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“Many of the wickedest characters in the Bible were too busy with

Published 8:00 am Thursday, November 8, 2012

Owner and chef Maria Hines runs the expo window at her restaurant.
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Owner and chef Maria Hines runs the expo window at her restaurant.
Owner and chef Maria Hines runs the expo window at her restaurant.
Maria Hines does it all.
Happy hour!
Roasted asparagus with spring onions and bonneted with toasted disc of haloumi cheese.
Grilled chicken wings with ginger and lime.
Herbed falafel, iceberg lettuce, pickles and tahini sauce, served in a hand sized pita.
Flat Bread accompanied by hummus, walnut and pomegranate, and garlic and herb yogurt dips.
Fries, burnished with beef fat and seasoned with sumac and salt.
Stuffed cigars made with phyllo dough, spinach and feta.
Warming up pitas the original way.
An outside booth to enjoy the sun.

“Many of the wickedest characters in the Bible were too busy with thievery and bestiality to bother with gluttony, but had they shifted their sinfulness to the edible realm, they surely would have gorged themselves on something like the fabulous gum mastic ice cream that Maria Hines offers as a coda to her rangy Mesopotamian menu at Golden Beetle.” Read Hanna Raskin’s full review of Golden Beetle.Photos by Joshua HustonPublished on June 23, 2011

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