Holiday Joy

BRR! We haven't been this cold in a long time! To help warm your souls and your stomachs this holiday season, we're chopping the price on all our delicious, freshly-made soups. All week, enjoy half priced soups with any instore or delivery pita purchase. We'll be changing our soups daily, and true to Pita Pit form, we'll always offer one veggie option, as well as something to please the carnivores. Today's sumptuous choices are, Potato Chowder and Chicken Tortilla. The only problem you'll come across with this deal is which soup to choose.

You might want to consider picking up one of our hilarious signature 'I Pita 'da Fool' t-shirts when you order your soup. All t-shirts are reduced to $5.00 with any delivery order.

Should you decide to brave the weather and make it down to the Pit, please bring with you a toy for a child in need. With Christmas fast-approaching, we're beginning to wrap up our Toys for Tots drive. Pick up a small, unwrapped gift and drop it at the Pita Pit today, and we'll make sure it gets to a child who needs some cheer this Christmas.

Also still on is the buy $25 in gift cards get a $5 card for free. Pitas make messy stocking stuffers, but gift cards are juuust right.

Happy Holidays everyone!

Customer Appreciation Day, Thursday December 3rd

First Thursday CAD was off to a great start last month and we are excited to keep it going. Here is the coupon for half priced pitas with the purchase of a drink. Remember, you can always order takeout online and automatically apply the half priced pita discount.

Thanksgiving Special

Philadelphia, PA, Monday, November 16th, 2009 Through Wednesday, November 25th, 2009. A Thanksgiving cornucopia in a pita As far as the festive meal is concerned, Thanksgiving literally takes the turkey. To celebrate outstanding eats that come with Thanksgiving, we're offering a Thanksgiving pita stuffed with all the Pilgrim's favorites: juicy turkey, fluffy stuffing and tangy cranberry sauce, grilled onions and mushrooms, and mayo. Come try one today and find one more thing to give thanks for. Holiday Hour Changes: Wednesday, 11/25/09 - 9:30am-5pm Thursday, 11/26/09 - closed Friday, 11/27/09 - 11am-3pm ###

Veteran's Day

This Veteran's Day, Pita Pit salutes the brave men and women who have tirelessly put themselves in harms way to keep us safe.

Any veteran or active military member can enjoy 20% off purchases and we'll also be featuring a new pita - the "All American Hero"

The All American Hero is a double chicken pita with American cheese and unlimited toppings for only $5.00.

All specials are available for in-store purchases only and not to be combined with anything else.

We look forward to seeing you at the Pita Pit.

First Thursday CAD

Remember, Remember the 5th of November!

It’s the first Thursday of the month and that means half priced Pitas at the Pita Pit with the purchase of any drink.

Take advantage of one of our favorite monthly events at the Pita Pit.

Remember, CAD is for in-store and pickup purchases only. For quicker service, you can order pickup directly from our online ordering site.

Trick or Treat

Philadelphia, PA, Friday and Saturday, October 30th and 31st 2009

Let the Pita Pit remind you of just how awesome trick-or-treating was, minus the costume-ruining long underwear. When you order any pita Friday and Halloween, you'll be able to reach into our grab-bag filled with coupons for free snacks, free pitas, and even free catering trays. What will you snag? We'll also have other goodies to satiate your sweet tooth.

While you're busy getting goodies from the Pit on Halloween, start thinking about what gift you should get for our Toys for Tots winter Holiday drive. With every unwrapped children's gift you bring in to the store, you'll get a free bag of chips to go with your meal. You give a little, we'll give a little. Everyone walks away happy, especially the kids.

Remember, we'll have the World Series on every game!


Have a safe weekend.

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Philadelphia, PA, Wednesday, October 21st 2009 - Today

Phillies Phans, here is something that will get you even more hyped for tonight's event. For in-store purchases, enjoy a phree combo with any pita purchase. Mention "Phree Phillies Combo" when you order in the store or for takeout on our webpage.

