I have never eaten at an Extreme Pita before now but based on this experience I would eat there again, with one or possibly two alterations to my meal.
Here are some things of note:
- Orchard Park Mall is designed to be accessible for people with a variety of mobility needs. If you enter through the apple entrance (each entrance is named after a fruit, the apple entrance faces Harvey Ave.), you can borrow a motorized mobility scooter. I haven’t utilized this service yet but will definitely do so when I need to.
- The mall is all one level, except for one small section that offers the option of a short staircase or a wide ramp. Elevators and escalators are not necessary in this mall.
- The food court, where Extreme Pita is located, offers a variety of seating. There are padded bench seats with tables that can be moved out from the benches if you are a larger person and require more room, there are sturdy metal chairs without arms (no pinched hips!) that can be moved as needed to make room for wheelchairs, walkers, and larger people, and there are some taller chairs at counters for those who prefer that.
- It can get a little crowded sometimes, and that makes it more difficult to navigate between chairs and around people when it is particularly busy, but even at those times I’ve always been able to find an adequate place to sit.
- The bathrooms are wheelchair accessible.
- There is a lot of parking at the mall but it can sometimes be difficult to get a space close to an entrance if you don’t have a disability tag/sticker for your vehicle (I do not have one at this time, but that might be something I ask to have, based on need, in the future).
For lunch, I ordered the “regular” (it’s the smaller of the two available sizes) Sriracha Balsamic Chicken Salad with a small “Strawberries on the Peach” Smoothie and water. The smoothie was a blend of strawberries, peaches, and apple and cranberry juice. It was sweet, and light, and refreshing. The Salad was “Spring Mix Greens”, chicken breast, avocado, tomatoes, mushrooms, bacon, red onion, and that was drizzled with a lemon balsamic dressing and sriracha sauce.
This is something you will almost never hear me say but I think I might have prefered this salad without the bacon. Also, while it’s not apparent in this picture, at least 75% of the “Spring Mix Greens” is raw kale and I admit I’m not a big fan of raw kale. I enjoy roasted kale, grilled kale, and sauteed kale but in its raw state I find it overly fibrous and not especially enjoyable. So, I picked around most of the kale.
Still, I would order this again and ask them to go easy on the kale and maybe just skip the bacon, depending on my mood that day. The amount of sriracha they gave was perfect for me in that it gave it a little kick but wasn’t over powering. The lemon balsamic dressing was really zingy and I loved it!