Pita is a central part of the menu at Safta’s Table, a new Mediterranean restaurant from Alon Shaya.
Hot from the oven, which is visible just over the counter, it might go with a hummus plate or mezze sampler of dips and pickles, just like it does at the chef’s upscale New Orleans restaurant Saba.
But at Safta’s Table, that pita is also the basis for breakfast sandwiches with pastrami in the mornings, or topped with whole cloves of well-oiled garlic confit for a quick snack next to an afternoon coffee or a bright spritz. And there’s a chicken schnitzel pita that has all the makings to become a crosstown destination sandwich.
Safta’s Table is the latest from Alon and his wife, Emily Shaya, and their Pomegranate Hospitality group. It opened this week in the West Lake Shore Shopping Center, near the lakefront marinas…