My Cousin Nick: What’s Vegetarian Editorial Review

My Cousin Nick serves Greek street food out of a fast-casual counter in Coral Gables, and if you don’t eat meat, the fix is simple: skip the gyro line and order the falafel or the halloumi instead.

Owner Thomas Fotouras also runs Calista Greek Seafood Taverna a few blocks away on Giralda Plaza. My Cousin Nick is the faster, cheaper sibling: order at the counter, no white tablecloth, same Greek pantry. The menu splits into pitas, bowls, and salads, and three of each column skip meat outright: Falafel, Halloumi Cheese, and Mushrooms. Nothing on the menu marks them as vegetarian. You just have to know to read past the lamb gyro, which runs $12.95 and is clearly the thing most people walk in for.

What to order at My Cousin Nick

Go with the Yalla Falafel bowl ($17.95) for a full plate. It’s built the same way as the meat bowls next to it on the menu, just swapping in fried chickpea patties. Want it handheld instead? Grab the Falafel Pita ($13.95), same filling, wrapped for the walk back to the car.

Prefer melted cheese to fried chickpeas? Order the Honey Halloumi bowl ($17.95) or the Halloumi Cheese pita ($13.95). Grilled halloumi is the whole point here, not a meat substitute pretending to be something it’s not. Mighty Mushrooms, in bowl or pita form ($17.95 and $13.95), rounds out a third real option so you’re not eating the same two things on repeat visits.

Sides carry their weight too. Hummus and pita, tzatziki and pita, and a Greek Salad or Greek Caesar Salad (each $12.95) work as a light add-on. Orzo Salad ($12.95) is filling enough to be lunch on its own, no pita or bowl required.

What to watch for

Tzatziki comes standard on several items, and that’s dairy. Vegans should ask for it on the side or left off. Feta shows up the same way in sides like Creamy Feta Fries. Nothing published says the kitchen runs a separate fryer or grill for meat and meatless orders. A counter-service Greek spot built around lamb and chicken gyros usually doesn’t keep one. Ask when you order if cross-contact is a dealbreaker.

The practical stuff

My Cousin Nick sits at 2207 Ponce de Leon Blvd in Coral Gables. Hours run 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday. It’s counter service, so there’s no reservation to make and no wait for a table. A pita or bowl runs $13 to $18, portions sized to be dinner, not a side dish next to someone else’s gyro. Delivery goes through DoorDash and Uber Eats. Grab baklava on the way out if you want something sweet.

This isn’t a vegetarian restaurant that happens to serve gyros. It’s a gyro shop that built three solid meatless plates into the regular rotation instead of leaving vegetarians to pick fries off someone else’s tray. That’s the whole pitch, and it holds up.