Sido's Mediterranean

Sido’s (stylized SIDO’S, also branded Sido’s Cuisine / Sido’s Mediterranean Cuisine) is an owner-operated Mediterranean and Middle Eastern kitchen run by chef Abbas Abu Zareefuh, whose flagship stall operates on the second floor of the Parlor KC food hall in the Crossroads/Downtown East district. The name is the Arabic/Palestinian word for “grandfather,” honoring the owner’s father, who ran a restaurant in Jordan in 1959.¹²

Description

Sido’s serves authentic Mediterranean and Middle Eastern fare — shawarma, gyros, falafel, kebabs, hummus, and Mediterranean barbecue — from a stall on the second floor of the Parlor KC food hall at 1707 Locust Street.¹³ The kitchen’s stated focus is “simple, fresh, flavorful food made with passion and tradition,” and owner-chef Abbas Abu Zareefuh emphasizes scratch cooking — “Everything’s going to be from scratch,” with “nothing from the bottle.”²³ Frequently praised items include the falafel, chicken shawarma, gyros, lamb chops, and baklava.⁴

Ownership and history

Sido’s is owned and operated by chef Abbas Abu Zareefuh. The business is named after his father, who operated a restaurant in Jordan in 1959; “Sido” is the Palestinian/Arabic word for “grandfather.”² Abu Zareefuh inherited a love of cooking from his father and worked as a chef in Jordan and Dubai before immigrating to the United States.²

He launched Sido’s in the Kansas City area around 2022–2023 (a October 2024 report described the business as having operated “less than two years”), beginning with the Parlor KC food-hall stall and a shipping-container outpost in North Kansas City’s Iron District (1599 Iron St). A full-service dine-in location later opened in Overland Park at 10150 W. 119th St.² This Registry page covers the Parlor KC flagship stall at 1707 Locust Street.

Menu

Last verified: 2026-06-20 · Source: Parlor KC vendor page + Sido’s Toast/Menufy ordering · URL(s): https://www.parlorkcmo.com/kitchen/sidos/ · https://www.sidoscuisine.com/ · Confidence: Medium

Favorites (signatures)

• Chicken Shawarma Sandwich — chicken shawarma with shawarma sauce, wrapped in a tortilla and toasted; the kitchen’s most-praised signature (~$15.49 — price reflects an area Sido’s location, not confirmed for the Parlor stall).⁵⁶
• Falafel Sandwich — from-scratch falafel with hummus, tomatoes, pickles, and a hint of mint, wrapped and toasted crisp.⁵⁶
• Gyro Sandwich — gyro meat in a toasted wrap.⁵
• Loaded Shawarma — shawarma piled over fries/base (signature loaded plate).⁵
• Sido’s Sampler — sampler plate of house favorites.⁵
• Hummus Nachos — house twist on nachos built on hummus.⁵

Rice Plates / Platters

• Lamb Chops — three chops, authentically seasoned, served on a bed of rice with side salad and homemade grilled hot sauce; a frequently cited signature (~$25.49).⁵⁶
• Chicken Shawarma & Rice — chicken shawarma over rice.⁵
• Shish Tawook — marinated grilled chicken skewer plate.⁵
• Shish Kabab — grilled beef/lamb kebab skewer over rice with side salad and homemade grilled hot sauce.⁵⁶
• Mixed Shish Kabab & Tawook — one skewer each of shish kebab and shish tawook over rice with side salad (~$20.49).⁵⁶

Snacks / Mezze

• Hummus with Pita Bread — house hummus served with pita.⁵
• Baba Ghanoush with Pita Bread — roasted-eggplant dip with pita.⁵
• Stuffed Grape Leaves — seven pieces.⁵
• Falafel — falafel as a standalone snack.⁵
• Fried Kubbeh — fried cracked-wheat-and-meat croquettes.⁵
• Sido’s Bowl — house composed bowl.⁵
• Fries.⁵

Salads

• Gyro Salad — gyro over salad greens.⁵
• Shawarma Salad — shawarma over salad greens.⁵
• Fattoush — Levantine chopped salad with toasted pita.⁵

Seafood

• Fried Shrimp — seven pieces.⁵
• Shrimp & Rice — eight pieces over rice.⁵
• Fried Calamari.⁵
• Shrimp Salad.⁵

Links

• Parlor KC vendor page: https://www.parlorkcmo.com/kitchen/sidos/
• Sido’s official site: https://www.sidoscuisine.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sidos_cuisine/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SIDOSCUISINEOFFICIAL/

Sources

Disputes

None on record.

