Two men are wanted in connection with the knife fight on Sunday night at Pita Pete’s, 901 Lucinda Ave.

Police said a man was running from two men when he entered the restaurant at about 7 p.m.

“He came in and was pulling the door shut on the other guys; we thought he was joking around with his friends,” said Funkweeda Jones, an employee at the restaurant.

Jones said she saw that the man had a butcher knife.

The man backed away from the door and grabbed a chair to defend himself as the men rushed in, Jones said.

One of the other men also may have had a knife, police said.

The victim dropped his chair and started toward the back door when one of the assailants picked up a chair and hit him over the head, Jones said.

Workers at the restaurant called police, and the men ran out the door. The incident may have been triggered by a dispute over a cell phone, DeKalb police Lt. Jim Kayes said.

Kayes said they are looking for two black men, one wearing a gray sweatshirt; the other a red jacket. He said they may have been driving a brown Chevy Malibu.

Police are investigating the incident, and anyone with information is asked to call DeKalb police at 748-8400.