Ephrata Pita Pit owner is 'Rookie of the Year'

Pita Pit were recently featured in an article on the Columbia Basin Herald titled, "Ephrata Pita Pit owner is 'Rookie of the Year'". The article begins with franchisee Pam Leseman's new found media fame since winning her Rookie of the Year award, and how she got involved with Pita Pit. The article provides information about Pam's community involvement and how Pam's Pita Pit is in the smallest city that the brand exists in. You can read the article by clicking here or begin below.


"Ephrata Pita Pit owner is 'Rookie of the Year'"
By Justin Brimer

EPHRATA - Pam Leseman said she feels like a celebrity. The long-time Ephrata resident recently won the Rookie of the Year Award for her new Pita Pit franchise store. She said she fielded telephone calls on Monday morning from media outlets across the country.

She has spent nearly a lifetime in the restaurant and catering industry and said her decision earlier this year to jump from management to ownership was the right call at the right time.

Leseman formerly managed the Ephrata Subway. When their corporate office laid her off and much of her staff in April 2013, she decided to open her own store in town.

"I guess I decided on Pita Pit after three people came up to me in the same day and said, you know you should open a Pita Pit here.," she said.

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Pita Pit in The Wenatchee World

Pita Pit were recently featured in The Wenatchee World in an article titled, "Pita Pit brings quick, healthy food to area". The article talks about the first Pita Pit in the region that opened up in Ephrata. The article talks about how Pamela Leseman wanted to open her own restaurant for years before she fell in love with the Pita Pit concept. It also discusses the 15 different meat pitas that they offer along with all of the healthy pitas that they offer to the local community. Click here to read the article or begin below.

"Pita Pit brings quick, healthy food to area"
By Mike Irwin

EPHRATA - The region's first Pita Pit, a restaurant franchise serving healthy sandwiches and salads, opened here Monday after 10 months of planning by the owner.

Pamela Leseman, a longtime Ephrata resident and local eatery manager, said she'd wanted to open her own restaurant for years before falling in love with Pita Pit's concept of "fresh thinking, healthy eating."

"Everything's fresh pretty much from start to finish." said the 51-year-old Leseman. "I love the decor, the menu and the attitude of helping people eat in healthy ways."

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