Eatery Concepts

[irvinehomeowner]

I was wondering what would be a good concept for the next "fad" dining place.

So far we have BYO pizzas, gourmet nitrogen ice cream and also ice cream sandwich joints.

One thing that I saw in Mammoth that was pretty good was Pita Pit (not a great name). it was like a Subway but they could grill your meats and put them into the pita bread. It was really good and was wondering if they could compete with Subway:
http://www.pitapitusa.com/

Something similar popped up in the Tustin Martketplace, Piadina:
http://www.italianpiadina.com/

Basically Italian flatbread sandwiches made to order Subway (or Chipotle if you prefer) style.

I always thought someone should try to come up with a BYO pizza store but have the option of thick crust (or pan) pizzas. It would probably require some pre-baked crusts to reduce cooking time, but all the bread at Subway is pre-baked.

And why is the BYO pizza concept so much easier to knock off than Chipotle? Other than Chronic Tacos, I don't know of any other BYO burrito/taco joint.

I actually like the California Gogi concept (just had some the other day), maybe someone should do one with Vietnamese food (I guess those Banh Mi shops?). You can do a fusion concept where it's Asian but you can have it in a burrito (wrap), taco or with rice... or on a pizza?!?

 

[bones]

Pita pit is meh. Trust me

Kaya street kitchen recently opened up in aliso viejo and is sorta like an Asian chipotle.http://m.yelp.com/biz/kaya-street-kitchen-aliso-viejo

 

[irvinehomeowner]

Pita pit is meh. Trust me

I liked it, had it a few times when we were in Mammoth.

Kaya street kitchen recently opened up in aliso viejo and is sorta like an Asian chipotle.http://m.yelp.com/biz/kaya-street-kitchen-aliso-viejo

This looks interesting, maybe if I'm down that way I'll try it out.

 

[aquabliss]

Piadina is pretty good, tried it last weekend.  The bread is the best part but they use arugula and fresh made pesto which make the whole thing feel a lot healthier than it probably is.  I'd definitely eat it again.  They have this custom soda machine "Craft" soda's or something which looked appealing at first but after a few sips I really wanted my diet coke instead.

 

[Hugo Township]

I actually like the California Gogi concept (just had some the other day), maybe someone should do one with Vietnamese food (I guess those Banh Mi shops?). You can do a fusion concept where it's Asian but you can have it in a burrito (wrap), taco or with rice... or on a pizza?!?

This exists, try Dos Chinos. They definitely have a Vietnamese item on their menu, I think it's called Westminster taco or something.

It was a food truck (maybe still is?) at Irvine Lanes, and they recently opened a brick and mortar location at 4th street market in Santa Ana.