Best Healthy Food: The Pita Pit

With its wheat pitas, wide selection of vegetables and low-fat sauce options, The Pita Pit is this year's winner for best healthy food in Newark.

General Manager Dan Wohlgemuth, who started at The Pita Pit as a minimum-wage employee, says the shop is a good healthy option because of its concept. Every sandwich order is customized, he says, allowing customers to choose the healthiest toppings and sauces for no extra charge.

"Basically anything is healthy if you make it right," he says. "If you order a double Philly steak and get extra cheese, you can make our food just like regular food without the healthy option, but generally pretty much everything that comes out of here is good for you."

He recommends the Greek pita, a creation of his own that features spinach, chicken, grilled onions, green peppers, banana peppers, and feta cheese with balsamic dressing.

The Pita Pit's Web site includes a build-your-own-pita nutritional calculator, which allows customers to customize a sandwich or salad and count its carbohydrates, fat and calories, among other things. The Greek pita on wheat comes to 440 calories and 45 grams of carbohydrates, minus the banana peppers and balsamic dressing, which are not included on the site.

The store gets late-night business from students leaving the bar, which Wohlgemuth says is a better option than common choices like pizza.

"I run my shop with the motto, 'If I won't eat it, I won't serve it,' " he says, "so there's really nothing that comes out of here that's not fantastic in my book."

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