Baba Pita

Is there anything more difficult than rating Mediterranean restaurants?  On the one hand they are damn near perfectly homogenous but on the other, that homogeneity is a relatively healthy and quick meal that rarely disappoints.

For me, the question of rating Mediterranean restaurants comes down to comparing and contrasting 4 different places: Baba Pita, Falafel & Grill, Dawali Mediterranean Kitchen & Sultan's Market.  It pains me to admit this, since I've ordered from Baba Pita what feels like 1000 times and never been disappointed in what I received, but it's clear that Baba Pita is a distant fourth in this comparison. All the other three have something that they are the best at, and unfortunately that squeezes Baba Pita to an average three. But that's not as bad as it sounds, c'mon Baba Pita, it's not you, it's me, I just need some space.

We've ordered twice for delivery via GrubHub and all I can say is, this place is super fast, super reasonably priced and super tasty. Plus, they have beaten the predicted delivery time by more than 10 minutes and our soup was very hot. Speaking of the soup- they have some of the best lentil soup in the city, I'm convinced. I can't really think of any complaints- the only thing I'm lacking is a clarification on whether the shrimp entree is fried or not. If it's not, then I'm getting it on our next order. And oh yes, there will be more orders...Yum!

I work in the west loop and have been grabbing lunch here from the day they opened... This past Thursday will be my last. I ordered the tabule along with a couple of other sides. The tabule was mush... my guess is at least three days old. Against my better judgment I ate it and ended up very sick at about 6:00pm the same night.