Rochester, NYGyros

Aladdin's Natural Eatery is a Rochester business whose Monroe Avenue room is the original, and (585) Magazine writes that it markets its menu as healthy, all-natural and inexpensive, made with fresh, locally sourced ingredients wherever possible. The kitchen carries a gyro plate of lamb and beef alongside its falafel and hummus. Order the gyro plate with rice pilaf and pita, and a side of hummus.

Cedar Mediterranean Restaurant opened at 746 Monroe Avenue, and what is unique about it, CITY Magazine's Katie Libby writes, is that owner Elia makes every flatbread and pita to order in a small oven while you watch, about three minutes a bread. The menu wraps shawarma, falafel and kabob into that fresh pita. Order the gyro plate, or a pita filled with meat carved off the vertical spit.

West Ridge Hots on the city's northwest side is owned by Serkan Yagmur, and CITY Magazine's feature on immigrant-run kitchens highlights a variety of gyro dishes served with rice pilaf, salad, and pita bread, plus halal shish kabob and shawarma. It blends a classic Rochester hots-joint menu with Turkish and Mediterranean cooking. Order a gyro plate with rice pilaf and pita, or the halal shish kabob.

Master Falafel offers a gyro pita at its Monroe Avenue counter, with gyro meat also available over rice or salad. The kitchen serves Syrian-spiced fries, baba ghanouj, tabbouleh, hummus, and stuffed grape leaves alongside its falafel. Order the gyro pita for the dish in hand, or a gyro plate with the Mediterranean sides.