Monday | October 23, 2006 | 11:11 AM
52 Meals Project (2006)
Chickpea

I was beginning to think that all it took for a hip new restaurant in Manhattan was a one-word name rendered in a crisp sans-serif logo. Not anymore. I ordered the chicken shawarma at Chickpea and it was a flavorless fistful of grease gopped into a pita. Much worse and more costly than the same dish I could have bought at any number of Middle Eastern joints in the city. Maybe Chickpea’s other menu items are better but I don’t know if I want to risk a return.

Chickpea

  • 210 E. 14th St. (between Second and Third Avenues)
  • (212) 228-3445
  • Meal 33 of 52: chicken shawarma pita ($5.95).