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| - I was looking forward to this place after all the preopening hype,but was sadly disappointed. However, as it's new, will probably try it one more time.
My wife and I visited on a Sunday evening and were impressed with the buildout and ambience. Nice big patio, dog friendly, cool fireplaces. I'm not sure how well this will work when it's 110 degrees this summer, but the patio is quite spacious. The interior is typically modern hipster-friendly, clean and well appointed. Nice looking place.
First of all, you have a Chipotle-like line which is SLOW. And then, you have to wait for your order to be delivered. We waited over forty minutes from line to serving. That's not so great.
We split a Cuban sandwich, which was $13 with no side. ($4 extra for an order of fries). Bread was fine. Very little meat. I've had Cubans for $10 with twice the meat. Apparently this joint has taken a lesson from Jimmy Johns on shorting sandwich fillings.
Similar items on the menu seem to be overpriced compared to other places.
We took advantage of the happy hour beer prices, and that was fine. The Tempe Lager was good.
As stated, I'll give Tempe Public Market at least another try before moving on. But the combination of high prices and (at least in this case) mediocre food isn't a good harbinger for the future.
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