2 completely different questions (Lawrenceville: loan, restaurants, price)

[taijamarie]

1. Is there a middle eastern (morrocan, turkish) restaurants that has belly dancing, sitting on pillows, etc. in pittsburgh?

2. Can anyone recommend a good cleaning company? I want the walls, crevices, and such cleaned out.

Thanks

Oh yeah, I must say your city is very beautiful, even the undesirable parts. If you look hard enough, you can see what it use to be and what it still can be!!!!!

[toosie]

Khalils II Restaurant Khalil's is a Middle Eastern restaurant that has belly dancing sometimes. The downstairs is chairs and tables and upstairs is where the belly dancing is - not sure about cushions and whatnot. Leila is super friendly and will be happy to answer your questions if you call. Her family runs the restaurant - I think they're Syrian. Yummy salad, rice, and lamb kebabs.

[Hopes]

Originally Posted by taijamarie

2. Can anyone recommend a good cleaning company? I want the walls, crevices, and such cleaned out.

You'll pay a fortune to have a company do a deep spring cleaning, and the cleaning won't be as thorough as you wish.

You'd be better off hiring someone through a Craig's List advertisement. You set your own price, but you'll have a difficult time finding someone for less than $10 an hour.

You could try to call Sterling Maid Service. It's a domestic placement service, not a cleaning company. They always have a few girls they loan out. Unfortunately, they usually only send them to help clients while in the process of finding the perfect permanent candidate, but you might be able to persuade them to send them to loan you one as a 'temporary' employee. You would either be expected to pay the girl directly or Sterling might bill you. Expect to pay $15 to $25 an hour through Sterling if you pay the girl direction, more if Sterling bills you. It's a top notch company with excellent domestic resources.

[Geeo]

Your Inner Vagabond in Lawrenceville has their performance space set up with pillows and small tables for turkish coffee and hummus snacks. They have a wide variety of entertainment. I'm sure they have a website.

[Kate88]

Originally Posted by taijamarie

1. Is there a middle eastern (morrocan, turkish) restaurants that has belly dancing, sitting on pillows, etc. in pittsburgh?

sphinx cafe in south oakland (atwood and bates) has cushions on the floor for seating and occasionally features belly dancers. it's not really a resturaunt though. it's a hookah bar that serves drinks and deserts. I'm not sure what they serve as far as deserts, but they serve bottled drinks like soda and energy drinks, as well as egyptian coffee and tea. it's owned by an egyptian family and is byob.