"The best part of the meal was the beginning, specifically the cold appetizers. A cart was wheeled to the table so that diners could choose from about 10 selections, including hummus, tabbouleh and stuffed grape leaves."

"You'll never go wrong ordering eggplant in a Turkish eatery and, at Pita House, the baba ghanoush is a smoky, creamy dream. Fill out your cold starter selection with a lush dip of eggplant with tomato sauce."

"Jeff (Sahin) was a pioneer of Turkish food on Long Island. At his first restaurant, the modest Medford Pitta, which opened in North Patchogue in 1993, he popularized such specialties as doner kebab."