I've worked in the building for the last 3 years and I have only in the last 2 weeks actually bought food from Pumpernickel's Deli. I had always viewed the food as pricey and avoided the location.
However, recently i began to go to this location. I am a big fan of the chicken dinner (chicken leg, salad and rice) as my go to that spans time and places around the world. How can you do it wrong, and if you do, how can you still be in business???
Their food is always grilled so its always hot and a little crispy. Their chicken had a completely different taste (GOOD!) and their wild rice is...amazing..whatever the spices...they are good.
I will boldly contest bold c --couldnt resist!-- and say that their food is prepared daily and I have been told it is fresh. Last summer I had quiet a few 4am visits to the office and the only other person I ever saw in the building was the blonde lady (owner/chef?) at the pumpernickel, toiling away! So either she was putting out the old sandwiches or making them fresh and the times I forgot my passcard and had to go work at the food court, she was making sandwiches....
Regardless if fresh is what you want to be 100% sure of, stick to the dinners as they go very quickly and the individual components of the meal are replenished daily!
The staff is really friendly too. The other chef/owner heard me the first time my friend coerced me to check this place out and gave me free water and tried to give me recommendations on what to try. The second time, the girl who helps serve struck up conversation, remembering my last convo with the chef/owner and even offered me spicy ketchup (their own internal mix they use on the food when they eat it) to spice up my chicken dinner...its the little things that count right (especially for another staff member to just remember me)!
So the price seems high but the food is good and the people are great and they are small business owners who put their heart and soul into everyday giving us a decent meal (albeit quick) in our business schedules.
I'm all for pumpernickel and am excited to start venturing away from my chicken dinners and try their salmon!?! and pulled pork !