Manouch is the one man that can solve your late-night hunger pangs. Thursday to Saturday from 10:00 PM to 4:00 AM (roughly), the lovable street vendor known tenderly as Manouch serves the absolute best hot dogs, half-smokes, and pretzels in his cart outside of the School of Media & Public Affairs. If you've been there a few times and have a usual order, he doesn't forget it. He's that good. Order up your favorite snack with nacho cheese sauce, chili, or GW Sauce--which is actually an offshoot of the recipe for my favorite Persian stew! Imagine that!
So the food's delicious. Great. But tasty snacks alone an epic night does not make! Along with the fuel you need to quell the pesky munchies, Manouch will always engage you in hilarious conversation, stories about Iran, and philosophical musings. Some of his one-liners are constantly used as inside jokes among my friends. And guys: he's really good at giving out chick advice. He is CONSTANTLY dolling out advice to men on the ladies, whether it's solicited or not! He'll sign off with a honk of his infamous bicycle horn, and a unique line that only Manouch can deliver in the way that he does.
To illustrate his amazingness, I asked some of my friends to share their best Manouch stories:
- "What a boss. We talked in French one day, and I got a dollar discount. He thinks I'm from Paris."
- "There was a helicopter flying overhead and he just yells, 'The aliens are coming!'"
- "I gave him a kiss (on the cheek...) for free potato chips!"
- "He once told my friend, 'It is a pleasure to hold this hot dog and look into your face.'"
So when you're on campus for college visits, or when you get to finally join the G-Dub community as a student, make sure you stop by Manouch's stand. You'll most certainly keep coming back, if not for the food, then for the stories!
As always, email me: ShireenS@gwmail.gwu.edu
<3 Shireen
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