Street Food Icons — Season 1, Episode 2: The King of Falafel

Episode synopsis

King of Falafel & Shawarma has been serving mouthwatering Middle Eastern cuisine on the streets of Astoria for the last 17 years. The falafel recipe, with its unique oval shape, is a guarded secret of owner Freddy Zeideia, who mastered it with techniques he learned while growing up in Palestine. After being dissatisfied with the falafel and shawarma offerings in New York, Freddy took matters into his own hands by starting King of Falafel & Shawarma in 2002. Since then, his enterprise has grown, with a truck in Astoria, a cart in Midtown, and a newly opened restaurant in Queens. They also serve chicken over rice, kebabs, meatballs, and other Palestinian specialties. As Freddy would say, "Yeah Baby!"

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Famous Roasted Nut Carts of New York City
• E3The Jerk Chicken Queen of the Bronx
• E4The Iconic $1 Pizza Slice of NYC
• E5The Legendary Dosa Man of NYC
• E6The Lechón King of the South Bronx
• E7The Food Truck That is Serving an Embassy
• E8The $1 Tamale Queen of New York
• E9Chemist Turned Street Food King of Peru
• E10Mama Jo is NYC's Official Grandmother of Breakfast
• E11$2 Burgers in Harlem
• E12Filipino Style BBQ for $1 in the Heart of LA