Kebab shop

A kebab shop is a quick service food establishment specialising in various fast food and street food dishes, primarily doner kebab and related sandwiches, including falafel.^[1][2]

Kebab shop in Paris.

Kebab shops were born in Europe, specifically Berlin with doner kebab brought by Turkish immigrants,^{[citation needed]} as a natural evolution of influences from Turkey into Germany in the early 1970s, where doner kebab, iskender kebab, shish kebab and the like were served with fries and beer.^{[3][failed verification]} Kebab shops have also spread to the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Ireland.^{[citation needed]}

Gabriel Tuncay Siga carving doner meat at his original Wester Hailes location, 1972. Often credited with introducing the doner kebab to Edinburgh’s western districts, where Siga’s shop became a late-night institution.