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DonCoquixote

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5. Tampa has a Persian restaurant
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 06:23 AM
Jul 2012

that has a big evening buffet, where you see cross sections of the Arab/Muslim community come in. It is what made me realize that Muslims are not monolithic, especially as that one place attracted people throughout the city. You had some come in Armani blazers, some in T shirts.

Of course, it being in the University area, it also attracted a lot of starving college students that were already used to eating Gyros, Kababs and Falafel.

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