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Mark Shurtleff
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|Mark Shurtleff
|Attorney General of Utah
|Retired Officeholder
|In office
|Base salary
|Elections and appointments
|Last election
|November 4, 2008
|First elected
|November 7, 2000
|Term limits
|High school
|Brighton High School
|Brigham Young University
|University of Utah College of Law
|Military service
|United States Navy JAG Corps
|Years of service
|August 9, 1957
|Place of birth
|Salt Lake City, UT
|(dead link) Office website
- 1 Biography
- 2 Political Career
- 3 Elections
- 4 Campaign contributions
- 5 Personal
- 6 Contact Information
- 7 See also
- 8 External links
- 9 References
On January 7, 2013, he was succeeded by his deputy attorney general John Swallow (R), who won election on November 6, 2012. Shurtleff now works for a federal law firm in Washington D.C.[1]
On July 15, 2014, Shurleff and his successor as Utah Attorney General, John Swallow, were arrested by the FBI and the Utah Department of Public Safety on multiple charges relating to alleged bribery, improper acceptance of gifts and a "pattern of unlawful activity."[2] These charges are thought to stem from the investigations that had followed Swallow into the attorney general's office and led to his swift resignation.[3]
Immediately after receiving his law degree, Shurtleff worked as a Judge Advocate General in the United States Navy, remaining there for four years. In 1990, he joined the private practice law firm of Smith, Smith & Kring as a litigation associate. Two years later, he transferred to the Law Offices of R.Q. Shupe where, as an attorney, he focused on insurance defense, personal injury claims, contracts, financial institutions, and medical malpractice. Shurtleff was named an assistant to the State Attorney General in 1994, a position he held for four years. In 1999, he was elected as Salt Lake County Commissioner where he helped manage a budget in the excess of $100 million.
Besides his professional duties, Shurtleff lends his time and leadership skills to myriad projects and organizations, serving in roles including, but not limited to:
- Leader, Boy Scouts
- Executive Committee, National Association of Attorneys General
- Board of Directors, National Commission Against Drunk Driving
- Board Member, Police Athletic League
- Board Member, Rape Recovery Center
- Honorary Chair, Utah Mentor Network
- Member, Utah Prosecution Council
- Board of Directors, Washington Legal Foundation
- Graduated from Brighton High School
- Bachelor's degree, Brigham Young University (1981) in political science and international relations
- Juris Doctorate degree, University of Utah School of Law (1985)
Political Career
Attorney General (2001-2013)
Shurtleff was first elected to to the post of Utah's chief law enforcement officer in the 2000 general election. He successfully defended his seat in 2004 and 2008, but did not file for re-election in 2012.
Healthcare reform
In the wake of the historic passage of President Barack Obama's health care reform legislation on Christmas Eve in 2009, Shurtleff was one of ten Republican Attorneys General questioning not only the constitutionality of a specific controversial provision within the Senate version of the bill, but also exploring potential legal challenges to the measure as well. The stipulation in question was the back room deal Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid struck with Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson to recruit him as the 60th vote needed to pass the measure, an arrangement "dubbed the "Nebraska Compromise" or the "Cornhusker Kickback" by Republican critics." The agreement gives Nebraska exemption from its share of the Medicaid expansion, "a carve out that is expected to cost the federal government $100 million over 10 years."[4]
On the same morning President Barack Obama signed into law his controversial health care reform bill, the one that narrowly passed the United States House of Representatives just two days before, Shurtleff and twelve other Attorneys General, all but one being Republican, filed suit against "the federal government to stop the massive health care overhaul, claiming it's unconstitutional."[5] The Utah Attorney General called the federal legislative measure "one of the biggest federal grabs ever conducted of states' powers" and vowed to do everything within his power "to act in defense of its citizens' rights."[6]
Shurtleff's atypical position on illegal immigration first came to the fore in 2006, when he expressed his support of integration over deportation at a rally attended by thousands of illegal immigrants. At the rally, he chastised members of his own party who he claimed "tell me instead of speaking to you, that as the chief law enforcement [officer] of Utah I should be arresting you. [That's] not going to happen."[7] Shurtleff opposed the Utah Ballot Initiative A passed with 67.2% of the vote in 2000 that made English Utah's official language.[8] Throughout his second term, the attorney general continued to protest efforts to deny driver's licenses to illegal aliens and to assist the federal government in enforcing immigration laws, believing it to be a "detriment to public safety" as 'undocumented workers' would "be less likely to report crimes if they perceive local officers as federal agents."[9]
Later, in the wake of Arizona's 2010 passage of its crowning anti-illegal immigration legislation, known as S.B. 1070, Shurtleff reinforced his divergent path as a Republican leader on the subject of illegal immigration. He advocates alternative, less "restrictionist" approaches than Arizona's, which he considered "divisive, damaging to businesses and bad for public safety," and sought to make Utah a bastion for a reasonable, comprehensive reform to include provisional amnesty for some illegal immigrants.[10] Shurtleff distracted the conservative community by locking in endorsements from several prominent groups, such as the Sutherland Institute and The Church of Latter Day Saints, on a five-point reform immigration bill called the Utah Compact, which proposed increased identification measures modeled on Arizona, but also tuned into traditionalist principles about state sovereignty, family unity and free-enterprise, while he pushed through a more progressive provision to integrate certain illegals into the Utah tapestry.[11] Adopted in 2011, the inclusive package of laws features expanded police authority to identify illegal immigrants as well as a measure that gives some of them state permits as guest workers living in the U.S..
