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This place was busy. Probably still busy as of right now. It can be a little intimidating ordering, but they have menus in line and they have a huge board of what's available. They also have deals where you can get a sandwich and a 1/2 or soup or salad at a combo price. You may also want to designate a seat saver, if you are traveling in a group as seating can be hard to find at times.
I ordered the Cuban sandwich and the Chicken Enchilada Chili soup. The Cuban sandwich is my downfall. I have a tendency to order those in places where I feel they won't get it totally right. You want that nice hard pressed bread, cuts of warm ham with mustard and pickles. Well, technically, it had the correct parts but I wasn't a fan of their little twists. There was pressed bread, but it was some special bread they used. Multi-grain bread is fun and all, but not the same taste. They weren't skimpy with the ham, plenty of that to taste. The pickles were bread and butter chips. Again, technically they are both pickles, but normal dill pickles are a little tart and crisp. Bread and butter chips are soggier and much much sweeter than normal pickles. Throw on some of that citrus honey mustard and sweet red peppers and you are swimming in sweetness.
The chicken enchilada chili was pretty good but look at the name, of course it's going to be good. It's cheese city. You can get cheddar on there too (for what I assumed was a fee, everything happened so fast!) You can never have too much cheese though. You also get a chocolate dipped strawberry with your meal. I don't know the significance of the chocolate dipped strawberry but it was tasty dessert snack.
Again, this reminds me of a Panera bread with the emphasis on Southwest style foods. I do think their strengths are soups and salads more than sandwiches.
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