First photo by Christian Gooden (Post-Dispatch); add'l photos sponsored by restaurant
J’s Pitaria
Bosnian stuffed, rolled pita is the heart of the menu at Josi and Zamir Jahic’s small, bright, fast-casual restaurant just southwest of the iconic windmill in Bevo Mill. You order the cigar-shaped tubes by the pound and crack through the thin, crisp phyllo exterior to your choice of filling: beef, cheese, spinach and cheese, or potato. (Sweet tooth? Try the apple or Nutella pita.) The pita alone makes J’s Pitaria a stellar addition to the St. Louis dining scene. But the menu also includes one of the best doner kebabs in town, cradled in housemade somun bread, as well as lamhacun, a Turkish flatbread topped with minced meat, garlic, onion, red pepper and tomato and then folded over itself.
Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday (breakfast menu served 9 a.m.-noon Saturday-Sunday, closed Monday)
Last year's ranking: New this year
Opened: 2017