It has been rebuilt twice since without closing for a single day. The Pita Inn story starts in 1972, when Falah Tabahi arrived in the U.S. at 20 with a few dollars. He and his wife Asma opened the first restaurant in Skokie in 1982, and the family still runs all five, with every recipe built to his standards. Expect fast, cheap, halal Middle Eastern food made from scratch: pita baked daily at the family bakery, beef and chicken shawarma off the rotisserie, shish, kefta and lamb kabobs with rice and salad, the house hummus sold at Costco, and fan-favorite falafel.
The Business Lunch Special puts nearly the whole menu on one plate, and the Family Tray feeds a dozen. Hours run 11am to 9pm Sunday through Thursday and until 10pm Friday and Saturday. Open every day of the year (Thanksgiving until 3pm), with pickup through the Pita Inn app and delivery on DoorDash, Grubhub and Uber Eats.
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