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Pita Jungle launches a new ‘Seasonal Kitchen Crafts Menu’ & ‘Wine Wednesdays’

Pita Jungle launches a new ‘Seasonal Kitchen Crafts Menu’ & ‘Wine Wednesdays’

Aug 3, 20212 min read

Featuring a variety of Mediterranean dishes, Pita Jungle is mixing things up this summer with its recently launched “Seasonal Kitchen Crafts Menu.”

The new bites include the Super Greens Nordic Salad and a Shaved Korean Beef Lavash Wrap — just a couple of the items from the menu the restaurant is calling “health and taste booster-themed.”

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Super Greens Nordic Salad (credit: Pita Jungle)

Plus, with a new and limited menu comes a potential mid-week getaway for wine lovers.

Pita Jungle has a pretty sweet deal on Wednesdays with half-priced bottles of wine, including the Jungle Vino private label that the restaurant released earlier in the year. For example, the 2019 Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon are $13 a bottle.

Pita Jungle
Pickle Hummus (credit: Pita Jungle)

Seasonal Kitchen Crafts Menu

  • Moroccan Gazpacho – a chilled soup with tomato, cucumber, onion, cilantro, celery, jalapeno, garbanzo beans, lemon juice, seasonings. Served with pine nuts, and your choice of cucumbers or pita chips
  • Avocado Hummus – garbanzo beans, avocado, tahini, fresh garlic, EVOO, lemon juice, jalapeno, pico de gallo, served with blue corn chips
  • Original Hummus and Pickles with Wood-Fired Pita Chips – a delicious dip of flavors, textures, and super nutrition. Garnished with spices, diced pickled red onions, and more pickles
  • Wood-Fired Medchilada – savory garlic-cilantro chicken in a beef bone broth enchilada sauce, cheddar, and feta, turmeric cauliflower rice, cabbage-kale super greens, fresh jalapenos, radish, pico de gallo, pine nuts, almond flour, gluten-free pita
  • Shaved Korean Beef Lavash Wrap – premium shaved beef cuts, spicy gochujang sauce, flash sautéed super greens, Tuscan kale, red and green cabbage, bell peppers, garlic, ginger, red onion, pea sprouts, on a lavash wrap with a cabbage kale super greens side salad
  • Chicken Avocado Pita Tostada – grilled and chopped marinated all-natural chicken breast, avocado, cilantro-avocado crema, tomatoes, cucumbers, pickled red onions, corn, bell peppers, black beans, black bean hummus, feta, pine nuts, baby arugula, pea sprouts, chipotle vinaigrette, honey, on a pita tostada
  • Super Greens Nordic Salad – wood-fired salmon, avocado, baby greens, seasonal mixed greens, tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, red onion, sprouts, taboule, with lemon vinaigrette
  • Turmeric Ginger Brown Rice Pudding – served with a pistachio garnish

There are two Pita Jungle spots in Tucson located at 5340 E. Broadway Blvd. and 7090 N. Oracle Rd. For more information, visit pitajungle.com.

Article written by:

Matt Sterner

Matt Sterner

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At a very young age, Matt Sterner was gifted with the artistic ability to masterfully roll a burrito to the highest of standards, but the wrapped medley of delicious innards wasn’t his first love. Matt’s first true love was a combination of reading, writing, and creating. He grew up reading comics, the ingredients list of his shampoo and conditioner bottles, choose-your-own-adventure books, and the Scrabble dictionary — something he found useful when challenging his grandmother to a game.

He attended college at New Mexico State University and graduated with a degree in Digital Filmmaking. One of his favorite classes was screenwriting because he became responsible for the story’s birth before it came to life on-screen. After school, Matt took on numerous positions at a local television station in Tucson. From dealing out stories about heartbreak to producing “fluffier” content for a lifestyle broadcast, he learned what it takes to adapt to the many emotions the world of media can stir. Since 2017, Matt has dabbled in the culinary world of Tucson as well as San Diego, California from time to time.

If you’re in the mood for strange stories, head over to his pride and joy, wonkytimes.com. And in case you’re curious — yes, after all of this time, he still manages to roll a killer burrito.

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