GoodTaste
Primo pita There's been a lot of hot pita popping up around Philly over the last year, as an influx of authentic Israeli-style street-fooderies continue to open. One of the best new entries is the five-month-old Pita Pocket (not to be confused with the dreary Pita Pit chain a few blocks north.)
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Primo pita
There's been a lot of hot pita popping up around Philly over the last year, as an influx of authentic Israeli-style street-fooderies continue to open. One of the best new entries is the five-month-old Pita Pocket (not to be confused with the dreary Pita Pit chain a few blocks north.)
Owned by Israeli and Lebanese partners, the restaurant turns out excellent falafel (crispy outside, moist inside), as well as superb lamb and chicken shawarma (shaved from a turning gyro skewer), and the mildly spiced skewers of ground beef kebabs. Load up on cumin-scented carrots, tabbouleh and olives from the free salad bar, and head upstairs to the sunny second-floor dining room for a casual pita lunch.
Sandwiches, $7.50; platters, $9.75 at the Pita Pocket Falafel and Grille, 218 S. 16th St., 215-545-7482.