"Intense First and ongoing impressions: literally find yourself pressed on a sole intense, unchangeable, unenigmatic eye presence found in visages of diners, waitpersons, children, nearly everyone, i.e. all within one—one—and each single Zyara dining room table. Window above the large back area aka “garden” dining room: early June evening completely bathes everyone and everything in light. Mixed styles, distinctive clothes contain and present each body, all ages; efficient eye-to-eye uni-form intra table gazing. Zyara’s cooking artists evolve tasty, well-designed, appealing, delicious dishes. For us these include pitas, appealing fresh salad, distinctive baba ghanoush, falafel, Turkish eggplant, zhug, and, most flavorful, Tahini. The food welcomes and pleases all eaters at all tables. Intense eater-to-eater interactive ocular experience permeates each table’s eating and intra- table eying space, never eluding or leaping beyond fellow table persons’ eyes. How does the intensity evolve? Where does the intensity originate? What births it? What sustains or nurtures it? What? What! zyararestaurantnyc.com 25-53 Steinway St Astoria, NY 11103 Phone number (718) 777-7753"