The June 2008 Survey and Scorecard report published by the embattled liberal political organization, ACORN, gave Shurtleff an A letter grade. The report was published to shine the spotlight on state attorneys general "leading the fight to protect homeowners from joining the flood of Americans losing their homes to foreclosure," so says the group.[12] The grade distributed to the individual attorneys general "generally broke down along party lines," with the exception of Louisiana's Buddy Caldwell.[13]
Pay-to-play scandals
- Shurtleff reportedly attended the annual convention for Usana Health Sciences, a health and beauty company that has been accused of being an multi-level marketing scheme, in September 2004. There he gave a speech in which he endorsed the corporation.[14] Since that time, Usana has made substantial financial contributions to Shurtleff's campaign, with over $55,000 in political donations being made in 2008 alone.[15] This violates Title 67 - Chapter 16 of the Utah Public Officers' and Employees' Ethics Act which states that it is illegal for a public state official to "disclose or improperly use controlled, private, or protected information acquired by reason of his official position or in the course of official duties in order to further substantially the officer's or employee's personal economic interest or to secure special privileges or exemptions for himself or others" or to use his/her position in order to secure special privileges or exemptions for himself or others.[16]
- Attorneys for Marc Sessions Jenson "questioned whether Shurtleff charged Jenson as a favor to a political donor,"[17] Ricke White, one of the three alleged victims who claim they were swindled out of millions of dollars each in an investment scheme supposedly perpetrated by their client. Additionally, White's wife was said to have contributed a total of $6,500 over a two-year period prior to charges being brought against Jenson to Shurtleff's campaign.
- In September 2008, Shurtleff awarded the Salt Lake City-based law firm of Siegfried & Jensen a lucrative suit filed against the makers of the drugs Zyprexa and Vioxx. What was not reported, however, was that not only had the private practice law firm "contributed almost $60,000 to Shurtleff's campaigns over the last eight years,"[18][19] they had also "hired Ambra Gardner, Shurtleff's daughter, to work as a paralegal."[20] Additionally, "there were no bids offered for the legal work, just proposals which Shurtleff reviewd."[18]
- On September 29, 2008, Shurtleff, writing to the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) on his office's official letterhead, vouched for the services of DigitalBridge, a 4G wireless Internet provider, and enclosed the company's contact information with his recommendation letter. Eleven days earlier, DigitalBridge made a $10,000 contribution to Shurtleff's campaign.[21]
In 2008, the Utah Attorney General opposed federal legislation that would have protected health care workers who felt morally opposed to performing abortions from being forced to take part in the procedure. He believed that measure "would violate states rights to authorize emergency contraceptives to rape victims" and obliterated "the rights of patients to legal and medically necessary health care services in favor of a single-minded focus on protecting a health care provider's right to claim a personal moral or religious belief."[22]
Gay Marriage
Shurtleff opposed Utah Constitutional Amendment 3, the 2004 amendment which banned gay marriage/civil unions in the state, stating it would "forever deny to a group of citizens the right to approach its Legislature to seek benefits and protections. This is bad law and should be rejected."[23]
Gun rights
The Utah Attorney General filed an amicus brief in April 2010 expressing support for a disputed Montana law known as the "Firearms Freedom Act" that "exempts firearms made and sold in the same state from federal regulation." Litigative action have brought to federal district court on behalf of the federal government over the measure, arguing this interpretation of the Interstate Commerce Clause is incorrect. Though Shurtleff asserted that Utah would not involve itself further in the matter beyond the brief filing, the state will likely pursue litigative recourse should the Montana law be struck down.[24] Six other states - Alabama, Idaho, South Carolina, South Dakota, West Virginia, and Wyoming - later joined Utah's friend of the court brief in the Montana case requesting that the court recognize that "the 10th Amendment is not an empty promise to the states, but a vital guarantor of rights retained by the states, including the right to regulate purely intrastate activities."[25][26]
- See also: Utah attorney general election, 2012
Shurtleff did not run for re-election in 2012. He was succeeded by John Swallow, who (R) won election on November 6, 2012.
