{"id":139,"date":"2019-09-12T10:32:54","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T15:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mariana\/?p=139"},"modified":"2019-09-12T12:05:41","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T17:05:41","slug":"1-georges-gyros-fan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mariana\/2019\/09\/1-georges-gyros-fan\/","title":{"rendered":"#1 George&#8217;s Gyros Fan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Life is so good in Iowa City. My classes this year are a bit more difficult. I&#8217;m taking 3 classes for my major and 2 gen eds. (Yep, I\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">finally<\/span> decided on my major! Hip, hip, hooray!)<\/p>\n<p>My hardest class right now is my astronomy class and some aspects of my classes for my major are difficult as well, but other than that I&#8217;m satisfied with my classes this semester. I have two classes that are my creative outlets: Elements of Art and Intro to Media Production. The other classes are serious, lecture heavy classes.<\/p>\n<p>All summer I have been dying to come back to Iowa City for one reason: the gyros downtown. It is a hidden gem that was introduced to me by four close friends of mine. It is a blue and white food cart with white letters outlined in red that spell &#8220;George&#8217;s Best Gyros.&#8221; When you go somewhere to eat and see &#8220;Best&#8221; in the name you usually question it, but I can 100% confirm that George&#8217;s Gyros definitely are the <strong>best<\/strong> gyros in Iowa City. For all of you who want to try them out, George&#8217;s comes out every Friday and Saturday from 10pm &#8211; 2am and each gyro is $7. The gyros come with pita bread, onions, tomatoes, meat and gyro sauce!<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-139 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mariana\/2019\/09\/1-georges-gyros-fan\/acs_0218\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mariana\/files\/2019\/09\/ACS_0218-169x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mariana\/files\/2019\/09\/ACS_0218-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mariana\/files\/2019\/09\/ACS_0218.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-145'>\n\t\t\t\tGeorge&#8217;s Best Gyros\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mariana\/2019\/09\/1-georges-gyros-fan\/acs_0219\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mariana\/files\/2019\/09\/ACS_0219-169x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mariana\/files\/2019\/09\/ACS_0219-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mariana\/files\/2019\/09\/ACS_0219.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-146'>\n\t\t\t\tMy last gyro of freshman year\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mariana\/2019\/09\/1-georges-gyros-fan\/acs_0221\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mariana\/files\/2019\/09\/ACS_0221-169x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mariana\/files\/2019\/09\/ACS_0221-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mariana\/files\/2019\/09\/ACS_0221.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-147'>\n\t\t\t\tGetting gyros with my roommate in pj&#8217;s\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mariana\/2019\/09\/1-georges-gyros-fan\/acs_0217\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mariana\/files\/2019\/09\/ACS_0217-169x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mariana\/files\/2019\/09\/ACS_0217-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mariana\/files\/2019\/09\/ACS_0217.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-144'>\n\t\t\t\tMy first gyro of sophomore year\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>After discovering George&#8217;s freshman year, I started walking 20 minutes in my pajamas from Hillcrest to the Ped Mall with my roommate just to get a $7 gyro from them. It was the highlight of our weekends. Then we would go back to Hillcrest before their flex meal location closed and got M&amp;M ice cream bars as our dessert.<\/p>\n<p>Before I left for my home in the summer, I asked my friend to take me to George&#8217;s as my last meal before he dropped me off in the Greyhound bus stop. My friend is an Iowa City native and he had never heard of George&#8217;s. Needless to say, he&#8217;s also a big fan now. You&#8217;re welcome, Alfredo!<\/p>\n<p>All summer I told my friends how much I was craving gyros to the point that whenever I would go to a restaurant that had gyro in its menu I would order it, but sadly nothing compares to an Iowa City gyro.<\/p>\n<p>Then, finally I got back to Iowa City and had a gyro with my new roommate. After that, I asked my boyfriend to take me to get gyros as our first date back together. Then, my friend said she wanted to try them so I took her and we each had two. I could go for another five gyros right about now too.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>PS. My dad is coming to Iowa City for the first time in October and he has heard me rave about George&#8217;s so much that he always tells me how much he can&#8217;t wait to try them. I&#8217;m so excited to introduce him to George&#8217;s!<\/p>\n<p>PPS. Fun fact: There&#8217;s a grilled cheese stand next to George&#8217;s called Marco&#8217;s Grilled Cheese and my friends and I always debate about which stand is better and it&#8217;s definitely George&#8217;s, but you&#8217;ll have to try for yourself to decide. (But if you&#8217;re more of a Marco&#8217;s type of person we might have an issue.) (I&#8217;m kidding, Marco&#8217;s is delicious! And they&#8217;re also cheaper by $2, so that&#8217;s definitely a perk! I also could go really for a grilled cheese right now&#8230;)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life is so good in Iowa City. My classes this year are a bit more difficult. I&#8217;m taking 3 classes for my major and 2 gen eds. (Yep, I\u00a0finally decided on my major! Hip, hip, hooray!) My hardest class right now is my astronomy class and some aspects of my classes for my major are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mariana\/2019\/09\/1-georges-gyros-fan\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">#1 George&#8217;s Gyros Fan<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mariana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mariana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mariana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mariana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/103"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mariana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mariana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mariana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139\/revisions\/154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mariana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mariana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/mariana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}