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Quick Pita
Categories: Restaurants Sandwiches Restaurants Middle Eastern Sandwiches, Middle Eastern [Edit]
65 Duncan StToronto, ON M5V 2C5
Neighbourhoods: Entertainment District, Queen Street West, Downtown Core
(416) 599-7482
- Price Range:
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$
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- No
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- No
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Alcohol:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- No
6 reviews for Quick Pita
6 reviews in English
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Review from susan c.
8/3/2009
2 shwarmas for $8.99. I had the chicken shwarma and the S.O. had beef. Both were fresh, delicious, and packed with garlic sauce, tahini, pickled turnips and salad.
They're pretty dainty as far as shwarmas go. I was still hungry after I devoured mine so you might just want to eat both by yourself. Or maybe I am just a pig.
And if it matters to you, they take greenbacks. Two Americans walked in asking if they could pay with US dollars. (Typical, isn't it?) I didn't stick around long enough to find out what their exchange rate is, though.
They only have a couple of seats in this tiny take-out joint so you probably want take your food to go.
***ETA: I've been eating their falafels almost weekly for a few months now and they always hit the spot. The falafel is fresh, crisp and not too mealy, and they always take the time to grill the pita exterior so that it's not the raw-flour blanket I get at other places.*** -
Review from Vivek S.
1/29/2011 1 Check-in Here
Quick Pita is a blink-and-you'll-miss-it shawarma spot on Duncan just south of Queen Street West. It's pretty cramped inside with a pile of tall stools in the corner (and strangely, one lone stool bolted down), so you'll probably want to take your pita to go. It's got your standard shawarma offerings: chicken, beef, and falafel. They also have a massively stocked drink fridge. Seriously, there is stuff in here I have never heard of.
The pitas here are fine, but nothing exemplary and pretty light-weight compared to other options in the city. I was pretty hungry an hour after having a chicken shawarma from this place. Not a bad place for a snack, but my quest for Toronto's best shawarma rages on.
Obligatory Title Pun: The BREAD falls a little FLAT.
Menu Readability: Whatever.
Need to mention: They take debit with a $0.50 charge, but there is the world's smallest ATM out front.
What this place teaches me about myself: If I was a Sierra Online game I'd be ShawarmaQuest III.Listed in: I'll Take Mine To Go, Getting Shawarmer...
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Review from Janelle W.
7/8/2009 4 photos
Ah, Detroit, why do you scorn me so? You claim to be the Halal capital of North America. Your metropolitan area has the largest Arab population outside the Middle East. And you are home to more shish kabob restaurants than foreign cars.
So, why, Detroit, even with the numbers in your favor, can't you have any real shawarma?!?!
I'm not talking about that marinated grilled chicken breast all of Detroit's restaurants call "shawarma". No, shawarma is that seasoned hunk of meat the size of a small country, roasting on a spit all day, where the cooked outer layers of meat are continuously shaved off and fall directly into a fluffy pita.
The epitome of street food, shawarma can be found in every corner of the globe--except Detroit, which is just a big black hole of nothingness in the shawarma atlas. So I do with shawarma as I do with most every other delicious cuisine... I get it in Toronto. This time, Quick Pita was my place of shawarma gluttony.
If you dine in, you sit on a tall stool at a small counter. Half the counter space is taken up by bags of pita bread, presumably to be used in the restaurant later that day. So nuzzle up close to those pitas--both you and they will be filled with shawarma in a bit.
Place your order with the restaurant owner--a jolly, friendly fellow who, if you're dining in, won't let you to pay until after you eat. This trusting nature is so foreign to Americans--especially an American from Detroit, where you can't get even a fake shawarma without paying up front and promising your firstborn to shawarmaism.
Quick Pita does shawarma so well--tender, moist, and so full of flavor. The slow-cooked chicken melts in your mouth like chocolate. If you want to nonchalantly stroll Queen Street with your lunch in hand, get the shawarma sandwich. But if you want to eat a horse's rations, get the shawarma meal, which comes with lentil rice, spiced onions, and the freshest, crispest iceberg lettuce I've ever seen.
But Quick Pita isn't a one-hit wonder. For the self-loathing vegetarians, Quick Pita's falafels with tahini are lovely little mounds of crisp chickpeas that don't crumble en route to your mouth.
Let's just hope I don't crumble without a shawarma fix before my next visit to Toronto. Shawarma... as addicting as air. -
Review from Alejandro A.
Toronto, ON
12/12/2008
Quick Pita is one of those off the main road pita places that offers fresh, delicious pitas. They open for lunch, but the times I've been here there's been little to no line-up. They accept debit, but there's a service charge.
The place is pretty small, but there's a few (not many though) chairs and tables for you to sit in. It's really more of a take out place. In fact, if you're just grabbing a pita, you could use this as a small meal, or rather a big snack. They also offer full meal options, all of which look delicious, but I've always stuck to the pitas. -
Review from Annaliese R.
3/8/2010 1 photo
Eating with a vegan when you're a die-hard carnivore can be a feat in itself. Eating with a dead broke vegan when you're a dead broke, die-hard carnivore in Toronto is a feat of biblical proportions. So when we arrived on Friday night hungry and rip-roaring to go. . . it was quite a feat finding something that both of us wanted. Then we stumbled upon this shop situated in a side road. I had the beef gyro and my friend had the veggie plate with some Falafel. It was delicious and didn't eat up my drink funds. The two men working were so sweet and helpful!! I will be paying this place another visit next time I'm in Toronto!!
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Review from Paul B.
Toronto, ON
4/13/2010
Worst chicken shawarma I've had in Toronto. It was ridiculously small and not very flavourful. So bland. Next time I'll stick with Naz's which is also in the area.