2010 U.S. Senate election
Shurtleff announced on May 20, 2009, that he would be challenging incumbent Republican Senator Bob Bennett for his seat in the United States Senate.[27] However, on November 4, Shurtleff decided to suspend his campaign so that he can "spend more time with his 17-year-old daughter who suffers from mental illness and is in a residential treatment facility."[28] In the end, he endorsed a new Republican challenger, Attorney Mike Lee.[29]
- 2008 General Election
- Shurtleff won re-election to a third term as attorney general with a hefty 69.3% of the vote in the 2008 general election.
|Attorney General, 2008
|Vote %
|Mark Shurtleff Incumbent
|Gregory G. Skordas
|W. Andrew McCullough
|Total Votes
- 2008 Primary Race for Attorney General - Republican Primary
- Mark Shurtleff ran unopposed
- 2004 General Election
- Incumbent Shurtleff defeated Democratic and Libertarian challengers Gregory G. Skordas and W. Andrew McCullough, respectively, in the 2004 general election.
|Attorney General, 2004
|Vote %
|Mark Shurtleff Incumbent
|Gregory G. Skordas
|W. Andrew McCullough
|Total Votes
- 2004 Race for Attorney General - Republican Primary
- Mark Shurtleff ran unopposed
- 2000 General Election
- With 57% of the vote, Shurtleff was first elected to the post of attorney general of Utah in the 2000 general election, where he faced opponents Reed M. Richards (D), and W. Andrew McCullough (L).
|Attorney General, 2000
|Vote %
|Mark Shurtleff
|Reed. M Richards
|W. Andrew McCullough
|Total Votes
- Primary Election-2000 Republican primary
- Shurtleff earned 63% of the vote, securing the Republican nomination for the general election ballot in the primary election against Frank Mylar in 2000.
|Attorney General of Utah, 2000
|Vote %
|Mark Shurtleff
|Frank Myler
|Total Votes
Campaign contributions
Ballotpedia collects information on campaign donors for each year in which a candidate or incumbent is running for election. The following table offers a breakdown of Mark Shurtleff's donors each year.[33] Click [show] for more information.
|Mark Shurtleff's Campaign Contributions
Attorney General of Utah
|Total Raised
|Total Raised by General Election Opponent
|$124,513 (Democrat)
$15,317 (Libertarian)
|Top 5 contributors
|Republican State Leadership Committee
|USANA Health Sciences
|Siegfried & Jensen,
Pre-Paid Legal Services,
The Tax Club,
and Bloosky LLC
|$40,000 each
|In-state donations
|Out-of-state donations
Shurtleff currently resides in Sandy, Utah with his wife, M'Liss. The couple has had five children together.
The attorney, public servant, and community activist has been recognized frequently for his professional and volunteer work.
|List of Awards (click "show"):
Contact Information
Capitol Address:
Office of the Attorney General
Post Office Box 142320
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-2320
Phone: (801) 366-0260
Toll Free Phone: (800) 244-4636 (Utah Only)
Fax: (801) 366-0221
E-mail: email@example.com
See also
External links
- Official Utah Attorney General website (dead link)
- Mark Shurtleff's Facebook profile
- Mark Shurtleff's Twitter account
- Shurtleff for Senate Campaign website
- Project Vote Smart - Mark Shurtleff biography
- ↑ The Salt Lake Tribune, "Shurtleff to take federal lobbying job," December 4, 2012
- ↑ Deseret News, "Former Utah Attorneys General John Swallow, Mark Shurtleff arrested," July 15, 2014
- ↑ The Salt Lake Tribune, "Former Utah Attorneys General John Swallow, Mark Shurtleff arrested, face 23 charges," July 15, 2014
- ↑ Politico, "GOP AGs may sue over health bill" 24 Dec. 2009
- ↑ Associated Press, "13 attorneys general sue over health care overhaul" 23 March, 2010
- ↑ Deseret News, "Shurtleff: Utah to join lawsuit against federal health care reform" 22 March, 2010
- ↑ Deseret News, "Shurtleff shirks his duty" 4 June, 2009
- ↑ American Civil Liberties Union of Utah, "ACLU Withdraws Appeal of Official English Decision" 4 Sept. 2001
- ↑ Deseret News, "Legislators focus on illegal immigrants" 23 Jan. 2007
- ↑ "A Die-Hard Conservative, but Not on Immigrants," April 1, 2012
- ↑ The Utah Compact, "The Utah Compact," November 11, 2010
- ↑ ACORN "Attorneys General Take Action: Real Leadership in Fighting Foreclosures" June 2008
- ↑ Majority in Mississippi, "Jim Hood Received An "A" From ACORN In 2008" 17 Sept. 2009
- ↑ YouTube, "Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff endorses Usana" 30 July, 2007
- ↑ Follow the Money - Usana Health Sciences Contributions to SHURTLEFF, MARK L
- ↑ Justia.com - Utah Code
- ↑ Deseret News, "Marc Sessions Jenson fraud trial postponed pending plea deal" 27 May, 2008
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Fraud Files, "Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff: More suspect campaign contributions" 26 Nov. 2008
- ↑ Follow the Money - Siegfried & Jensen Heavyweight Summary
- ↑ City Weekly, "Drug Deal: Siegfried & Jensen attorneys landed a huge drug case contract from Utah's Attorney General. Did their hiring of Mark Shurtleff's daughter seal the deal?" 24 Sept. 2008
- ↑ Follow the Money - DigitalBridge Contributor Summary
- ↑ The Utah Statesman, "Mark Shurtleff opposes new rule to protect Physicians right to choose" 29 Sept. 2008 (dead link)
- ↑ Log Cabin Republicans - Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff profile
- ↑ Deseret News, "Utah joins legal fight against federal gun laws" 7 April, 2010
- ↑ Sioux City Journal, "S.D. supporting Montana gun rights lawsuit" 8 April, 2010
- ↑ The Salt Lake Tribune, "Shurtleff leads 7 states in gun fight" 13 April, 2010
- ↑ FOX 13 "Mark Shurtleff U.S. Senate Campaign Announcement Speech" 20 May, 2009
- ↑ Legal Newsline, "Shurtleff ends 2010 Senate campaign" 4 Nov. 2009
- ↑ Deseret News, "Mike Lee enters Senate race against Bennett — with Shurtleff endorsement" 5 Jan. 2010
