From Hoffman Estates
Shawarma near Hoffman Estates, IL
The Shawarma Spot is in Palatine, on Algonquin Road — about 9 minutes and 3.8 miles from Hoffman Estates, usually via Hassell Rd, Hillcrest Blvd and Roselle Rd.
- 9minutes
- 3.8miles
- Hassell Rd, Hillcrest Blvd and Roselle Rdusual route
- 1kitchen, in Palatine
What travels well on a 9-minute drive
Nine minutes is a short enough run that a wrap is still hot when you get home, so this is the drive to order the chicken or Black Angus shawarma wrap on. Hassell Rd across to Roselle is a straight run with no motorway stretch, which is the part that usually costs you the heat. It is the closest Mediterranean kitchen to most of Hoffman Estates, and the short drive is most of the reason it tastes like it did when it left us.
New to this food? What shawarma is, and what else is on the menu.
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Sunday 8 November · Hoffman Estates Park District
9 minutes from the door, so a wrap is still hot when you get there. Order ahead and it will be waiting.
Dates are the venue’s — check before you set off.
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Friday 13 November · Hoffman Estates Park District
9 minutes from the door, so a wrap is still hot when you get there. Order ahead and it will be waiting.
Dates are the venue’s — check before you set off.
Holiday Craft Fair
Saturday 14 November · Hoffman Estates Park District
9 minutes from the door, so a wrap is still hot when you get there. Order ahead and it will be waiting.
Dates are the venue’s — check before you set off.
Making a trip of it from Hoffman Estates
An early one from Hoffman Estates
Poplar Creek → us at eleven → coffee on the way back
- Poplar Creek Forest Preserve is nine minutes from us and open at first light; we are not open until eleven.
- Call in on the way back. Nine minutes with no motorway in it is the shortest drive on any of these pages, which is why a wrap still has its heat when you get home.
- If the coffee matters more than the timing, Conscious Cup Coffee Roasters, Palatine, 10 minutes from us roasts its own.
Lunch landing at Prairie Stone
Us → Prairie Stone, at an hour you choose
- Eleven minutes, and lunch in a business park has to arrive when it says it will. Give us the hour and we work backwards from it.
- We would steer you to trays over individual orders — easier to set down, easier to share, and nothing goes cold in a bag.
Before a show at the NOW Arena
Us → the arena, an hour before doors
- The arena is twelve minutes from our door, so leaving us an hour before the start is enough to park without hurrying.
- Wraps for this one — chicken shawarma, Black Angus, shish tawook. A wrap is far easier in a car seat than a platter.
Places near us are named to say how far away they are, nothing more. Check their own hours before you set off.
What people from Hoffman Estates order it for
Poplar Creek, with the food already cold
Nine minutes is the shortest run on any of these pages, so almost anything works — but a preserve is still a plates-on-your-knees affair. Yalanji and Lebanese tabouleh were built for that, and they taste better at the temperature they arrive at than they would warm. Baklava travels without complaint.
Feeding a room at Prairie Stone
Eleven minutes, no motorway, and a business park where lunch usually has to land at a fixed time. Tell us the hour and we will build it round it: platters rather than individual orders, because one box opened on a table beats twenty bags handed out, and the mix grill platter stretches to eight.
Before a show at the NOW Arena
Twelve minutes from the doors. Doors usually open an hour before a show, so collecting at six for a seven o’clock start leaves plenty — and wraps are the right call there, eaten in the car rather than carried in. Chicken shawarma, Black Angus, or shish tawook.
Everything above is off our own menu — see all of it, or ask for a catering quote.
Asked from Hoffman Estates
How long before a show at the NOW Arena should I order?
The arena is twelve minutes from our door, so collecting an hour before the start leaves time to get there and park without rushing. Order ahead and it will be waiting. Wraps are the sensible choice for that trip — they are eaten in a car seat far more easily than a platter is.
Can you bring lunch to Prairie Stone?
Eleven minutes, and no motorway on the way, which is the part that matters for keeping food hot. A business park lunch usually has to arrive at a fixed hour, so tell us the hour. We would push you towards platters rather than individual orders: one box opened on a table beats twenty bags handed round.
Is the food halal?
Yes — 100% Halal, and cooked fresh through the day rather than held. That applies to everything on the menu, not a section of it.
Something not answered here? Ask us.
From a customer in Hoffman Estates
This place is great. We ordered their hummus, muhemmara, and two bowls - one was chicken shawarma and one was falafel. First, their portions aren't huge, they are enormous.
How far it is from around Hoffman Estates
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From Poplar Creek Forest Preserve — about 9 minutes, 5.4 miles. -
From Poplar Creek Crossing — about 11 minutes, 6 miles. -
From Prairie Stone — about 11 minutes, 8.9 miles. -
From the NOW Arena — about 12 minutes, 9 miles. Photo Leech44, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons -
…and what to bring with you
Times are typical driving times and vary with traffic.
Getting it from Hoffman Estates
Pick it up. Order online and collect it on Algonquin Road. Ordering direct goes through our own system rather than a delivery app.
Or have it delivered. Delivery is handled by Grubhub, Uber Eats and DoorDash. Each app sets its own delivery area and fees, so the app will tell you whether it reaches your address — we do not run our own drivers.
Catering in Hoffman Estates
We cater shawarma, grills, family platters, salads and vegan dishes for offices, celebrations and community events. Give us the date, headcount and whether you want it collected or delivered, and we will quote it — see catering.