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No. 19 in the world · November 2026

Laser Wolf

1301 N Howard Street, Kensington · Philadelphia, USA

lamb kebabNo. 19
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The one to order off the fire

A skewer of the Romanian beef kebab or the chicken shishlik, with the full spread of salatim

Where to sit: Reservations are hard; book weeks out, or try the bar right at opening. There's a sister in Brooklyn.

What it burns: Charcoal grill, Israeli shipudiya style

Michael Solomonov's skewer house grills everything over charcoal and sets down ten salads, hummus and laffa before your skewers even land.

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Adana-style lamb kebab with sumac onions

Adana-style lamb kebab with sumac onions

1 hr (30 min chilling), 30 min hands-on · 4 people (8 skewers). Istanbul's ocakbaşı grills hand-chopped lamb with tail fat and red pepper on wide flat skewers over charcoal. Ground lamb with a little extra fat, kneaded well so it holds, gets you there on a home grill or under the broiler.

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