Za's is average, and it fascinates me as it's basically a pseudo-Italian factory of food. The server could barely hide her snarl when I asked a question, but that's because they were serving about 3,000 people at once.
Honestly, it felt like Henry Ford was making a Model T-ortelini.
I do like that you can customize salads and sandwiches and pasta--and that lemon cream sauce is DELICIOUS.
However, it has all the personality of a computer science grad student, and the old-style Italian movie poster lend very little charm.
Yet I know I'm going to be hungry at some point in the middle of the day and forget to bring my lunch.
And then Henry Ford's Italian Motor Cafe will be there for me.