It’s often hard to find a quality late-night meal in Nob Hill, much less one that’s not going to drive up the credit card bill. After a quick and desperate neighborhood walk to hunt down dinner ingredients, what should appear but Falafel Street Cafe, a new Middle Eastern kitchen, which had a solid line for 9:30 on a Tuesday night. In some ways, it felt like a lucky break.

The walkup window at the corner of Northwest 21st Avenue and Glisan Street is small—it takes up just a fraction of the space inside Silver Dollar Pizza Co—but its food options are mighty. For co-owner Adam Macbale, Falafel Street Cafe was a passion project born out of trying to share the Middle Eastern comfort food he grew up with with the world. (The Macbale family has owned Silver Dollar for about 20 years. Macbale’s f

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