Don't bring a Tunisian to a Moroccan restaurant: there's bound to be a fracas over the couscous.
That's not meant to be any sort of statement about Tunisian-Moroccan relations. It's merely a statement that our particular Tunisian (who, truth be told, is a little more New York than Tunis) has particular ideas about couscous.
Zagora, the recently opened restaurant on Guerrero and 22nd, conveniently around the corner from the Lone Palm and snuggled between Cafe Que Tal and Kiji, offers enough couscous options to sate any appetite, Tunisian or not. And while a visit to Zagora isn't exactly a visit to, well, Zagora, it's a comfortable, friendly neighborhood restaurant -- one that doesn't quite deliver on all it promises.
The staff was willing to accommodate our ragtag group, which started out as three people, then grew to five, and finally settled at six. While waiting for the stragglers, Kim and Wendy ordered some Moroccan tea -- a somewhat steep $3 for simple mint tea, though it was refilled through the meal. The authenticity granted by pouring the unsweetened tea from a silver teapot was quickly nullified by the container of sugar and Sweet-N-Low packets placed on the table.