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Many restaurants win awards
locally but when you see one that is named a Top 100
Restaurant by Our State Magazine and Best NC
Restaurant 2013 by Urbanspoon, you expect excellence.
Sherefe in Fayetteville, North Carolina doesn't
disappoint. It specializes in Greek, Turkish and
Mediterranean dishes. Our waiter, Paul, was patient and
knowledgeable with a touch of humor that made ordering
fun.
When we visited for dinner, the choices were interesting. So many looked delicious. I finally decided on a simple crab cake meal and my companion ordered the Greek Salad. The salad was almost too pretty to eat. Huge shrimp sat atop a bed of lettuce and tomatoes, tossed in a savory dressing and adorned with black olives and feta cheese.
We shared and appetizer of fresh
mozzarella cheese, tomatoes and black olives.
Light and refreshing.
Desserts can never be passed up no matter how full I am. My Black and White Brulee combined white and dark chocolate to create a fantastic creme brulee. The sugar crust just brittle and browned enough. My companion's Flourless Chocolate Cake was almost as delicious.  Erin Somar greeted us when we entered. When we spoke to her later, she told us a little about the restaurant. ''Sherefe' means 'Cheers' in Turkish. My dad opened it when I was nine so it's about 15 years old.'
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Her
father, Mustafa Somar, came over from Instanbul, Turkey
as a young man. In the earlier years, he managed various
hotels which eventually brought him to Fayetteville. In
2003, things were tight and a contract fell through. He
decided to open the restaurant he had always dreamed of
that offered a different choice from fast food places.
He started Sherefe in small storefront on Ramsey
Street. His style of cooking, learned in his childhood,
combining many vegetarian, vegan and gluten free options
with fresh, local produce and seafood, all with a touch
of spices to add that Middle Eastern flavor, was well
received and in 2012 he moved to the present location, a
larger former hardware store. 