- ↑ U.S. Election Atlas, "2008 Attorney General General Election Results," November 27, 2008
- ↑ U.S. Election Atlas, "2004 Attorney General General Election Results," March 11, 2007
- ↑ U.S. Election Atlas, "2000 Attorney General General Election Results," March 11, 2007
- ↑ Follow the Money.org
|Political offices
|Preceded by
|Attorney General of Utah
2001 - 2013
| Succeeded by
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I have three amazing children. My youngest son is the sweetest thing you've ever seen. He's so full of life and joy and he is such a boy. He is seven years old and, in addition to cartoons, his favorite shows are 'How's It Made' and 'Future Weapons'. I can't even sit through an episode of 'How's It Made' and he's riveted. He loves to make things and he loves to build. One of the strongest testaments to me that gender differences are inherent came when he was 5 years old. We were watching The Lion King together and the part came where Simba's father, Mufasa, died saving his son. During this scene, I glanced at my son and could tell he was fighting back tears. Upon discovering my gaze, he quickly started rubbing his eyes, told me that he had something in them and got up and left the room. He was FIVE. Keep in mind that my husband and I never made our children feel that it wasn't o.k. to cry or insinuated in any way that a man shouldn't cry. Yet, while 8 year old daughter would freely burst into tears if you looked at her wrong, my 5 year old son felt he had to be strong. He also has always wanted to "save the day". He's not sure what he wants to be when he grows up, but whatever it is, it must include being a hero. While my daughter dreams of being a model, a singer and a mom, he goes back and forth between things like a soldier, a policeman and a secret agent.
This is what my blog title's about...Equal But Different. Men and women are inherently different and NOTHING will change that. We are born that way and fighting against it only leads to unhappiness, bitterness and confusion. Feminism attempts to destroy the special dynamic that exists between men and women by insisting they're the same. I'm sure I'd enrage many a woman if I pointed out things that most women just can't do as well as a man by virtue of their gender. By the same token, I think there are things that a woman is inherently better at than a man. Am I sexist? I don't think so. I'd say I'm honest. All the arguements and the studies in the world won't change the fact that my daughter loved pink basically from the day she was born. She was more emotional, less physical and more verbal. My boys took longer to talk but could throw a ball accurately practically by the time they could walk, were louder but less temperamental. This isn't a random result. The same result is seen time and time again by mothers around the world. Are my sons better than my daughter? Nope, they're all intelligent, talented children (that's not my bias talking either ). They are, however, different. I teach them that our differences are what make us unique and special...I teach them to embrace them.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Investigators say a maintenance man found two bodies inside a silver car on a dead-end street in suburban West Palm Beach.
Palm Beach County Sheriff's spokeswoman Teri Barbera says the discovery was made Wednesday morning on the site of apartment buildings that are run by the county's housing authority.
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Online identity thieves could face up to 10 years in prison if parliament passes a new Fraud Bill introduced to the House of Lords last week.
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This marks the second historic Candlestick performance of Paul McCartney's career: The Beatles walked away from touring after playing at the stadium in 1966.
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Paul McCartney announced that he was leaving the Beatles on April 10, 1970.
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The stretch of fine albums Paul McCartney has released in the last decade or so, which includes last year's 'New,' can possibly be attribute to having worked with the same musicians. In a new interview, he speaks highly of the four men who have comprised his touring band since 2002.
The combination of his artistic legacy and continued vitality has paid off well for Paul McCartney. He is the winner of the two most prestigious 2014 Ultimate Classic Rock Awards -- Artist of the Year and Album of the Year.
Despite a two-hour parade of musical tributes featuring the biggest names from every genre of modern popular music, Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney effortlessly stole the show at 'The Beatles: The Night That Changed America.'
On Feb. 9, CBS will air 'The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles' to commemorate -- to the hour -- the 50th anniversary of their debut appearance on the 'Ed Sullivan Show.' Last night (Jan. 27), the program was taped in Los Angeles, with the two surviving members of the group playing together to mark the occasion.
With two weeks of voting down and three still to go, Rush, Fleetwood Mac, Black Sabbath and Paul McCartney have taken early leads in various categories of the 2014 Ultimate Classic Rock Awards.
On Jan. 26, the Beatles will be honored at the Grammy Awards with a Lifetime Achievement Award. And now it looks like the band's two surviving members, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, will perform on the show.
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr may mark the 50th anniversary of Beatlemania hitting U.S. shores next month by performing together. Showbiz 411 reports that the two surviving Beatles could show up on David Letterman's late-night show during his network's week-long celebration of the Fab Four.
