 28 May 2021
  • Menu diversity includes Great Greek gyro, as well as lamb, steak and chicken souvlaki plates.
    — Paris Wolfe, cleveland, 29 Sep. 2022
  • These include goatburgers, baklava, calamari, gyros and souvlaki and lamb.
    — Ann Maloney, NOLA.com, 11 May 2017
  • There will be plenty of Greek foods available for sale, including souvlaki, pastitsio, spanakopita and gyros.
    — Erin Gallagher, Daily Southtown, 9 June 2017
  • That influence can be felt while eating in restaurants serving gyros, souvlaki and spanakopita, not to mention baklava and loukoumades for dessert.
    — Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 14 Mar. 2021
  • The fast-casual restaurant serves steak gyros, lamb shank youvetsi, chicken souvlaki and moussaka.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2019
  • So did the divine mushroom souvlaki at the recent pop-up, Happy Gyro, hosted at Komi.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2019
  • Try your first bite of souvlaki on a stick, sit back and watch live music and dancing, wander around the Hellenic cultural exhibits and, best of all, shop for belly dancing skirts.
    — charlotteobserver, 23 Aug. 2017
  • The souvlaki cookoff - essentially a Greek kebob - will also be judged by members of the SCA.
    — Jennifer Bolton, Houston Chronicle, 12 Aug. 2019
  • His uncle’s cart was at 51st Street and Park Avenue, and also sold Greek sausage, spinach pie and souvlaki platters.
    — New York Times, 20 July 2021
  • Gyro Express carried a short, fast-casual menu of souvlaki, veggie and chicken pita platters, lamb kebabs and lemon potatoes.
    — Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com, 26 Aug. 2021
  • Greekman’s — with a menu of souvlaki, salads, hummus, pita and Greek natural wines — through October.
    — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2021
  • From kefta kebabs and tandoori chicken skewers to lamb souvlaki, Thai moo ping and negima yakitori, my hand will always gravitate to anything grilled on a stick.
    — Asha Loupy, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2022
  • Close behind the treat is a souvlaki featuring mushrooms that have been sliced paper-thin, marinated, layered and pressed for a few days before they’re threaded on a skewer and seasoned with oregano.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2019
  • Pitagyros in Oia is fantastic (and reasonably priced) for traditional souvlaki.
    — Kerry Pieri, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Dec. 2018
  • The menu will include choices such as the familiar gyro, and other favorites including chicken souvlaki, mousakka with green beans, lamb shank with rice, pastitsio with green beans, falafel on pita and more.
    — cleveland, 19 Aug. 2020

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