Blu Zone Cafe operates in Manayunk under a dual identity — the storefront is also known as Smiley's Cafe — serving a straightforward menu of Mediterranean platters and sandwiches. Beef and chicken gyro, beef and chicken shawarma, and garlic chicken anchor the meat platters, each built on basmati rice with a Greek salad, hummus, and pita; a falafel platter and the Veggie Mix Platter, which bundles falafel, hummus, baba ghanouj, grape leaves, Greek salad, and tabouleh, cover the vegetarian side. Sandwiches follow the same lineup in pita form, including a beef gyro layered with tzatziki and grape leaves paired with baba ghanouj.
The restaurant doubles as a smoothie shop, giving it a second life as a quick breakfast or lunch stop in a neighborhood otherwise dense with pizza shops and bars.
The restaurant doubles as a smoothie shop, giving it a second life as a quick breakfast or lunch stop in a neighborhood otherwise dense with pizza shops and bars.