For deliveries, enjoy phree pita chips and a hummus side with every order. Mention "phree pita chips" when ordering online.
Offer is good from 8:30am - 10pm and not to be combined with any other offer. Combo consists of a fountain soda and bag of chips or cookie.

Where are you watching the game? Come in and watch all of the live action on our brand new 42" plasma!

Lastly, We want to thank everyone who participated in Monday's Susan G. Komen for the cure event. We were able to raise over $400.00 dollars for Breast Cancer research. Keep up the good work Philly!

GO PHILLIES!!!

Breast Cancer Awareness

Philadelphia, PA, Monday, October 19th 2009 - In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Pita Pit, located at 16th and Sansom, will donate one dollar of every pita purchased, both in-store and delivery, to the Susan G. Komen For the Cure Foundation. The Susan G. Komen Foundation has worked tirelessly since its inception in 1982, to raise awareness, support, and over one billion dollars in funding to help combat and cure breast cancer. Breast cancer is widespread and has touched nearly everyone's lives, either directly or indirectly. Pita Pit invites you to help make the world a brighter, more hopeful place for all the mothers, daughters, sisters and friends who have been diagnosed. Together with the Susan G. Komen Foundation, we can help to make sure every woman diagnosed with breast cancer can someday call herself a survivor.

The Pita Pit has always been committed to the health and well-being of its customers. The shop's slogan, 'fresh thinking, healthy eating', is evident in every corner and practice of the store. The Pita Pit uses fresh, locally grown vegetables when available, offers many vegetarian options, and, last year, became the first Green Certified Restaurant™ in Philadelphia. A healthy meal, a clean environment, and happy pita eaters are their missions.

CAD

Here is the coupon. Remember you can always order online and skip all of the lines.

We regret to inform you that we won't be doing our monthly customer appreciation day on the second Tuesday anymore... However, we're are happy to announce that Customer Appreciation Day will be on the first Thursday of every month!

It just sounds so much better. Say it.

First Thirsday, First Thursdsay, First Thursday.

See who's going!

Product Testing

A few weeks ago we put a poll on our blog that asked if our customers would like to see a vegetarian buffalo chicken added to the menu at Pita Pit. The results were overwhelmingly in favor for the addition so we decided to introduce it.

We want to make sure that the product is up to Pita Pit standards and we are asking our loyal customers for their candid opinions.

On October 6th, from 2pm-6pm, we will be hosting our first ever product testing debut. The veggie Pitas will be 100% free and all we ask is that you preregister and fill out a survey after eating. If you're interested, you can preregister here.

What are you waiting for?

Last day to enter the Costa Rica contest with Pita Pit! No purchase necessary and you can sign up as many times as you like. It can't hurt right?

New Catering

We are excited to announce that we just completed our new catering menu. To celebrate the new menu look and feel, go head and take 10% off your catering this week and next. When you order online, please indicate in the special box that you saw this post and you want the discount.

If you aren't having a catering event right now, and you think your office may be interested in ordering us in the future, try a sampler platter completely free. Some restrictions may apply.

September CAD

Whether you're back to work today or back to school, come down and take advantage of half priced pitas. Just bring this coupon in and you're set! Remember, you can always place your orders online and skip the lines.

Coupon is not good for delivery.

Todays Twitter Special

"Free Twink" or "Free Twookie" Those are the magic words when you're ordering today. You'll be granted with a free cookie or free soda with any pita order!

New Artist!

This Sunday, we present our newest artist at the Pita Pit, Britt Miller. Britt is a very talented artist and also a graduate from our very own alma mater, PSU. Come in and check out her art next week and also read her bio.

CAD all over again

Another month, another Customer Appreciation Day! Here is pass for CAD so be sure to print this out or just show us the picture on your phone. Please remember that CAD is for in-store or takeout only. To skip the lines you can always order online from our website.

Breaking News

We just found out we were nominated again for MyFoxPhilly Hotlist again! Last year, we took the prize without a problem. We would love to take it for a second year in a row. Vote here and please help us out!

