Kebab shop

Kebab shop in Paris.

A kebab shop is a quick service food establishment specialising in various fast food and street food dishes, primarily doner kebab and related sandwiches, including falafel.[1][2]

Kebab shops were born in Europe, specifically Berlin with doner kebab brought by Turkish immigrants, as a natural evolution of influences from Turkey into Germany in the early 1970s, where doner kebab, iskender kebab, shish kebab and the like were served with fries and beer.[3] Kebab shops have also spread to the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Ireland.

Gabriel Tuncay Siga carving doner meat at his original Wester Hailes location, 1972. Often credited with introducing the doner kebab to Edinburgh’s western districts, where Siga’s shop became a late-night institution.

References

  1. ^ "Council ponders fast food levy - UK Politics, UK". The Independent. 2011-02-02. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
  2. ^ "Kebab shops face late night alcohol ban under Tories". BBC News. 2010-01-22. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
  3. ^ Fred Searle (2013-10-31). "From Berlin to the world - the doner kebab". The Local. Archived from the original on 2019-04-17. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
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