Gyros. Fattoush. Hummus nachos. Middle Eastern kitchen opens in Kansas City’s Crossroads
Sido’s, a new Middle Eastern food concept, is now open in Parlor in the Crossroads.
Owner Abbaas Abu Zareefeh, a native of Jordan, has been waiting for a spot to open up in the food hall for a couple of years. Three of his four sons will operate the kitchen.
“Sido means grandpa, and we are continuing the legacy of my dad, the kids’ grandpa, who had a Jordan restaurant from 1959 to 2010,” he said.
He was an executive chef in Dubai and operated restaurants in Jordan before moving to Kansas City in 2012 and opening a remodeling and tile business.
Sido’s menu includes hummus with pita, baba ghanoush with pita, falafel, fried kubbeh (cracked wheat and dough balls stuffed with a mix of ground lamb and beef), gyro salad and sandwiches, fattoush, and shawarma salad and sandwiches.
The Sido sandwich is a pita bread stuffed with ground lamb and beef, greens, peppers, onions and tomato. The menu also has kebabs, stuffed grape leaves, hummus nachos and shish tawook — skewered barbecued marinated chicken.
It is on the second floor of the food hall at 1707 Locust St., in the former Taco Tank space.
This story was originally published March 16, 2023 at 10:52 AM.