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| - Part of me is pissed that because places like That's A Wrap are located nowhere near where I work and because they close up shop by dinner time, I have almost no chance of ever eating there. Unless I say "screw it" and drive 20 minutes out of my way during lunch, which is exactly what I did today.
So first off, word to the wise - none of my fellow reviewers were kidding: the parking situation here during lunchtime SUCKS. Given that 7th Street is a busy thoroughfare, you can find yourself blocking traffic as the number of cars waiting for a spot keeps growing and growing and spilling onto the right lane of 7th. I eventually gave up and parked on adjacent Palm Lane instead and walked over.
Inside was boisterous: downtown lunch crowd with every table occupied and several other folks hovering over the tables waiting to jump at any sign of an open seat. It's kind of funny that this place, given its funky and crunchy ambiance, is located so close to downtown Phoenix and packed with suits, when I would have pegged it as some joint you'd find on 4th Ave in Tucson full of college kids. There are salads and rice bowls offered, as well as smoothies like Bluenanarama and Marion Berry, but the big star on the menu, naturally, is the selection of wraps: 16, in fact, plus one daily special on the chalkboard. Some other wraps that Stevey hasn't mentioned in his review include the Gringo Star, The Veggie Jackson, The Prince of Thai's, and the Cheech & Dijon Chicken. Can't fault them for trying to be creative. Each wrap goes for $6.95 a pop, plus a side of pasta or fruit salad or chips & salsa. Kind of steep for a wrap, probably, but the quality of the ingredients is fresh and they don't OD with useless unhealthy stuff if they don't need to.
I myself chose the Ken & Barbie-Que Chicken wrap, and got it to go since I didn't think any table was going to clear up soon. The wait was fairly long, though, about 20-25 minutes, and in that time I glanced about signs thanking patrons for coming to independent businesses like this one (That's A Wrap is part of Phoenix's Chain Reaction coalition). Once I got my order and had a chance to eat it, I was pretty well satisfied, because hot damn - this was one pretty damn tasty wrap! So right on, I'd say.
I'll definitely be back - just probably not during weekday lunch hour, though. I'd say anytime after 1 (they're open til 5 on weekdays) or on a Saturday (10:30 - 3:00) is a safer bet if you want to check it out. If you do go on weekday lunchtime, go with at most one other person to give yourselves a good shot of getting a table. Or call your order in and get it to go.
4 stars.
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