Ugh. I used go to Extreme Pita all time as a young'un so when I was in this plaza at lunch time I was overwhelmed by nostalgia and thought, "Why not? Let's go see if it lives up to the memories."
I ordered the chipotle chicken pita in the regular size. Firstly, the pita is not toasted so that's not good. Secondly, my pita was barely filled with any vegetables or chicken (hardly any lettuce which is so damn cheap) so it wasn't worth what they charged me for the regular size. Many of my bites at the top and bottom were just plain, untoasted pita. Finally, this pita was smothered in gloppy sweet sauce (it was just straight up sweet, there was no "chipotle" heat at all). There was honestly more sauce than veggies or chicken. It was gross. I kept cringing from the gloppy sweetness as I ate. I probably should have gone up and returned it (it was that bad), but I just kept slogging through. Why do I do that to myself? You deserve better, woman!
A server passed by my table and asked how I liked the pita. I answered honestly that there was just way too much sauce and not enough filling to absorb that sauce. She said, "Yeah, that chipotle chicken has more sauce than vegetables." Seriously? Seriously, girl? What the hell. I'm sure that's not what they're teaching you people in pita assembly school. There's no way some food designer purposely came up with the monstrosity that I ate today.
Lesson learned: don't let nostalgia rule your stomach. Your taste buds as a kid are not the same as your adult taste buds. Or, this was just a really crappily made pita. I don't know; take your pick. read more