Christo's Pizza & Burgers

Christo's calls itself a pizza and burger shop, and the Exmouth Street storefront keeps that promise plainly enough. Read down the menu, though, and a Greek kitchen keeps surfacing: gyros and chicken souvlaki, a house salad piled with feta and Kalamata olives, tzatziki offered as a burger sauce, and a specialty pizza stacked with feta, oregano, and black olives. The build-your-own burgers and the specialty pizzas are the headline, and they carry the place. Underneath, the comfort-food menu runs wider than the name lets on.

The burger board is built around a decision the kitchen hands back to the diner. Choose a single, double, or triple patty — or a veggie, grilled chicken, crispy chicken, or hot dog in the same slot — then work the condiments: Christo's Sauce, tzatziki, spicy mayo, hot sauce, lettuce, tomato, pickles, and jalapenos. The premium toppings are where it gets less ordinary, with caramelized onions and mushrooms sitting next to a fried egg, peameal bacon, chili, and even peanut butter. The chicken sandwiches run off the same counter, led by a Nashville hot chicken offered original, medium, or hot with comeback sauce, coleslaw, and pickles.