Dedo Babo Restaurant

Dedo Babo sits in Kanaker-Zeytun, on the site of the former Monument tavern, and kept its menu when it changed hands. Big gazebos seat groups comfortably, with a view of Mother Armenia from a spot that feels less like a roadside stop and more like a seaside cafe at your grandparents' friends' place. Owner Karina welcomes guests personally, the kind of hospitality that makes you want to stay and talk. On the table: salads like the Summer salad, vegetables with quinoa, veal salad, or the venue's own Monument Tavern salad. Hot dishes include beef tjvjik, pork roast, meatballs in tomato sauce, pancakes with meat, steamed trout, and rabbit chakhokhbili. The khorovats list covers pork ribs, pork loin, pork flesh, chicken, grilled beef liver, and pork ikibir, served with sides like fried potatoes, potato wedges, mashed potatoes, country-style potatoes, buckwheat, or rice. Watermelon, melon, and ice cream round out dessert. To drink: Turkish coffee, Le Cafe de Paris, coffee with milk, Nescafe, iced tea, mint or thyme tea, natural juice, lemonade, sodas, still and sparkling water, red and white wine, Yerevan wine by the jug, champagne, and vodka. Expect to spend about 5000 AMD per person. This suits groups looking for khorovats and wine outdoors, at a fair balance of price and quality.

Things to note: Sits directly by the road, despite its calm seaside-cafe feel.