Looking for a one-night only Lebanese taco pop-up dinner? Of course you are! Gastown’s charming The Birds and The Beets plays host to just the very thing at the end of the month. Check out Cantina Beirut!

On January 30th (6:30-11pm), 2016 a beloved gastown cafe will transform into a Lebanese cantina for one night. Abdallah El Chami (or “Dallah”) will be taking over the kitchen at The Birds and The Beets in Gastown and serving Lebanese tacos. This will be Dallah’s second pop­-up dinner, following his takeover of 33 Acres Brewing last summer.

The menu will be his creation of Lebanese flavours in the form of tacos, as well as a desert involving Baklava. Expect a warm environment, good music, drinks, and people.

“I’m really excited to do this menu again because it is two of my favourite things in one, Lebanese street food and tacos.” – Dallah

All the profits from food sales at the pop-up will be donated to services that help refugees settle in Canada. This is something that is important to Dallah because in the early 90s, when the Middle East was not a safe place to be, Canada allowed his family to make it their new home. “This is an opportunity for me to pay it forward.”

WHO: For food lovers and the public.
WHAT: The Dallah Menu Presents: Cantina Beirut
WHEN: 6:30-11pm, Saturday Jan 30th.
ABOUT DALLAH & THE DALLAH MENU

The Dallah Menu is a food brand created by Dallah (Abdallah El Chami). Dallah learned his way around the kitchen at a young age from his mother, first learning Lebanese food and then extending his reaches to Spanish and Asian flavours. During the day he works for a tech startup and spends the rest of his time learning and testing all different kinds of dishes.