"Iâm a big fan of Lebanese food from years spent calling on Toledo accounts. Toledo is the US home to Lebanese cuisine in my mind and Byblos is right at the top. Food-wise, Maryâz reminded me of Byblos. Hummus was outstanding, falafel sandwich included Lebanese pickle and radish, as Iâve come to like it. Taboulah was more tomato and citrus than barely and parsley, yum. The pitas were a bit wimpy but thatâs a nitpick. They were supposed to allow bringing in wine with a corkage which we did, bringing in a fine bottle of aged Turley Petite Syrah. But I noticed others bringing in or bottles of fighting varietals and it made sense when they didnât charge the corkage. Those folks were taking advantage of the fact that they hadnât been charging corkage during the time when their wine and beer license was being approved. That happened last week and these folks either didnât know or didnât care so they brought in their two-buck Chuck despite there being multiple bottles of fairly priced, similar wines on the menu. Then I heard the manager was going to stop letting people bring in wine. No!!!! Fools abusing a corkage policy in-flux by bringing in wines is just ruining it for the people who have cellars and donât mind paying corkage to have the privilege of using their cellar in this crazy state which forbids corkage when a full-liquor license is granted, even if the proprietor is okay with it. I hope Maryâz doesnât go the no outside wine route. Rant aside, we will certainly return. I give it thumbs up. Llama Cafe may be looking at hard times with Maryâz down the street."
