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| - This place feels like it has great potential, but I have yet to be wow'ed a second time since my initial visit. The most recent visit is fresh in my mind, so I'll stick to that one in this review. I got the Market Tri-Tip sandwich which is composed of: grilled carved rosemary tri-tip, horseradish mayo, pickled onions with arugula tossed in oregano vinaigrette on ciabatta. The ingredients do seem like they are of pretty good quality, but the execution is off. I couldn't actually taste the beef in the sandwich, and there wasn't all that much in there. The only reason I knew the meat was there was because of the tough texture I had to fight through to break off a bite. I felt like like I was eating a horseradish mayo and pickled onion sandwich on some great bread. I picked up notes of the rosemary, but it had a hard time coming through that pickled onion, luckily the pickled onion is quite good.
Let me say this though, I got one of their turkey sandwiches when I went for the first time and I thought it was a great sandwich. I had it back in April or something though so don't remember enough about it to really talk about it...
So, the ambiance...I like being in this place. I could sit there and hangout with a group and talk all night, it's a comfortable relaxing setting for a sandwich place...especially when you consider some of the alternatives. They serve beer here and offer a decent selection. The people I have exchanged words with behind the counter all seemed friendly enough, but surprisingly had little advice to offer on menu items since they had not tried the things I was asking about. I guess the prices are about right because of what they are trying to make, but when they fall short like on my most recent visit I don't have a warm fuzzy feeling about the money spent.
Overall, if you haven't been here yet, the place is worth a try. I live right around the corner from this place so when I don't feel like going far from home for dinner I go back and try it again, but personally, this isn't a place I would go out of my way to eat at.
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