Why are there no doner kebaps in the US?

Question

I used to live in Heidelberg and ate them constantly, why has no one brought them to America (every American I knew who visited me would try in vain to find them stateside afterward). And the gyros they do have here are a depressingly weak subsitute for the doner.

Answer 1

I used to live in Chicago and now live in Bavaria.  If I ever move back to the States, I´m going to open a Kebap place and make serious dough.

I don´t know why there are no Doner places, although in Chicago, there is a Turkish restaurant that serves them-although they are very expensive.

Answer 2

Hmm, you're giving me a good idea...

At first I should ask some advice from local people, about the price of meat and other ingredients, the available locations, the rent and the taxes to pay, and I also wonder how much would be the correct price to ask from the customers.

Beware Ronald McDonald, the Turks arrive soon...

Answer 3

:D Wrong section. Ask the same in the Europe/Turkey section.

I know that there are good kebap and Turkish cuisine restaurants in New York. But they are real, high class restaurants.

Maybe döner kebap entrepreneurs think hamburger restaurants would give them a hard time. They target the same customers, you know.

Answer 4

Do not know but in Canada they are called donairs  in some places

just thought you would want to know