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| - I'm such a sucker for packaging. This place is adorbs. Check out that fake bistro-patio look! Look at the white porcelain bunny vase with fresh flowers sticking out its ears! Check out the blue floral dishes and sticker on the package! Check out the seemingly worn-in, warm communal dining table! Check out my indiscriminate usage of exclamation marks!...!!
Now, beyond the pretty package: This is pretty much strictly a casual lunch place. The menu isn't very extensive and you're limited to essential bakery goods. As long as you're down for bistro fare like a sandwich, quiche, or salad, you're OK. Expect hot foods and you'll want to search elsewhere.
I opted for the croque Maman, which is essentially a croque monsieur - a sandwich of ham, housemade bechamel, then smothered in melted cheese. Served warm, it's one of the only warm-ish foods you can get other than the quiche.
I felt my sandwich and the quiche were both OK, but a French colleague of mine felt that the bread in her sandwich was stale and that the quiche had too much of the other ingredients in it to really enjoy the egg flavour.
If you plan to give Maman a try, aim for a time outside of the 12:00-1:00pm crazy rush. The lineup is lonnnnnggggg.
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