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Chicken and beef marinated overnight, carved to order off the vertical spit, wrapped in fresh lavash with house garlic sauce. Glendale's late-night shawarma counter — 625 E Colorado St, Glendale, CA 91205.
The lineup
Carved to order
The craft
Off the spit, not off a shelf
Marinated overnight
Chicken and beef sit in our spice blend — paprika, allspice, garlic, a squeeze of citrus — for a full night before they ever see fire.
Stacked on the spit
Layer by layer, hand-stacked into a cone every morning. No pre-cooked meat, no shortcuts, no freezer.
Turned over fire
The spit turns slow all day and into the night. The outside chars and caramelizes while the inside stays juicy.
Carved to order
Nothing is cut until you order. Thin ribbons straight off the edge, into fresh lavash, hit with garlic sauce.
Open till, every night
The spit turns daily
Neighborhoods we feed
Carved fresh to order
Built fresh, every order
Lavash. Meat. Garlic sauce. Repeat.
Every wrap starts as a blank sheet of lavash and ends however you want it — extra pickles, double meat, garlic sauce on everything. The toum alone is worth the drive.
The Garlic Sauce StoryThe 2AM rule
When everything else closes, the spit keeps turning
Kitchens around Glendale shut down at 10. We carve until 2 AM, every single night — same fresh meat at midnight as at noon.
Late Night at PatarWord on the street
Glendale keeps coming back
★★★★★“Came in at 1am after a shift and the meat was still coming off the spit fresh. Garlic sauce is dangerous — I take an extra tub home every time.”
★★★★★“Best shawarma I've found near the Americana. The wrap is huge, the pickles are crunchy, and the lavash is actually fresh.”
★★★★★“Real Glendale spot. Mixed shawarma plate with extra garlic sauce and an ayran — exactly how it should taste.”
Worth the drive
Feeding the whole east side
Patar Shawarma · 625 E Colorado St, Glendale, CA 91205
Get directions →Patar Shawarma · 625 E Colorado St, Glendale, CA 91205 · (747) 377-0707 · Open daily 11:00 AM – 2:00 AM