Ybor City’s comparatively newer, fancier Acropolis is no slouch in the beef-and-lamb department, either, but walk into any one of Athenian Garden’s three St. Pete locations, and you’re always gonna get the perfect Greek wrap. The two most common mistakes in gyro preparation are Tzatziki sauce saturation and meat-strip overload, but the Garden’s sandwiches always give great, flavorful proportion. Athenian Garden has three locations in Pinellas County; www.atheniangarden.com.
This article appears in Sep 14-20, 2005.