Discovered this great little diner today for lunch--looks like a bit of dive from the outside, but opens up to a good amount of seating once past the counter and everyone that works there is very friendly.
I got one of the daily specials: bleu cheese burger and onion rings ($9) and it was very good. The burger was like one you would make on the grill at home and they added grilled onions on request. White bread bun wasn't anything special, but it held together well enough. The onion rings were fairly thick cut with a crunchy, textured breading, definitely a "worth the calories" splurge.
Menu is pretty simple: salads, burgers, deli sandwiches, soups of the day; not as Greek-focused as I was expecting, but there is a gyro on the menu. They have table service for ordering & food delivery and then you pay up front.
Great, family-run lunchtime diner downtown. Â And when I say family-run, I mean that at all times, at least two generations of the family is behind the counter. Â Sophia's menu is traditional Greek-American diner fare: grilled ham and cheese sandwiches, fish sandwiches, mac n' cheese and gyros. Â I work right around the corner and I've never had a bad meal here, but it's the friendly service that makes me want to give them my business.
Review Source:I have eaten here twice and the food was really good.
The first time I went I had a gyros which was very good. The tzatziki sauce was definitely home made and had been made with love, I know this because it brought a tear to my eye!!! When I got a chance to talk to the cook, he told me about his mother making it from scratch, I hope I can talk her into making some skordalia, which is something I love and admire and have not been able to construct on my own.
Their breakfast specials are also really good, and really inexpensive! Classic Greek and American fare done very very well.
I stumbled across Sophia's Deli and Restaurant this afternoon, and decided to grab some lunch there. Sophia's is in the 800 block of Main Street downtown and just a few blocks from both the Main Library and Aronoff Center, and it is very good despite its small size. Sophia's appears to have been around for a while and it isn't at all that nice on the inside, at least from a physical standpoint. Within seconds of stepping inside, however, the cook (who I had a feeling was the owner) greeted the two of us, and the service was great too, so I guess it was "nice" from that standpoint.
The restaurant seemed a bit old-fashioned and unlike something you would see out in the suburbs. Its kitchen is at the front of the narrow restaurant and there are several booths and tables packed in tightly in the back of the tiny restaurant. My brother and I stopped in during the lunch rush and managed to get the last available table. Although the restaurant was packed, most of the customers didn't look like the business crowd, so perhaps we were seated among regulars/long time Sophia's fans.
Sophia's is known for its homemade macaroni and cheese, while its fried fish sandwich and deli sandwiches and salads are also popular. The restaurant also serves soup, burgers, daily specials, and some homemade desserts, which account for most of the other menu items. I ordered the Gyro with fries for $5.95, and that is actually one of the most expensive items on the menu (most items are under $5). It was very good and it didn't take too long for the waitress to bring it, even though they were one worker short today and had just one waitress (who did a great job by the way).
Sophia's has a small menu and its small interior is very old and bland-looking, but with its great service, good food, and low prices it is definitely worth checking out if you happen to make it downtown. I was pretty impressed with the restaurant and recommend going there for lunch if you are in the area during the week.
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