The Kebab Shop on El Camino Real in Encinitas's New Encinitas district is a location of the San Diego-born Mediterranean chain that Tony Farmand and AJ Akbar launched from an East Village storefront in 2007. Vertical rotisserie spits slow-cook döner kebab meats that are carved to order into wraps, bowls, and plates, using a halal-certified protein program that covers chicken shawarma, lamb-beef döner, and grilled steak — a rotisserie format absent from the wok-fired builds at Thai Society Restaurant nearby. The founders drew on Mediterranean comfort food from their upbringing in Holland and Germany, branding the concept as New School Mediterranean and expanding it to fifty-plus locations across California, Texas, and Florida. Signature sauces include the OG Garlic and a spicy red harissa blend served alongside döner fries, saffron rice, and hummus with toasted pita, building a fast-casual Mediterranean corridor near Choice Juicery on the same stretch of El Camino Real. The San Diego Wrap layers french fries, carved döner meat, pickled turnips, and garlic sauce inside a grilled flour tortilla pressed flat on a panini grill.