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| - I have mixed feelings about Zoup! During my first visit about a month ago, I would have said that this place gives Panera a run for its money. I tried a soup and salad combo, and it was fantastic. I thought the staff people were all super friendly, and the restaurant itself was nice and clean.
During my second visit last week, that all changed. I sampled the dill chowder soup, which tasted burnt/overcooked like it had been sitting for too long. I ended up getting the curry soup, which was quite good. The cashier girl told us, though, that the restaurant could not prepare any salads because it "ran out," yet I watched the man behind her prep a salad at the exact same moment she made that comment. Hmmm ...
She was also really quiet when speaking, didn't try to smile and seemed very uninterested. Somebody slap some enthusiasm into this girl!
Because I was told I couldn't get a salad yet saw a salad being made before my eyes, I opted for the tuna salad sandwich. Once I bit into my tuna salad sandwich, I opened up the sandwich to make sure tuna salad was actually there. Tuna salad was indeed included, but it was smeared on so thinly that I could barely taste anything. I put more jam on my toast, more cheese on my grilled cheese, and more cream cheese on my bagel than the amount of tuna salad that Zoup! puts on its tuna salad sandwich.
I don't know what to think. I really loved Zoup! during my first visit. But my second visit turned everything around.
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