Persian chef's restaurant expands your mind, not your girth

It takes a rare man to bring together different cultures, like Obama, who's done great things for acceptance of diversity, even though we're still far, far away from George Lucas's vision of wise green dwarfs commingling with upright-walking dogs with crossbows. Fearlessly crossing cultures to healthily feed you, Sheik Burritos n Kabobs.

From a 7-year Houston's vet called "The Chic Sheik", SBnK's a health-conscious cranny of organic eats, blowing away cultural boundaries with Persian/Southwestern-fused dishes and an interior decked with a mural whose three panels feature a mountain valley, a blond, daisy-duke'd babe on a yacht, and a desert scene with a camel, belly dancers on flying carpets, and a Rolls-Royce parked in front of an Arabian palace, all presided over by an Iron Sheik action figure standing under a toy camel, which is pretty clutch. All food's made using fresh, organic, locally grown meats and produce, with no butter, sugar, or flour; apps kick off with dipables like "Hailey Hummus n Feta Fantastica" (w/ tortilla chips), salads like "Sheik's" (w/ gold raisins, apples, mint & chopped pistachios, to which you can add beef, chicken, pork, or lamb), and soups like the lean ground chuck/kidney & black beans "Skins Chili", which is always tastier, if slightly more salty, than the Shirts' one. Entrees include the "Riggins" (w/ chili, white rice & white yogurt), Sheik's Salad, and "Bad-man-Jon" (spicy eggplant/lentil/tomato sauce), "Dirka-Dirka" w/ lamb, Bad-man-Jon, and "Shirazi" (slow-stewed greens w/ kidney beans & dried limes: "the most exotic of sauces"), or the chicken breast, rice, Shirazi & yogurt Camelback (w/ "Feast-n-June" sauce: ground walnut/pomegranate/julienned carrot); all can be served "Persian" (wrapped in large whole wheat pita), "Southwestern" (a burrito), or "Dog Style" in a large bowl, which you'll get if you sit still, look attentively pathetic, and haven't peed on anything recently.

Sheik plans on having his liquor license in January, at which point his staff of harem girls'll enthusiastically serve you beer, boat drinks, wine, cocktails, or shots, so stay on target...stay on target!