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| - I was so excited to eat here! I love the name, the "Flower Child" since I grew up in this era. The restaurant is old school, retro, with shelves of vintage objects, industrial lighting, organic foods menu. LOTS OF SEATING.
A picture of Twiggy is on the east wall, who was one of the 1966 fashion's, first, super model, ever! She was short at 5'6", weighed 112 pounds, but was influencing fashion, hair and makeup for generations to come.
There is a "peace sign" painted over her face, which is strange and confusing, because she was British and wasn't involved in any Viet Nam protests, like Joan Baez or Jane Fonda were. So they should use one of their images instead, with a peace sign, Fonda and Baez symbolized peace and protest, not Twiggy.
In addition, a peace sign is a Missle, encircled...a little history lesson, no extra charge.
With that said, the food was JUST OK and very expensive. Two wraps, a tiny plate of spinach, soup and a lemonade put me back $38!!! Definitely not, "1960 era prices!"
We were honestly, still hungry, when we finished.. could have eaten, much more, than I received at The Flower Child. Bags of spinach cost 99 cents, field greens, 99 cents. MY WRAP had some kind of turkey lunch meat in it...
Lose the tip jar, staff didn't do one thing to warrant a tip, no one came by to ask," how our food was", no one got us a refill of lemonade. It is, all SELF service, So why, the exorbitant prices?? $13 For a half a wrap, for heaven's sake.
I got a rap, alright, "Baby, I got ripped..."
My friend had half a bowl of soup and a similar half a wrap, half the size of a normal wrap, (we have bought wraps, before, at Pita Jungle, full wrap, salad and you are waited on for $10.79)
...this is outrageous pricing...we could have ordered two meals, with salad and appetizer at Chili's for $22.
Lesson learned, the decor is 5 star, food, service and prices 0 star. So next time, if I ever return, I will order the cucumber mint lemonade and guzzle a few cups for $3.50 but no tiny food plates, big prices. Remember it is 1966 inside your restaurant, your prices should reflect that.
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