Serving Echo Park
Echo Park to Patar: Beat the Stadium Traffic with Shawarma
Everyone leaving Dodger Stadium has the same two problems: the parking lot and dinner. We can't fix the first one, but fifteen minutes north in Glendale, the second one is carved off a spit until 2 AM.
The Smartest Move After the Ninth Inning
Game nights turn Echo Park into a slow river of brake lights. Here's the veteran play: instead of idling on Stadium Way, point north — Glendale Blvd runs from the lake practically to our front door at 625 E Colorado St, about fifteen minutes when the traffic gods are kind. By the time you've finished a wrap and debated the bullpen decisions, the roads behind you have cleared. You ate well, you skipped an hour of brake lights, and you out-thought 40,000 people in the process. That's a good night by any scoreboard.
It works without baseball too. A morning around Echo Park Lake, paddle boats and lotus beds and all, builds the kind of appetite the snack stand can't answer — and we open at 11 AM, so lunch is on the table by the time you've crossed into Glendale. Elysian Park hikers get the same deal: come down off the trail, point the car north, and let the spit do what trail mix can't.
What's on the Spit
The meat is stacked and seasoned in our kitchen and carved the moment you order — no pre-sliced pans, no heat lamps. The house toum is whipped garlic sauce made fresh, strong enough to be memorable and smooth enough that you'll put it on everything we hand you. Wraps for the car, plates for the table, and the kitchen runs until 2 AM every night, which covers extra innings, rain delays, and whatever the bullpen does to your evening.
Staying put in Echo Park? DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Grubhub all deliver from us into the neighborhood. Pickup orders: (747) 377-0707. Street and lot parking near the shop mean the Glendale end of the trip is painless — which, after a stadium exit, is exactly the energy you need.
Questions, answered
Are you open after Dodgers night games?+
Almost always — we serve until 2 AM daily. Even a slow extra-innings game usually leaves time to get here and eat.
Do you deliver to Echo Park?+
Yes. DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Grubhub all cover Echo Park from our Glendale kitchen, or call (747) 377-0707 for pickup.
What travels best for the drive home?+
Wraps — pressed, sealed, and riding in foil, they hold heat the whole way. Plates travel well too, with the toum packed separately so nothing goes soggy.
Find us on Colorado St
Patar Shawarma · 625 E Colorado St, Glendale, CA 91205
Get directions →Patar Shawarma · 625 E Colorado St, Glendale, CA 91205 · (747) 377-0707 · Open daily 11:00 AM – 2:00 AM