Rock legends Paul McCartney, David Bowie and Bob Dylan all turned up for comedian Jimmy Fallon's opening monologue on 'Saturday Night Live' last night. And one of them even showed up in person!


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The Bills have not made the playoffs this century. Since their last trip in 1999 with Doug Flutie under center, they have just one season above .500, which came in 2004 under head coach Mike Mularkey, so changes had to be made – again.
Doug Marrone is Buffalo's sixth man at the helm since Wade Phillips was canned in 2000 and if there was one thing high on his list of things to do, it was becoming the first Bills head coach to win in his debut. It may be hard to believe, but there were 18 men before him that tried and failed.
Unfortunately he became victim No. 19 when his team lost a 23-21 heartbreaker to the Patriots on Sunday after Tom Brady pulled off yet another late-game drive that led to the game-winning field goal.
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The defeat aside, the Bills may have found their quarterback of the future in E.J. Manuel, the only quarterback to come off the board in the first round of the last NFL draft. The 23 year old out of Florida State was taken 16th overall.
Manuel did not get many reps in the preseason because of a left knee procedure that limited him to just one preseason game. He showed poise and the ability to lead and despite missing the final two exhibitions he beat out another rookie Jeff Tuel and was solid in his NFL debut going 18-27 for 150 yards, two TDs with no interceptions and a rating of 105.5, a nice start against a perennial playoff team.
Many people will be looking at Manuel's follow-up performance against the Panthers to see if his first one was a fluke or a peek into the future.
Manuel's offense managed just 286 total yards on Sunday and they will have to do a lot more against the formidable front seven the Panthers will throw at him.
The Defense is Another Story
They gave up a whopping 431 yards and the score was only close because of repeated gaffs by the Patriots. The two most glaring miscues were a non-contact fumble which led to a touchdown and Tom Brady coughing up the ball on the goal line. That probably kept New England from stepping on Buffalo's neck in a wipeout.
Cam Newton leads a Panthers offense that has the capabilities of putting up the same kind of numbers the Patriots did mostly because he has a stable of talented receivers, like veteran Steve Smith and speedster Ted Ginn to go along with the sure hands of Brandon LaFell. Carolina also found their ground game against one of the best defenses in the league. They had just 24 less yards than New England and could have a breakout game on Sunday if the Bills don't find cure to their ills.
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"We had just finished a table read and something happened where I said, What is going on?' to Craig Thomas, our creator. It was over lukewarm scrambled eggs and he said, Do you want me to tell you what happens?' And I said, I guess.' And he just summarized it and I just started f---king weeping," she told E!
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Döner Kebab--German-Style
- Bada Bing Jun 29, 2013 01:15 PM
Although I live in Indiana, I have a long history of seeking Döner Kebab sandwiches anywhere in the USA, such as I had when in Berlin and other German cities. I have never found one, but I have heard from people who seem to know what they're talking about that two places in the USA exist--one is in Leesburg, VA; the other in College Station, PA.
Before I go to metropolitan areas for visits, I ask about on Chowhound, so the query is this for my mid-August visit to NYC: is there anything like this to be found in Manhattan these days, or nearby, like Brooklyn?
While I don't want to be prickly, let me say in advance that anyone prepared to propose that a gyro or shawarma sandwich ought to be "close enough" shouldn't bother replying, because the German style is distinctive in several ways that matter a lot. (And I can get gyros anywhere.) Generally, only Americans who've been in Germany for military or other reasons know the real deal.
The German döner sandwiches use a "pide" bread, which is more leavened than the flat and often dry pita breads one sees here. The fillings include lamb and/or beef, cabbage, onion, lettuce, and usually a white garlic sauce (bearing no resemblance to tsatziki),and I generally asked in Germany for the "scharfe Soße"--a red hot sauce rather like harissa). This is a food I've not tasted for almost 20 years, because it just cannot seem to catch on in the USA. Can I find my Proustian moment in NYC?
I can link to a picture:
Is this the type?
Maybe this place?
re: kathryn
Funny! Thanks. The ingredients just might be okay, but if the reviewer is talking about a stiff pita, that's all wrong.
But one thing I notice is how frequently Americans who've been in Germany associate Döner kebabs with drunken nights on the town. That wasn't really my MO--I got them in the daytime, anytime. But I think it's because they're street food there. And like the Chinese here, those Berlin Turks worked long and hard hours, up before lunch and on through the night, holidays, you name it...
re: kathryn
That Doner Co. place must have the weirdest hours. I've tried going twice at different times of day and it's always been closed.
re: pravit
Which place?
Edit: sorry, I guess you mean the linked place above. I didn't notice that link initially.
re: pravit
Did they ever actually open? i feel like i walked past it late one night on the way home from drinking, thought "hey, theres a new doner place coming in here!" and the next time i walked past it was shuttered-looking.
re: tex.s.toast
Dunno but there are several Yelp reviews and photos. Hope they're not already closed for good.
re: pravit
Last review was from the day before Valentine's Day, and the one before that from New Years Eve. Can anyone recall seeing it open recently?
re: linguafood
Sorry! about the misnomer. I wasn't being careful enough. If I find myself able to stop by State College on our way to or fro, I will message you.
