I REALLY wanted to like this place and I've probably eaten here about ten times. It's ok for breakfast & a light lunch. The French cuisine menu is interesting, the service is usually passable, and it's hard to resist the constant stream of 2-fer-coupons through my inbox.
Here's the BIG BUT: At it's essence Mimi's Cafe is no better and possibly worse than your local Appleby's. The bread was a bit stale-ish & the madeleines were downright hard. The request for fresh bread was repeated and did not get a response after a while it was brought, but we were kept guessing & the was certainly no apology (ok, we gave it our best shot & now we're pissed!). The potatoes au gratin turned out to be a rectangle cut from a casserole & bone dry. The pot roast was very tender, but so dry that it stuck in my throat. I got more gravy, but it was a bit sweet, very shiny from the mostly cornstarch recipe & not very good, although it did allow me to swallow. Thinking about my experiences there I finally realized that other than breakfast and a cold sandwich, I've never had a Mimi's entree that I enjoyed.