Pegasus Restaurant

Elderly crowd with dingy, outdated interior. The staff smokes in the restaurant before it opens and then they join the geriatric smokers in the kitchen to smoke cigarettes when the restaurant is open for business. Not a good thing. Everyone is a regular and has their favorite table and stiff drink. And drink they do. Lots of free drinks for the regulars. The food is awesome, the owner’s daughter is probably intoxicated when she’s serving you. The hostess, the owner’s ex-​wife, is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. She’s nice to the guests and hell on the staff. She’s probably had a Wild Turkey on the rocks before she starts work, too.

We were surprised Pegasus had minimal reviews. It’s a quaint little restaurant in a nicer strip mall. The décor and atmosphere are nothing fancy but the food and service are great! We had 6:30 reservations and were by far the youngest people in the restaurant (we’re early 30s.) Median age was 70ish which would explain the lack of reviews! That being said, we’ll definitely be back. The Greek sampler was incredible.

We tried Pegasus for the first time for dinner last Saturday. Our waiter told us that most of the patrons are regulars who come multiple times each week for years. We were the only people in our 30s and most patrons appeared to be in their 60s or 70s — it had kind of a country club feel. But we were out for a nice dinner and not looking for anything raucous. My fiancé and I split the tzatziki (app), spanakopita (app), and shitake bowtie pasta (main course and comes with a house salad). It was no problem to split everything for us and it turned out to be way too much food — we took home leftovers and ate a total of 3 meals out of it! The vegetarian options are limited here, lots of seafood and meat entrees, but that’s what we would expect from a Greek/​Italian restaurant. We enjoyed the vegetarian combo we ordered very much and I would recommend that vegetarians focus on the Greek veggie appetizers. I also had the California sauvignon blanc which was very nice and reasonably priced. We will definitely be back — maybe we’ll start a new guard of 30 something regulars.

This review is soley on Pegasus’ greek salad, which I think is great. I typically get it to go. Get the small version, add chicken, and you have a healthy, satisfying meal. The rest of their menu looks great, but it’s at around $ 20 for the average entrée price, I have yet to give it a try. The ambiance inside isn’t that great (white table cloth, mostly much older folks, inside a strip mall), so I can’t give it 5 stars. But, if you are ever in the near west end and looking for a good greek salad (and an alternative to the Crazy Greek), check this place out.