It's clear that "pide" bread is just the German transcription of "pita", and thus its distinctive, more leavened character must come from the water around the military base(s) where you've served.
Otherwise, BB, what you describe is a straightforward shawarma or giro or döner -each word signifying a sandwich containing compressed meat that 'turns' on a spit. Finding a version that represents a specific German-style -with sauces to your pleasing (and I'm guessing the Frankfurter v. Berliner v. Kölner v. Leipziger v. Wiener versions are different from one another, too; apart from the condiments, though, I suspect they're identical) -is an admirable quest; it's too bad Yorkville is gone.
I had to bother to reply; sorry. And mulling it over further, you might consider posting your query on the Outerboros boards: you're more likely to find your madeleine in Queens -that's for sure.
re: Phil Ogelos
I certainly don't fault you for reflecting on this item, so apology isn't really needed. I didn't like telling people "not to bother" replying. So, thanks.
But go find someone who's lived in Germany: they'll back me up, I promise. And actually, there was little variation in this item throughout Germany when I was there last (1992, alas). The food is a historically recent innovation of immigrant Turks who entered Germany as guest workers after WWII and started making do with foods they had on hand there and that suited the palate of German consumers. (That's why exactly this style of sandwich is not to be found in Turkey itself.) It began in Berlin and radiated out as Turkish families moved around the country. This relation to German rebuilding is why it is so much less common in adjacent European countries (though I did once find basically the real thing in a London hole-in-the-wall shop near the South Kensington tube station).
"Pide" is what Turks in Turkey call the bread, where it is also usually, characteristically sprinkled with little black nigella seeds. The Germans call it Fladenbrot, which simply means flat bread, but they distinguish it from what we and they call pita bread. The two are no more interchangeable than would be various versions of "pizza crust" in the USA.
I'm an avid home cook and bread baker, so one of my thoughts of late has been to make the vegetables, sauces and the actual bread myself and then just take it all to a gyro shop where they properly roast the meat, slicing from a vertical spit. Because in fact, any decent meat of that sort would do pretty good service: it's the bread and the fillings (stuff like slightly pickled cabbage, etc.) and the sauces that make this special.
I even wonder whether I might be able to make the meat properly by using a blow torch! Sounds pretty wild, but in principle, it should work...
p.s.: finding one's Proustian madeleine in Queens: that should be an indy film!
re: Bada Bing
I think the closest you'll find in NYC is Turco:
They make their pita on site and it is probably my favorite pita in the entire city. It is quite different from other fresh and pre-made pita used by any other gyro/doner/shawarma places in the city in that it's almost like a fluffier, less oily Malaysian roti.
I should note that the last time I was there maybe a month ago their oven was broken and they were forced to use pre-made pita. Hopefully it's up and running again.
re: Humbucker
That Turco looks awesome! When one reviewer says the meat is very "lamb-ey," evidently seeing that as a hurdle, I am that much more eager to try it. Actually, and purely coincidentally, I lived in Turkey (Ankara) several years when a young child in the 1960s--Air Force military brat--and mutton was among the things I got accustomed to there.
Thanks very much, and I'll report back if I manage to get to Turco and try their stuff. I am taking careful note of the place. Might pick my hotel location on basis of proximity to it!
re: Bada Bing
yah that does look pretty damn good
re: Humbucker
Went to Turco today. They were pretty on the ball; bread was great and the doner was so juicy the drippings ran down my hand. My only gripe was that the lamb was considerably saltier than previous visits today. Hopefully it was just a fluke. I experienced a similar jump in saltiness at Bereket a while back that lead me to abandon them for a number of months under they got that under control.
re: Humbucker
edit: I'm not sure why they are flipped on their side.
re: Humbucker
That is seriously good-looking stuff! Thanks for the information and photos. If they rent out rooms above, that's where you'll find me. :)
re: Phil Ogelos
"It's clear that "pide" bread is just the German transcription of "pita", and thus its distinctive, more leavened character must come from the water around the military base(s) where you've served."
Bada Bing has it right, as well as there being no (regional) differences between a döner in Bonn or Berlin.
Good luck in finding your döner-leine, BB!
re: linguafood
Döner-leine. Love it.
re: Bada Bing
Although Dönerlein (as in the diminutive) would be more fitting.
Of course, who wants a small döner? Not moi, and likely not you, either :-)
All your talk of döners has me craving one. I'll grab one for dinner tonight and let you know if it's still great (these are dürüm-style, so not exactly what you're looking for). I am hopeful.
re: Phil Ogelos
I did a search of the Outer Borough boards, but I agree it might be a good idea to post a query there, as well. The archived threads all were rather old, and none of them really honed in on the issue of a distinctively German style of döner kebab.
re: topeater
Man, Austin sounds like one great place to be a Chowhound. Like either Portland (ME; OR), I gather.
South Bend, Indiana, on the other hand....
Well, it's good to know how to cook at home. And we do have an awesome Farmer's Market.
