NYC Neighborhood Eats: Buba Bureka bakes savory Middle Eastern pastry in Greenwich Village, Manhattan

GREENWICH VILLAGE, Manhattan (WABC) -- This week's Neighborhood Eats takes you to Lower Manhattan for a toasty and savory bite.

Buba Bureka is a breakfast and lunch takeout-style shop in Greenwich Village specializing in a Middle Eastern pastry known as burekas.

"I remember all my childhood and my parents before they dropped me off at school, and Fridays we are stopping in the local bakery getting the box of burekas fresh, hot from the oven," head chef Ben Siman Tov said. "And I just wanted to bring this experience that I had as a child here to the city. I feel that it's great for the ecosystem here."

According to Siman Tov, burekas is the exact translation in his culture to that of an American pizza.

"So like, you're a little hungry, on the way to a dinner, after party you want to ha