Pita Pit Adds Healthy Option to West Market Street Fast Food Options

The restaurant will open this week.

If you're looking for a healthier fast food alternative in the Montrose area, you'll soon be able to add Pita Pit to your favorites list. Pita Pit, founded in Canada, will open in the former Bombay Grill store front on West Market Street Jan. 30. It's in the same plaza as G & G Fitness and Best Cuts.  The restaurant features Lebanese-style pitas that can be filled with savory meats, a variety of veggies, cheeses and sauce. Customers can get their pitas to go, or enjoy them in the restaurant.  Have you stopped at a Pita Pit before? Tell us your favorite menu item in the comments.

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Zoup! Opens Today in Montrose Shopping Center

Stop in for soup, sandwiches and more.

Zoup! Opening This Month in Montrose Shopping Center

Zoup! offers several different types of soups and sandwiches on a daily basis.

Zoup! Opening Soon in Montrose Shopping Center

You won't have to wait much longer; Zoup! is slated to open in January.

Pretty soon the Montrose area will have a place for diners who can't get enough of soup — Zoup! Zoup! reports its opening date as early 2013 at 3900 Medina Rd., location, next to Hudson's. Workers are detailing the interior of the building as we speak. We haven't heard back from Zoup! management yet, but here's a little roundup from its website: Obviously, we're talking soup here. Not only that, but the restaurant carries salads, grilled sandwiches and lots of baked goods and drinks. There are hundreds of soups to choose from (about 12 choices a day), and employees will encourage you to sample — can't argue with that, right? If you want to learn more before the opening, just check out the restaurant's website. 

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West Market Street GetGo Nearing Completion: Pic of the Day

Giant Eagle will open the gas station early next year.

The $2.2 million station has six pumps and a convenience store. Customers traveling east on West Market can make a right turn in, but have to exit at Trunko Road. Customers cannot access the gas station by making a left turn from West Market. To accommodate the increased traffic at that intersection, Giant Eagle agreed to pay for more than half of the cost to widen Trunko Road, which was finished earlier this summer. 

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What Should Be Built Next to Rockne's?

A real estate agent wants to build a multi-tenant retail building. What do you want built there?

What Stores Should Open Here?

Ederer Real Estate wants to build a multi-tenant retail store next to Rockne's. What stores do you want in there?

Earlier this year, an abandoned building was torn down next to Rockne's on West Market Street.  An interested party has come forward and wants to build a multi-tenant retail store on the vacant lot, according to the December 2012 Planning Commission agenda.  Laura George, assistant to Mayor William Roth, said no retailers have been specifically named to occupy the building.  Todd Ederer, representative from Ederer Real Estate, said a new one-story building will match the aesthetic of Fairlawn's exisiting buildings.  "This new building is designed to be compatible with the adjacent Rockne's restaurant," Ederer wrote in a letter to the Planning Commission. "Its sleek contemporary styling with significant masonry, metal, and glass elements …

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LaVida Massage Opens This Saturday in Fairlawn Town Centre

The massage shop focuses on healing for the whole family.

Cupcake Castle Makes Decorating A Royal Affair

The bakery is on Merz Boulevard in the former Regency Wine store.

*Originally published May 2012. When you hear the word "cupcake," a smile comes to your face right? Right? That's Cupcake Castle owner Jean Covel's mission: to bring  smiles not only to children's faces, but to the whole family. Stepping into the bakery, which will tentatively open on June 20, is like stepping into a castle. The walls are painted to look like stones, there's a huge wooden door and dainty tables and chairs. Covel, who is the main chef, will bake gourmet cupcakes every day, and will also feature plain devil's food and white cupcakes for purchase. Parents can bring their children in at any time and put them to work decorating to their heart's content. Covel also accepts party reservations. "I've always loved to bake," Covel …

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