I don't know about German style Turkish doner kabab, but if you want Turkish-Turkish doner kabab in pide bread, I used to get them all the time at Mangal Kabab in Sunnyside, Queens (Queens Blvd/46th St-ish). Just make sure to specify pide bread because they'll make it in the packaged pita bread if you don't.
re: E Eto
Had Mangal today, though in regular pita not the home bread. In comparison to Turco, this is more of junk food style doner. Meat was oddly a grainy mush and produce was lackluster. Both were in less generous quantities than Turco, which seems like a gourmet feast in comparison. The pita was falling apart while I was eating, though I won't hold that against the too much since home bread is an option (though there is a surcharge). All that combined with the sloppy construction made it taste strangely like a bowl of beef chili with crackers. Or maybe a tex mex style ground beef soft taco.
If this was priced more in line with halal carts ($4 for a pita sandwich), I'd be a fan, because sometimes I crave those junky flavors. However, at a similar price to Turco ($6 for regular pita/$7 with home bread), it won't be entering my regular rotation even though I live only a couple blocks away while Turco is a half an hour away. I may give it another try with home bread some time and report back, but my experience with one of their other home bread sandwiches leads me to believe it won't be a tremendous improvement.
Bereket on the LES, for those interested, falls somewhere between Turco and Mangal in ingredient quality, price ($6.50) and size. Probably closer to Turco, as it was once my preferred doner joint.
If it's not evident already, I'm a huge gyro/shawarma/doner afficianado. Anyone interested in a Lebanese style chicken shawarma?
re: linguafood
Just returned. Forget it. Not worth a detour.
There is hardly any resemblance to the döner you seek, nor to the dürüm-style döner to which I had generously compared the flatbread they make. The flatbread is nice, yes, but the döner looked like your usual, US-American "gyro meat", the yogurt sauce is severely lacking in garlic, the salad selection isn't right (no pickled cabbage, for example), and the "hot" sauce isn't.
re: linguafood
re: Bada Bing
I spent a summer in Venice once, eating doner from little stands almost every day.
Assuming the German versions are similar, the best I've been able to find are at Ali baba on 34th between 2nd and 3rd. Comes on a tasty pide. However, I think they only serve them at lunch.
Not as good as the Viennese version, but pretty good.
re: jon
I thought I'd already replied to your post here, but I don't see it, soo...
It so happens that I spent a week or so in Venice, Italy, last month, and indeed I did come across a hole-in-wall place that made something very close to the German style. The fillings were very much like that, but it was different in having a regular pita kind of bread (though very good and fresh) and it came in the form of a roll rather than a filled triangular pocket of bread. But from a taste standpoint, it was very gratifying. I talked with the operator and he knew exactly what I was talking about in the German thing.
I've had great doner kabobs at the Naschmarkt in Vienna. Now I'm wondering if they are derived from the Berlin version or if they are something else. I'm in Minnesota and have been on a similar quest.
As an aside, whenever I had pide in Turkey, it was always a pizza-like concoction. Sort of like a thin pizza with spiced meat but no sauce or cheese. I could never tell the difference between pide and lahmacun, but they were both mighty tasty. Anyone know of a good place in Manhattan to eat these?
As for German-style doner, it's been almost 9 years since I had one in Berlin, so my memory is a bit too hazy to judge properly. But Turco's is probably the best I've had in Manhattan. I wouldn't make a special trip to Midtown for it, but I'd order it on Seamless again.
re: Bada Bing
The Famous Halal Guys are known best for their chicken and lamb over rice with "white sauce" and very, very spicy hot sauce.
re: kathryn
Thanks! Interesting about the impostor cart. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, no? Also mercenary, in this instance.
re: Bada Bing
People love the halal guys. It's fine. And greasy.
re: Bada Bing
I tried to post before but it didn't take. The halal cart comes nowhere close to a good doner kebab. Its a plate of street meat on rice. Not bad, but if you are comparing to doner, it will be a severe let down. So unless you are planning on seeking out street eats, I would say its not worth it. I say that even though I probably get a plate every other month or so for lunch.
re: Bada Bing
What you get at the food carts is not comparable at all to döner or gyros. It's its own genre of street food: highly seasoned chicken or lamb, griddled on a greasy flat top and served with yellow rice, iceberg lettuce salad and an addictive combination of mysterious "white sauce" and hot sauce.
re: Bada Bing
53rd/6th is an interesting contrast to Turco.
Turco is probably the most refined doner I've had in NYC, what with the house-made bread, quality produce, and not very (usually) salty meat with distinct layers of fat and flesh.
53rd/6th meanwhile, is the most junk food-y version of street meat I've had in the city, but not necessarily in a bad way. You see, a lot of street meat vendors have sauces or seasonings that have middle-eastern or south asian flavors going on. Maybe their chicken is stained yellow because of a marinade that includes turmeric, or perhaps their hot sauce has a heavy cilantro component.
