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| - Found in the same shopping center with Jo Jo China Bistro (and another several dozen shops), the location is great. It's right next to the fountain, and on a warm spring night, the ability to pop in for a single-serving dessert and a drink, then sit on the patio by the fountain, or even around the corner and listen to music, is perfect.
What is missing is that the market cafe concept isn't quite the same as the full-fledged grocery store of other locations, such as Philips Place. That's not to say that the other locations are actually full-fledged grocery stores, but if you've ever been, you should know what I mean.
Frankly, I think that Dean & Deluca is missing a bit here. The "market cafe" concept seems to be to just be off the mark. I'm not a regular patron of either type, but it seems that the full-service location offers just about everything that the cafe does, and more, while the cafe falls just a bit short.
Perhaps the idea is that by putting the stripped-down version, they simply aren't selling items that won't sell in this environment, but I would have loved to have been able to purchase some wine and cheese and sit by the fountain and enjoy some music, but it wasn't possible.
The ability to get some dessert was nice, but it wasn't what I was after. And Philips Place was too far away (and didn't have the music, or the rest of my party), so it was a bit of a let-down. Another time, perhaps this would have fit better.
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