Baal Café and Falafel serves lentil soup as well as falafel sandwiches. The pita sandwiches are inspired by a recipe from the owner's Jordanian mother (shes shown shopping at the souq in one of the photos that decorates the wall), and the zaatar bread is baked in a pizza oven and dusted with thyme, sumac, and sesame seeds (the breakfast versions are topped with egg or with feta, tomato, and basil). Espresso biscuits are made by caterer Catherine Louise Schubert. The drip coffee, meanwhile, comes from Gimme!. ‚ Daniel Maurer New York Magazine