Ghareeb Nawaz literally means "sustainer of the poor." In the search for good cheap eats that's a good sign. It's just West of Ridge on Devon and there's usually a line waiting for nan. It's basically a Pakistani taqueria. The food's great and cheap but the trade-off is the dining room. For take-out it can't be beat. Instead of dropping $50 for dinner further West on Devon, $15 is more than enough to splurge for dinner... for four.
We usually get takeout and this time our order was goofed. It worked out however. Instead of chana masala - chick peas in a fantastic sweet and spicy sauce, which I had last time and was the reason to return, I found gyros paratha in the bag. Having periodically heard my wife's hankering for "the wind" (Windy City Gyros), I gave her (after a few bites) the combination of gyros and onions in a curry sauce wrapped in paratha and served with yogurt. I think she said she liked it better than the wind...! It's different. It has more spice to it and the paratha is a limper and oilier bread. It's the perfect after bar food. The perfect after bar food. (yes, I said it twice). Nawaz is 24hr!
The frontier chicken was boneless, shredded chicken that also tasted good and went well with the plain rice. I would go for a boneless chicken biryani next time. It was very similar without the saffron and other wonderful spices. I saw a couple of cups of chai being served as I was leaving. Next time.
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The proprietor is very nice and answered a few questions about the
menu. There are pictures of some dishes as well as several menu boards
that are redundant but if you sort of know what's what you should have
no problems.
They also serve nehari, halwa puri, basically everything. Dishes run
from $4 to $2... chana masala is $2, nan is $0.50, rice is a buck. It
explains the line...
Ghareeb Nawaz
2032 W. Devon
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This place has the some of the best desi food on Devon! I have seen people who drive all the way from Indiana and Wisconsin every weekend just for their chicken biryani! The prices are amazing too...you can pretty much feed your whole family for under $10. And I have been there recently and it seems like they've really cleaned the place up. They made a new section for families and its so clean! And they remodeled their bathrooms...with marble and state of the art furnishings! It seemed like a bathroom from a five-star restaurant! I usually hate public bathrooms but I had no problem using this one. They also have a prayer room and a place to make Wudu. Hands down...first-class fast food!
Posted by: Maryam | May 23, 2006 at 12:45 AM
While I love the place I wouldn't suggest anything about it was 5-stars... it just a friendly place with great, cheap food!
Posted by: josh | May 30, 2006 at 08:04 AM
My dad, Bashir Bozai is the owner of Ghareeb Nawaz. I'm glad people enjoy our service.
Posted by: Zainab | July 14, 2006 at 04:11 PM
Its an awesome place to have dinner and its sooo cheap , one cannot compare their price with anyother restauarant on devon. The quality of the food is same as the quality of other restaurants on devon. Ghareeb Nawaz I wish will sustain for ever.
shahukh alam
Posted by: shahrukh alam | May 06, 2008 at 11:26 PM
This is one best places to eat food!It has all kinds of food!And the food is so good!I would just say go check the place!
Posted by: Soofia Khan | November 15, 2008 at 02:59 AM
Hmmzzz... Not bad.Average.but its not pakistani traditional food.let me correct you, its actually a hyderabadi food.iis raelly good.but personally i usually avoid such a spicy food.sometimes not good for health ha.please get me wrong.overall its awesome
Posted by: Zehra Bozai | January 25, 2009 at 09:02 AM
very informative blog
Posted by: Nawaz Sharif | November 23, 2009 at 11:54 PM
Awesome place. Love the food there.
Posted by: Sarah Bozai | October 31, 2010 at 07:45 PM