Nice to have another place to eat in the village center area. However, eat's menu seems stale and I can't recall many serious changes over the last couple years. The coffee isn't very good, the staff is great, the meals are HEAVY!!! Definitely not a place to go on the regular but every now and then for a real gut bomb, eat will fit the bill.
The smug "no substitutions" concept is lame. I get the whole "chefs inspired" thing but you're in a neighborhood now, relax a little bit!