Breakfast

At the Pita Pit, we feel as though Philadelphians aren't eating a proper breakfast. As we watch the long lines pile up at Dunkin Donuts in the morning, we can only imagine what people are putting into their bodies.

It's time to change some habits everyone! We understand their coffee is great, (we drink it all of the time) but starting your day off with donuts and sticky buns is gross. Here is your opportunity to try something new. If you like our standard pitas you WILL LOVE our breakfast pitas. Each one is made with REAL eggs, not the mystery goop that comes out of cartons or the interesting frozen yellow disks.

We won't even talk about the grease carts... but really... come on...


Our favorite, and most popular breakfast pita is the Chicken Classic, it's made with chicken, scrambled eggs, cheese, grilled onions, mushrooms, and peppers and a hash-brown to top it off. It's absolutely delicious and we highly recommend it. Print this coupon out today and stop in. We're quick, but if you do happen to be late for work, we'll write a note to your boss.

Free Salad

From now until labor day, get a free large garden salad with any catering order when you mention this special. If you haven't tried one of our huge catering salads now is the perfect opportunity to do so. All our salads are made fresh using all of our vegetables and we can customize them to whatever your preference may be. Remember, after you order your catering from us, be sure to give us a ring and have us pick up your trays. By doing so, you will not only help our planet, but you will earn yourself a $5.00 gift card!

Everyone meet Jefferey, Jeffery meet everyone

If you come into Pita Pit today, you will notice a new fresh look. It's the beginning of the month and that means we are proud to present our next artist of the month Jeffery Kubach. Read his bio here.

Wow

We would just like to take this opportunity and thank all of the people that showed up on Wednesday. If you were there, you probably took notice to the amazing turnout that we had. What an amazing day.

We're almost 3 years old!

On Wednesday, July 29th, we will be celebrating our third anniversary in the big city. If you haven't heard, all pitas in store will be only $3.00. Come celebrate our birthday and help us kick off our 3rd year of business. With your help, it will be the best year to date. (Press Release)

To be honest, we never thought we would last this long. We started out with a ridiculous rent and too few patrons to make long term success seem feasible. The only thing that kept our heads in the game was seeing the customers that would come in multiple times daily. We knew our product was great, we eat it every day, but we didn't know how to convince others. We turned to the only thing we knew how to do - make excellent food. We decided a year ago to really step it up. Make sure that every single person coming into the store leaves not only content, but raving about our food. After all, we are an inexpensive, healthy, quick, vegetarian friendly, but most importantly, delicious restaurant. Surely that has to spark interest with a few folks.

Slowly but steadily our core customer base started to grow and grow with our patrons being the best source of marketing possible. Now, in July of 2009, we are finally a staple in this great city, and are no longer worried about making rent. We're here to stay, and here to deliver an excellent product and service to the best of Philadelphia.

We hope to see you on Wednesday, thank you.

Customer Appreciation Day, Tuesday July 14th

At our State College store, we first introduced our Customer Appreciation Day in February of 2007 and it worked out so well that we decided to do it monthly.

We started following suit here in Philly last December and launched our monthly Customer Appreciation Day campaign. So far, it has been getting more and more popular and we can't wait to see what kind of a turnout our July CAD will bring.

Remember, our Customer Appreciation Day is the 2nd Tuesday of every month and currently the special is a half priced pita with any drink purchase.

Here is the coupon below. You can simply snap a picture with your phone (the environmentally friendly way) or just click it and print it out. (the non environmentally friendly way) Please note that half priced pitas are only for in store purchases or takeout orders placed over phillypitapit.com.

New Products

Shame on us, but we haven't introduced a new product since our veggie steak last year. It's not like we haven't been thinking. Every time we consider new products, a grand debate ensues, and we are left with nothing but exhausted brains.

With that in mind, we have come to the conclusion that the best way to alleviate tensions and internal arguments is to have our customers choose the products they want to see. For the next 20 days leading up to our 3rd anniversary on July 29th we will be taking votes on what we should introduce into the Pita Pit. Whether the new product is for a limited time, a new standard, or just something for fun, our goal is to tally votes until our anniversary.

