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XL Dining Guide 2003 - Recommended Restaurants

MIDDLE EASTERN

• Alborz. Features the food of Iran with a daily lunch buffet and dinner menu. Buffet includes saffron rice with chicken and ground beef kabobs. 3300 W. Anderson Lane, No. 303; 420-2222.

• Ararat. The fare of Turkey and Persia are emphasized at this restaurant, including a vegetarian dolmah felfel, where reservations are required nearly every night. 111 E. North Loop Blvd.; 419-1692.

• Daddy's Grille. Mediterranean cuisine, including a Lebanese kafta, outside Bastrop. 766 Texas 95 N., Bastrop; (512) 303-1735.

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The pizza at Saccone's is well worth the drive.

PIZZA

• Niki's. Authentic Big Apple pie in Dobie Mall on the edge of the University of Texas campus. 2025 Guadalupe St., 474-1876.

• PizzaNizza. Pizzas loaded with options, such as the veggie with onions, artichoke hearts, spinach, roasted peppers, sun-dried tomatoes and zucchini. 1608 Barton Springs Road; 474-7070.

• Rounders. Lightly charred crust to impart a flavor found in few pizzas locally. 1203 W. Sixth St., 477-0404.

• Saccone's Pizza. "New Jersey-style" pies provide some of the best pizza in the region. 13812 Research Blvd.; 257-1200.

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