Fried cheese: Joanne Witt
Let’s just say it up front, Cafe Pita + is outside the loop. In fact, it is west of Beltway 8. Do not let that discourage you. The food is fresh and well-prepared. The staff is friendly, the restaurant intimate and it is very reasonably priced.

I have eaten here many times, but often it is because I am in the neighborhood. This was not the case on this visit. We were celebrating my friend’s birthday and she suggested that I pick an inexpensive restaurant, even a BYOB place. Cafe Pita immediately leapt to mind.

My dining companion and I shared two appetizers, a sandwich and a dessert. It was a lot of food.
Meza: Joanne Witt
Bosnian food has influences from the Middle East and Europe. You should know that spices and garlic are not used lightly.

We began our meal with with meza; sujuk, pastrami, feta, ajvar, olives, ackawi cheese and pickles served with lepinja bread. Sujuk reminded me of a mild pepperoni. Ajvar is red pepper and eggplant spread. Ackawi is a mild and salty white cheese. Lepinja brea is a flat bread with lots of holes, sort of a mixture of pita and ciabatta bread.

The cheeses were great and a wonderful balance with the sujuk and pastrami.

Our second appetizer was the fried cheese, made with homemade cheese and served with ajvar. I am not a big fan of fried cheese but this version was delicious.
Cevap: Joanne Witt
Next up was a classic Bosnian dish called cevap. We had it on a sandwich. It a beef-style coarse sausage served with lepinja bread and a thick creamy kajmak and onions on the side. I loved the spicy meat mixed with the cool and creamy kajmak with the springy lepinja bread.

This is a BYBO place, so I brought a Malbec Rose to have with dinner, thinking it could work with the dishes. However, it did not hold up well to the spices. Beer would have been better with this meal.

We ended our meal with Palacinci, a chocolate and hazelnut filled crepe with a strawberry and caramel sauce on the side.
Palacinci
I loved this meal for so many reasons, not just that the quality of the food, which was was high, but also the restaurant is a comfortable place to dine at a price point that does not break the bank.

As an aside, maybe you caught the episode on the Food Network of Dinners, Drive-Ins, and Dives with Guy Fieri that featured Cafe Pita +. I would never call this place a dive, despite its location in a nondescript strip mall.