Huge queues as Urban Pitta opens its third Sheffield venue, with big special offer discount
Huge queues as popular restaurant and takeaway opens new branch
Popular Sheffield food venue Urban Pitta opened its latest branch today - with huge queues for much of the day.
The company opened a new venue on the main road through Crookes, with an offer running for £1.99 pittas and £2.99 salad bowls as a fundraiser for the Sheffield Children’s Hospital charity.
Queues have extended out of the doors and round the block to the next street for most of the day, and continued to do so this afternoon.
The venue is open until 7.30pm.
The entance had been decorated with a display of balloons to mark opened day.
Two girls who had reached the door of the venue this afternoon, after queueing round the block, said it had taken them an hour and 25 minutes to get to that stage.
Asked by The Star why she had queued so long, one said: “Because the food it really good.”
Her friend added: “And it’s £1.99, which we thought is good.”
The two men in the queue behind them said they were also queuing for £1.99 pittas.
One said they had been there well over an hour. He added: “I’ve not tried one before, but there’s a lot of hype and a lot of news, so I just thought I’d come down and try some pitta.”
Hoardings which announced that the shop was due to open had been in place for almost a year, and the planned launch earlier this week was delayed three days.
Urban Pitta had said on social media: “We can’t thank you enough for your patience whilst our contractors have been working on the building.
“We know it’s been a long wait, and we’re so grateful you’ve stuck with us. Your support means the world, and we’ve been counting down the days just as much as you have!
“To celebrate our official opening day, we'll be bringing back our £1.99 pittas and £2.99 salad bowls at our Crookes store for one day only to raise money for Sheffield Children’s Hospital @sheffchildrenshospitalcharity.
“Each customer can purchase one discounted item at the offer price. Any additional items will be available at full price.”
It is Urban Pitta’s third Sheffield venue, along with Woodseats at Ecclesall Road outlets.