53rd/6th, on the other hand has a flavor profile that is not too far off from American fast food. The gyro meat they use is minced into small greasy nubbins, giving it a texture similar to hamburger meat. The chicken is pale with mild spicing. To me, the dominant textures and tastes in a 53rd/6th gyro sandwich are pasty steamed pita, iceberg lettuce, hot sauce and abundant mayo (which is basically what their white sauce is). You could almost see a place like Jack in the Box selling this stuff alongside their burgers and gringo tacos. To a lot of people, this probably sounds highly unappetizing, but for me, sometimes it hits the spot. Sometimes I want the clean, "upscale" flavors of Turco, while other times I want the straight ahead junky-ness of 53rd/6th.
I will say that I think the 53rd/6th guys are highly over-recommended and that tourists would be better off going to one of the more typical halal carts like Rafiqis that offers more interesting toppings and sauces and a more interesting chicken marinade.
re: Humbucker
Thanks, Humbucker and JungMann. It's starting to sound like a place I won't try unless I stumble on it at just the right time. Abundant mayo does not sound like something I crave, at least in that context. Now with potato salad, we're talking another thing.
re: Bada Bing
honestly i find it delicious and i dont think rafiqis holds a candle to it (meat is dry and bland)...its junky drunk food just to be clear, but i think its really tasty (make sure to get chicken + lamb with white sauce + hot sauce with a pita cut up on top of it)
a previous incarnation of the turkish place below my bldg used these thicker, delicious pitas you are describing. whoa the pain of recalling those happier days lol! we talk about it them all the time. they got them daily from a bakery in nj. unfortunately, the current owners use the horrible thin grocery store pitas. i asked and they admitted the good pitas were too expensive. :(
fwiw they often, but not always, used the crappy pitas in instanbul too.
Report here that I ended up trying Turco's lamb sandwich. It wasn't really the german thing at all, but the pide bread was excellent and the vegetable ingredients were excellent. The lamb was also juicy and well presented, although I found it a bit under-salted (that contrasting with Humbucker's experience above).
The sandwiches were huge, and I should have just split one with my son. As travelers, we weren't in a position to make good use of leftovers. Thanks for all the input, everyone.
re: Bada Bing
For the record, how does the German doner differ from what you had at Turco?
re: Humbucker
Sure BB will get back to ya, but this is what a German döner kebab usually looks like:
re: linguafood
Hmm.. Superficially at least, that looks about the same as what turco offers.
re: Humbucker
linguafood's picture is a great start. Relative to the German style, Turco had a higher proportion of meat (relative to vegetable) than the German ones. You get a stronger sense in Germany of the "salad" element. It was also just frankly huge, relative to the German style. Also, the bread, while delicious, was just a bit breadier than the German style, although still very good and much preferable to the bland mass-produced pitas that one usually sees here. Also, I think there is a slightly sweet element even to the hot sauce in the German style which was lacking in the hot red sauce at Turco. But as I think about it, the slight extra sweetness in the German style might also derive from the treatment of the cabbage.
These distinctions might seem minor, but the issue is really one of balance and fine differences, like most of Mediterranean-style cooking.
If I lived near Turco, I'd frequent it but plan on splitting the sandwich or taking some home. It's one of the best gyro shops I've seen in the States.
I have to say, I live abroad and I have stayed about 3 months in Germany, and lived in Italy and Spain, Korea, USA, and now living in Thailand, and have eaten it in Serbia, Bali, etc you get where im going and I have been known also for a person seeking doner kebab, and i have to say nothing has been as good as the Tukish Doner Kebab, Spanish - Style. Nothing combined it all together like that. The Doner KEbab in Madrid, Spain has been withought a doubt, for me, the best I have had, and the second best was the I recently had in Beograd, Serbia, but he was greek. The German style ones, I guess are about 3rd or 4th of my list, although good, not as good as in Madrid or in Serbia.
re: jnanakorn
Sounds interesting. But can you say what characterizes these styles (Spanish, Serbia) and also whether they are regional or instead specific to an establishment?
re: Bada Bing
The doner kebab, in a technical terms is made the same way... but I have to say that in each country that I have ate it in... the White Sauce... still dont know the exact name...... but the white sauce has never had the same taste, and the mix of the red sauce, which in some of the countries were the same, except in serbia but the change wwas nice. So the mix of the white sauce in Madrid, compared to the white sauce in all other countries...which was blander, didnt compliment or bring out the taste of a food that you just crave or you compare when you go to other countries... im not sure that if the Turkish Kebab in Madrid, or in Spain for that matter, used a fake white sauce or a more traditional white sauce but for me... as in tasting doner kebab in so many countries is what made it for me.. so to sum up... the red and white sauce.. when spreaded on the kebab and then mixed when entering the your mouth produced an unforgettable taste that after 10 years i still only crave that specific one. A side note.. the doner kebab... sandwhiches , if you can call them sandwhichs (what do you call them).. were served in a greater quantity, better said were bigger sandwhiches that i had in other countries, except serbia... all other countries gave small portions, the one in Beograd was an unbelievable size..because normally i can eat two, i could not eat two of these, i didnt know the price as i was visiting and my friend bought it for me.
On that Note, there is a fast -casual restaurant opening up on the west coast called Kebab Madrid, because I see all these people are form the east coast. It will be Turkish Doner Kebab, spanish style, for those who have traveled, they know the fast food likliness of the restaurant. if your on the west coast, arizona, it heard its coming soon