Fellow Americans, where can I find Döner Kebabs in the country? If they can’t be found, why is it so?

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1. Here are a few links in order of most relevant:

   [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEF354SpSxg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEF354SpSxg)

   [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_msav2ew-GI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_msav2ew-GI)

   [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSlHuGWNF1I](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSlHuGWNF1I)

   [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-P6U29u8f4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-P6U29u8f4)

   And yes, I know some of these places use the wraps but the bread version is what I’m looking for.

2. They cannot be found sadly. Just haven’t hit America yet. Not enough Turkish immigrants maybe?

   Doner box is the superior form btw.

   Edit: I shoulda known nyc had at least 1 place you can get it, really surprised with Seattle though.

3. If you’re in Seattle, there’s a place called The Berliner on Westlake Ave. Turkish-German style, obviously.

4. There’s a few in NYC

5. There are Doner Kebab restaurants in nearly every major city. I have three of Turkish variety near my suburb in a Southern city. All less than 30 minutes away.

   Your best bet is Yelp to find them.

6. Ive never seen a place that has them. I only know of them because Rick Steves mentions them frequently when talking about European street food.

7. There really aren’t a ton of Turkish people here. I honestly have no idea where one would buy that. Maybe NYC, because they have just about everything?

8. We have a larger Greek population so gyros are far
   more popular. Unfortunately I’ve never come across a doner shop, although I haven’t gone out of my way to look specifically for doner over gyros.

9. Detroit area has a few places, the best is Balkan House with the authentic German style Turkish döner.

10. I imagine it would be easy in the bigger cities. My area has way more Greeks so gyros are infinitely more popular but I do know of one Turkish place that has them.

11. > Turkish -German Style- Doner Kebabs with the bread, not the wrap

    Appreciate you differentiating the wrapping, because so many people seem to focus on the fillings.

    You can find similar dishes with the same fillings in almost any small city (or larger) in the U.S. (Often as Gyros or Shawarma).

    The specific Doner bread type wrap…not near as common, and (if I understand exactly what it is) I don’t see it ever catching on as much.

    We’re too used to burrito type delivery systems (and I personally believe they’re superior to Doner).

12. Turkish/Mediterranean food is popular in the US. You shouldn’t have a problem finding them in most metro areas with a decent food scene. Might be tough in smaller cities and rural areas, but any mall is likely to have at least a bastardized chain restaurant version lol.

13. There’s a place in Baltimore called Doner Bros. It was founded by two guys who spent some time in Germany and missed the street food there.

14. None I know of in northern New England.

    There’s a couple places near Boston but it just isn’t common up here.

    It was more common in Chicago but gyros is really the go to there.

15. Where are you from OP?

16. I could have sworn we got this question, recently, but anyway:

    DeKalb Avenue (formerly Albee Square Mall) food court, Brooklyn:[here](https://www.dekalbmarkethall.com/vendors)

    (Honestly, how I even set foot in that place without waddling out, I don’t know. 🙂 )

    I couldn’t say exactly why it hasn’t caught on (probably something to do with Gyro or Souvlaki already being a thing), but there it is.

17. I just did a search for Turkish restaurants that serve doner kebab in my city (San Francisco) and it suggested at least 5 places that look promising. I haven’t tried any of them though, so I can’t confirm.

18. Walked past one in San Diego last weekend. Called “Donor”

19. This is sort of like trying to find good Mexican food in Germany. My best suggestion when traveling is to not seek out your favorite foods but to find what is done well locally. Doner simply isn’t a big thing in the US, but taco trucks, you’ll be spoiled by taco trucks.

20. I WISH we had some. Ever since Berlin I’ve been in love

21. Are you just trying to see if they exist here?

    Most Turkish places here use wraps, at least from what I’ve seen.

    [This place uses bread](https://yelp.to/g4cSctRdzrb)

    So does this place [on Fort Hood in Texas.](https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/mrbHZWMKmP_o85tKwsKwSg?select=9dpg0vsnbG6gv2uBOJ-blg&utm_source=ishare&utm_content=photo) (a US Army base)

    They’re not that common because like people say every time someone brings it up, our typical meat on a spit dishes are gyros, shawarma, and tacos al pastor. Doner Kebab is okay, but I don’t feel like it’s a big gap in the food scene here.

    I’m fine with [lemon chicken in a laffa wrap](https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/ghmI6J4VmslTdW8xcJCAvA?select=LBe5EVSNzxZ5iOvtBvQn-w&utm_source=ishare&utm_content=photo) or some [shawarma in lavash](https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/wP4OYoVmFntnQrMdxjczhA?select=tU-X1H03-MJCXYu2LIXY1w&utm_source=ishare&utm_content=photo) or the best them all, [tacos al pastor](https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/Blb0Eso-wdKdBkqr80UHdA?select=wI5j9XZo8ErJBiUsJY7xSA&utm_source=ishare&utm_content=photo)

22. There’s a place in auburn Alabama..

23. I think they’re called tortas out here