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| - This was my second visit to Ground Control, my first was about this time last year. My first visit was with a childhood friend. Having enjoyed my meal so much the first time I decided to hold a business meeting here this time.
I got there about mid morning. The place was deserted so I was instructed to seat myself by a young barista dressed in all black.
I sat for about 4-5 minutes until a foot-shuffling server dressed in a black velour track suit brought our menus. I was shocked to see the delicious breakfast items I remember from my first visit are no longer offered (banana Nutella crepes, anyone?)
The offerings were nothing impressive. The pancakes were plain. Nothing special. My eggs, I can't remember the specific name of them but they had the word Tucson in them, were literally plain scrambled eggs with pico on the side and avocado on top. They were good but nothing my young son couldn't make on a Saturday morning. The diced potatoes were dry and overcooked. The two pieces of bacon that came with my meal were decent but again, nothing special.
I invited my business associate to this location because I was looking to make a great impression. That was a fail.
I thought that this place was kind of a specialty coffee bar but no mention was made by the server offering coffee, lattes or cappuccinos. I was disappointed. I didn't feel confident enough to order a random coffee so I drank water.
Here's where it gets good- about 40 minutes into our meal/meeting an overwhelming chemical smell overtook the restaurant. We persevered with our meeting while the fumes kept getting worse and worse. I asked my associate and she said, "they just lit the oven, I'm sure it's fine". None of the servers really seemed bothered by it while I was getting increasingly lightheaded and woozy.
I told my associate I needed to use the restroom (I intended to splash water on my face to see if I could feel better). When I opened the restroom door whatever toxic fumes were in the dining area were 20 times worse in the restroom! I immediately turned around and asked my companion to go outside. While we were outside, a server came outside. I asked about the smell. She told us the owner was on the phone with someone. I told her, "it better be the fire department". She said, "oh that's a good idea" and went inside.
We left. I vomited twice within 10 minutes of leaving the restaurant and was lightheaded and sick all day. I tried to contact the restaurant yesterday to find out what the smell was but no one answered. I assumed they were closed.
I called the next day and was told by the person who answered the phone that ,"I wasn't here yesterday but the pizza oven is working fine today". I explained that based on my reaction yesterday I was concerned about the fumes. She refused to give me any information. I'm aggravated because I feel like they didn't care about my health or my concern for my health.
Please don't get me wrong. Accidents happen. Stuff happens but after I expressed my concern wanting to know what caused the fumes my request for information was rebuffed as if I'm merely curious. Not ok Ground Control. Not ok.
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