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A chicken doner at Toomi's Shawarma, 125 S. State Rd., Upper Darby.
A chicken doner at Toomi's Shawarma, 125 S. State Rd., Upper Darby.Read moreMichael Klein / Staff

Toomi’s Shawarma

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Beirut-born Wissam Chatila and family, who’ve run West Philly’s popular Manakeesh Cafe for nearly 15 years, branched out into fast food with Toomi’s Shawarma in Upper Darby. The star is the chicken shawarma, created by a chef named Kasim from a Turkish family who previously owned a shawarma shop in Ukraine. This also explains the presence of a less-spicy chicken doner kebab on the menu. The shawarma comes on a long roll or made up into a rice-and-salad bowl. (There’s hummus on the Lebanese version and pickled onions on the Turkish version.) And because this is Delco, you can enjoy it with a canned soda by Day’s, based in Newtown Square.

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Restaurant Details

125 S. State Rd., Upper Darby Township, PA, 19082
215-798-6992
https://shawarmatoomis.com/
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