Fattoush Restaurant

Grab one of the two window tables at Fattoush and you have one of the best seats in Pittsford. Right on South Main Street, the view out those windows is the village moving past — people walking dogs, kids on bikes, the rhythm of a small town doing its thing. It's a good place to sit and watch the world go by over a bowl of baba ghanouj and a stack of fresh pitas that come out of the kitchen still hot and slightly crispy. Fattoush is self-serve in the best sense — you order at the counter, they bring it to your table, you bus yourself when you're done. The informality is part of the point. The food is Mediterranean, made properly: chicken shawarma plates, gyros, falafel, lamb chops, grilled shrimp, homemade pitas that people specifically mention in reviews because they're that good. The baklava is fresh. The lentil soup is worth the trip on a cold day. Six or seven tables, maybe — small enough that you feel like you're eating somewhere that knows what it is, rather than a restaurant trying to be everything to everyone. It's fantastic food on a straightforward model, and that combination is rarer in a village like Pittsford than it should be. Closed Mondays. Open 11am to 9pm the rest of the week.