Franchising

Pita Chip rockin' the suburbs

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May 16, 2022

Pennsylvania-based Pita Chip, a Modern Middle Eastern restaurant with locations on Temple University's Campus and in University City, is opening its first suburban location — an expansive outpost located within the Oxford Oaks Shopping Center at 1623 Big Oak Road in Yardley, Pennsylvania. The 3,500-square-foot restaurants has seating for up to 68, which is significantly larger than the business' first two locations, according to a company press release.

Sales from its first two days, May 18-19, will benefit Yardley-area non-profits, including Caring for Friends, which provides food and friendship to people in need in the Philadelphia area, and Congregation Kol Emet, a reconstructionist Jewish synagogue located approximately 5 miles from the restaurant in Morrisville.

Omar Alsaadi and Mouhanad Kabbani, the co-founders of Pita Chip, opened the original Temple location in 2015 at 1600 North Broad St. In 2018 they launched the University City location at 3601 Market St., the same year that Howard Klayman joined as partner. Alsaadi, who emigrated to the U.S. from Syria in 1979, spent most of his life in the Philadelphia area cooking and evolving his recipes to mirror his experience as an immigrant.

"We are very excited to finally bring this brand to the suburbs after two years of planning, and I know Yardley is ready for us," Alsaadi said in the release. "We've met the community, we've had a preview event, and we are so excited to be welcomed by the wonderful people of Bucks County. We feel this is a concept that the community has been missing, and it's a perfect start for our expansion to surrounding suburbs as well."

Pita Chip's menu features salad bowls, rice bowls and pita wraps filled with falafel, chicken shawarma, beef shawarma and roasted vegetables, as well as hummus and sides.