I discover myself fairly universally disenchanted with grocery retailer pita choices (if somebody has a suggestion, I’m listening). So after I observed a to-go pack of pitas on the menu at Georgetown’s Levantine cafe Yellow (the place I spend fully an excessive amount of time regardless of dwelling in Virginia), I used to be instantly intrigued.
Yellow sells its hefty, wood-fired, za’atar-dusted as a six-pack for $15 (one on-line menu additionally lists a 12-pack for $28, although I haven’t seen that providing within the store). That definitely places them in a higher-priced class than your typical grocery store providing, however to me, the value distinction is price it. With the mere addition of a Yellow pita, I discover that home-cooked meals like yogurt-marinated hen thighs, Zahav’s hen schnitzel, and gyro riffs routinely flip into one thing particular. They’re additionally nice for dipping in baba ganoush, hummus, or zhug, whether or not your buying allegiances lie with native choices like Little Sesame or Cava, and even with Dealer Joe’s.
Bonus — the pitas (additionally on the menu on the Union Market location) appear to freeze completely nicely, so that you don’t have to down six of them in a few days with the intention to make your buy price it (that mentioned, no judgment should you do).
A warning caveat — should you anticipate to be visiting the cafe throughout peak hours, it is perhaps price a telephone name forward of time. I stood in a 20-minute line out the door on a bustling day round lunchtime within the hopes of snagging some pitas to convey to a gaggle home gathering over the weekend. I obtained to the register and was out of luck — they weren’t promoting the packets that day, and in reality had instituted a three-pita restrict per buyer. I’ve reached out to Yellow to search out out if there are any specifics surrounding when these restrictions occur, however haven’t heard again. This was admittedly my first time being confronted with a pita restrict in my each day life, however I suppose a spot needs to be doing one thing proper to necessitate one. I in fact nonetheless purchased my three.