Footnotes

1. Parlor KC — Sidos vendor page. https://www.parlorkcmo.com/kitchen/sidos/ — asserts: Sido’s is a current, active second-floor vendor at Parlor KC (1707 Locust St, Kansas City, MO 64108); Mediterranean cuisine; “simple, fresh, flavorful food made with passion and tradition”; active takeout/delivery ordering. ↩ ↩²

2. The Kansas City Star / Yahoo syndication — “Restaurant opening soon in Johnson County will serve Mediterranean BBQ, shawarma, more” (Oct. 2024). https://ca.style.yahoo.com/restaurant-opening-soon-johnson-county-194547879.html — asserts: owner Abbas Abu Zareefuh; named for his father’s 1959 restaurant in Jordan; “Sido” = grandfather; chef in Jordan and Dubai before U.S.; operating “less than two years” as of Oct. 2024; locations at Parlor KC (1707 Locust), Iron District (1599 Iron St), and new Overland Park (10150 W. 119th St); scratch cooking, Mediterranean BBQ, shawarma, gyros, kebabs, hummus. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵

3. Sido’s official ordering site. https://www.sidoscuisine.com/ — asserts: Sido’s Mediterranean Cuisine, Kansas City MO; takeout/delivery; menu of Mediterranean/Middle Eastern dishes. ↩ ↩²

4. Yelp — Sidos Cuisine, 1707 Locust St, Kansas City. https://www.yelp.com/biz/sidos-cuisine-kansas-city — asserts: customer reviews praising falafel, chicken shawarma, gyros, lamb chops, shish kebabs, baklava; Mediterranean restaurant at 1707 Locust St. ↩

5. Parlor KC — Sidos vendor menu / Sido’s Cuisine ordering site. https://www.parlorkcmo.com/kitchen/sidos/ · https://www.sidoscuisine.com/ — asserts: current menu structure and item names — Snacks (Sido’s Bowl, hummus w/ pita, stuffed grape leaves, baba ghanoush w/ pita, falafel, fried kubbeh, fries), Salads (gyro, fattoush, shawarma), Rice Plates (chicken shawarma & rice, shish tawook, shish kabab, mixed shish kabab & tawook, lamb chops), Favorites (gyro sandwich, shawarma sandwich, falafel sandwich, Sido’s sampler, loaded shawarma, shish tawook, hummus nachos), Seafood (fried shrimp 7pc, shrimp & rice 8pc, fried calamari, shrimp salad). No prices published on vendor page. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³ ↩¹⁴ ↩¹⁵ ↩¹⁶ ↩¹⁷ ↩¹⁸ ↩¹⁹ ↩²⁰ ↩²¹ ↩²² ↩²³ ↩²⁴ ↩²⁵

6. Sido’s Cuisine ordering listings (DoorDash / Uber Eats / Toast) — Kansas City. https://www.doordash.com/store/sidos-mediterranean-cuisine-kansas-city-39520117/ · https://www.toasttab.com/local/order/sodos-1707-locust-street/r-a81d9758-681b-4867-b59f-4f0fa3458e76 — asserts: item descriptions — shawarma (tortilla, shawarma sauce, chicken shawarma, wrapped/toasted); falafel (hummus, tomatoes, pickles, hint of mint, falafel, wrapped/toasted); lamb chops (3 chops seasoned, bed of rice, side salad, homemade grilled hot sauce); shish kabab (skewer of shish kebab + shish tawook, rice, side salad, hot sauce). Indicative prices observed via aggregator search (shawarma sandwich ~$15.49, lamb chops ~$25.49, mixed shish kabab & tawook ~$20.49) — not confirmed as Parlor-stall pricing. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