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| - C and I stopped in here because his school was doing a charity fundraiser. We had never been to a Cafe Zuppas before so we were both newbies. I have to point out that this location is not in the best spot if you're trying to find parking. It can be hard to find a spot depending on time of day/night. If you're gutsy, you can always park across the "ring" at the end of the parking rows for the mall. Good luck darting across the 4 lanes of mall traffic but... C & I were lucky enough to find some parking. Probably because it was raining which kept the crowds down.
After we entered C went to find a table. Aside from the fact that it was a fundraiser night there were quite a few tables that needed to be cleaned. I personally saw plenty of employees available but it was more like a meeting of high schoolers, standing around giggling, pointing at each other, etc... strange behavior at a restaurant. Regardless, C grabbed the only clean table he could find. At least he found one.
I stepped up to the young lady taking orders and told her I had never been here before. I got this look like, "so", what do you want me to do. I think she was related to the girl who worked at Kneaders who gave me the same deer in headlights stare. Now, while I was waiting to get up to the counter, I had a chance to check out the menu. There were a lot of things that sounded quite yummy. A great selection of sandwiches, salads and soups. It was still a bit warm outside for soup so that didn't interest me. What did interest me was the Honey Cilantro Carnitas sandwich. Anytime I see pork on a menu, I immediately gravitate towards it. And Carnitas is one of my favorite foods. Yum. But before I ordered I noticed they have a great deal. For $8.79 you can have a whole sandwich and half soup or salad. The half salad alone costs $5.59 so you're getting a full sandwich for a little over 3 bones. Wow. I'm immediately suspicious when a deal seems to good to be true but there was a salad that sounded super good as well so I decided to go for the Combo. I stepped up and ordered the "Try Two Combo" with the Honey Cilantro Carnitas sandwich and the Cherry Balsamic Chicken salad. "We're out of Pork". That's what the girl tells me. They can't do anything on the menu that has pork in it because they don't have any pork. Aaaaaaargghhhhhhhh. Seriously? No pulled pork, no Cuban? What else is there? Some dumb chicken sandwich. (I'm kidding here, I love Chicken but I was bummmmed) I ordered the Combo with the Vegetarian sandwich (just to spite them, kidding) and the Cherry Balsamic Chicken salad for me. The sandwich was a bit wimpy. Just another place that kind of jips you on a vegetarian sandwich. It should be loaded with sprouts, cucumbers, tomatoes & lettuce. And then add in the roasted red peppers and Muenster cheese. But instead it's a sad portion of veggies on bread that was overall a bit disappointing. I reminded myself, however, that the sandwich only cost a bit over 3 bucks. So ok, for that price, it's an ok sandwich. Now, the salad was AMAZING. Next time I will just order a full size of this salad. Field Greens, chunked Chicken, Grapes, Goat Cheese, Anjou Pears, Almonds, & Dried Bing Cherries with Cherry Balsamic Vinaigrette on the side. Oh my gosh was it a good salad. Loved it. The greens were fresh, everything added to it was fresh and the dressing was very tasty. Not too sweet which I was glad to discover. Winner winner Cherry Balsamic Chicken salad dinner.
I ordered C the Kids meal combo ($3.99). He got to choose two of four items. He picked the Grilled Cheese sandwich and fruit cup. This is THE DEAL when it comes to kid's meal. For a penny shy of 4 bucks he got a great sandwich, a nice cup of mandarin orange slices, a drink and a chocolate dipped strawberry. Lets just say C was a happy camper.
Messy Dining room, Out of Pork (sin), average at best vegetarian sandwich, Amazing salad, fair prices, sketchy staff, lousy parking. 2.5 Stars.
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