Bella Pita ...
What is it about the pita sandwich that I love so much? Warm it up, split it open, fill it up ... and make the colors of the rainbow. As you're hopefully well aware, I was raised to know only one Westwood pita-emporium, and that's his majesty, the Falafel King. But after getting a couple of heated and ardent Grub-suggestions from my buddies Rapir D., Alexis S., and Felicia C. to check out Bella Pita, I knew I wouldn't be able to keep up my pita-monogamous lifestyle much longer. And with confidence I can say ... Baby, it's fun to be a swinger. Bella Pita just offers a different dimension to the pita game, not better, just different. For starters, you've got a very simple... yet beautiful... process going down at this place. Pick your filling ... from steak to falafel (a fan favorite of my vegetarian accomplice, Rapir D.) and either stick with the pita or go for a "Wowshi." Yeah ... I'm not making it up. The Wowshi is more of a stuffed, grilled pocket-of-flavor, where the pita is a warm, open house-of-love. On this night The Good Grub followed in the footsteps of our Grub-mate and stayed with the pita varietal ... but with a name like Wowshi, it's only a matter of time before we're back again to try it out. We got our steak pita, and it starts off with just a warm pita pocket and a healthy base of thick, grilled steak. And we're talking high-quality, beef put to fire, not the rotating-multi-layered-cone-o-meat that looks like a souvenir rock our Great Aunt Reva brought back from the Grand Canyon (which we actually love on most occasions ... the meat not the rock ... but flame-grilled steak trumps all). And this is where the journey takes off. Because to the right of the counter is a do-it-yourself smörgåsbord (yeah ... we're cultured) of pita fillings ... from tahini to humus, from cucumber-salad to neon-purple-pickled-radish. This place is like the color-me-mine of the pita sandwich ... but in a good way. Rapir D. gave us the heads up and we added the "really hot sauce" to our pita, where we're pretty sure the "really" stands for "really freakin' good!" Pair up your pick with a side of french fries or our new-found-favorite-food ... fried cauliflower. Moms out there, listen up. If you want your kids to eat their vegetables, just deep fry them until they're a golden brown and dip them in your choice of humus, tahini, or really hot sauce! Pair it all up with a Mexican Coke in a its real sugar glory or go for a bottle of Martinelli's. Sure, it's not the tiny apple sized bottle your grandma used to serve you, but I guess there's a time for every boy to become a man. Drink and side-order choice aside, this place is definitely worthy of joining the Westwood Grub-rotation. Because that's what The Good Grub journey is all about, trying new "dude-you've-got-to-try" Grub spots. And we're telling you, the Bella Pita is just one of those place's you've gotta try ... Dude.