On Wednesday, July 29th, we have agreed to sell all pitas for $3.00. We're pretty confident that the place will be a mob scene so please try and keep our special privy to only loyal Pita Pit customers.

MJ

Today Pita Pit celebrates the life of Michael Jackson. As all you card-carrying fan club members know, Mexican was the King of Pop's favorite food. To pay our respects properly, we're offering an MJ inspired $5.00 Thriller Fajita, a steak or chicken fajita pita!

In honor of the late great one, we will also be changing the name of our Banana Very Berry Smoothie to the Smooth Criminal for the entire day. For those that don't know, the Smooth Criminal will have strawberries, bananas, frozen yogurt, orange juice and a little HEE hee.

To further transform the Pit into an MJ shrine, we'll be showing the TV special all day, beginning at 11am while blaring our Michael Jackson radio on Pandora. station. Listen with us... Ma ma se ma ma sa ma ma coo sa!

Read the full newsletter here.

Going Green

Last year we joined the Green Restaurant Association and became the first Certified Green Restaurant in Philadelphia. Now we are in our second year with the GRA, and we're in the process of deciding which environmental steps we're going to take this year to improve the sustainability of our store.

In brief, some of our sustainable accomplishments of the past year consist of energy reduction, water reduction, air quality improvements, and the recycling and upcycling of waste products. We also switched to biodegradable eco-friendly cups, plates and cutlery.

Check out some of the coverage we received from Philly Biz Journal, Fast Casual Magazine and CBS.

For this year, we have already started our Recycle and Save program and are anxiously awaiting new ideas to incorporate into the Pita Pit. Hopefully, by the end of the year, we will have some sort of composting process incorporated into the store. If you have been to the store and there is something that you would like to see, please let us know.

After joining the association, we thought that many other restaurants would follow suit, however, to our astonishment, no other restaurants have joined. In NY and Cali, hundreds of restaurants are actively involved with the association and are committed to incorporating sustainable practices into their restaurants. For some reason, Philly is behind the eight ball. Mayor Nutter's Green Works Philadelphia is pushing Philly to become the "greenest city in America" and with restaurants being a huge attraction here, there should be some correlation. By know means are we calling for some government mandate, however, we're sure customers want to see their favorite restaurants be more sustainable. Most of the changes that we made throughout the store were easy, inexpensive, and smart. We don't think that our steps at the Pita Pit will create a huge impact themselves, but collectively, we can make real progress in the city. The negatives of going green in the restaurant industry have yet to be seen.

Local artist showcase

A couple of months ago we started displaying artwork created by local artists in Philadelphia. I don't think we could have predicted how excellent the response has bin with our customers. The talent rotating through the Pita Pit is far beyond anything that we could have originally imagined and we are looking forward to continuing the program forever.

We are now on our third artist. We started out with Matthew Clifford who focused on abstract computer generated paintings. These were gigantic pieces that really lit up the Pita Pit. Check out his page here.

After Matthew's paintings came down, we were excited to introduce a very talented Philadelphia photographer and avid pita eater Nema Etebar. His work portrays Philadelphia in the most true to life form by telling a story with every candid shot. It was sad to see his work come down, however, we know that Nema will have no problem displaying his photography in the future. Many of his shots can still be seen at Alfa or on his website.

Just yesterday, we started our 3rd artist Emily Erb. Emily is a very talented artist who has won countless awards and we are very excited to see her pieces being displayed. Check out her webpage and come down to the The Pita Pit to see her favorite paintings before they come down in August.

As of right now, we have about 8 more artists lined up to display their work but if you are interested in jumping in line, please let us know and we would be more than happy to take a look.

Our first post...

As we approach our 3rd year of business, we thought it would be a good idea to start getting all of our thoughts, news and ideas onto one concise platform so we can share with our customers and whoever else wants to read.

Some of these posts will be from past events that we wanted to archive, but for the most part, this blog will deliver the most up to date information about what we are doing in the store and in the community. Enjoy!