National Gyro Day

Meat on a spit, wrapped in pita, and pronounced YEE-roh.

National Gyro Day celebrates the beloved Greek street food of seasoned meat cooked on a vertical rotisserie, then shaved into a warm pita. The word gyro comes from the Greek for turn, a nod to that slowly spinning cone. It belongs to a global family of spit-roasted sandwiches that includes Turkish d