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| - I usually like to wait to write reviews until I have a really good handle on the menu and try numerous things, but Earl's has so much it's going to take forever to get to that point, so I'll just proceed. First, Earl's is a spacious, clean, upscale, minimalist place that is perhaps misnamed. I would have called it Earl's Provisions, but they didn't call me for branding advice. Anyway it's probably not going to be somewhere you would ever go for a week's ingredients. However it *would* be somewhere you would go for getting something special if you're having people over or want something different. Their prepared food section has tons of unique side dishes and they have a wonderful pickle bar (wish it was even bigger!) for appetizer/antipasto type of goodness.
As others mentioned, the also have a deli counter that in addition to sandwiches also have a "warm bowl" of fried rice with turkey meatballs (delish), and *cold* noodle bowl with mild chile lime tofu and the most wonderful picked cabbage. [ I did note to the manager I thought the noodles should be warm as well because they're really cold. ] I've not tried the breakfast, but I definitely will. Their coffee counter and juice counter is always staffed by the most enthusiastic friendly women (and unlike the lady with the bad experience, when I didn't care for something, the manager apologized profusely and immediately gave me something else and comped me). They have almond milk at the coffeebar which is appreciated and the juices are delicious. I highly recommend the Earl's refresher!
As others mentioned, they also have all kinds of gourmet treats, charcuterie, fromage and drinks, so it's a perfect place to assemble a gift basket (or just a gift!)
In addition, it's a quiet, spacious place with lots of seating (and free Wifi) so for me it's a fantastic place for a coffee meeting. It's kind of the "not so common" market.
I hope they consider opening a 2nd location!
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