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| - The power lunch review.
The Skinny: came in for power lunch special but the food was disappointing (2) service: our waitress was pretty good and made sure our water glasses were filled (4) value: in the end, it is all about the food. There are better joints that serve $10 sit down lunch. (2).
We haven't been back at Sammy's for a while. I think since they eliminated the pomegranate fattouche salad off the menu, I really haven't felt the urge to come back.
But we saw an ad for the $10 power lunch which consists of 2 items off a lunch specials menu (soup, salad, pizza). Intrigued we decided to give it a go.
We selected the tomato basil soup, arugula and fig salad, the 8 inch spicy Italian pizza and the pepperoni pizza.
The tomato basil soup was pretty bad. It was tasted pretty much like tomatoes from the can. Cannot recommend.
The pizzas were not what we expected. Based on the descriptions, the pepperoni pizza should have red peppers while the Italian sausage pizza should have oregano and caramelized onions. No such luck. The pizzas we received were single topping pepperoni and sausage pizzas. In addition to the soggy crust, the slices were dripping with grease.
The arugula salad was okay except the figs. The reconstituted dried figs were kinda weird and too sweet. I think cranberries would have worked way better.
Our server was pretty good at making sure we had everything we needed. Interestingly enough we were served our pizzas before our soup/salad due to issues kitchen. Nevertheless, our food was hot and our glasses were always filled.
Long story short, I realized why we have not been back in a while.... Once one of our favorite menu items was gone, we felt no rush to return. After the food we had here, I can see why. 2 starred review.
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