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| - I hate that I have to rate this place as 1 star, but it has to be done. I was so overwhelmingly disappointed with my experience. I met my husband for lunch and we were both excited to try this place out. Everywhere we have lived we have found a local bagel place that has had awesome breakfast and lunch sandwiches. And I love love bagels. So I was really expecting something great.
Well we walked in and were slammed by the disgusting smell of the nail salon next door. The whole little shopping center is indoors but the stores themselves are open-air, if that makes sense. The place next door to Owen's is a nail salon, who does that?! The last thing I want to smell is chemicals while I'm eating lunch...well maybe dog poo would be worse. Anyways, the menu looks great, we place our orders, and they are out of almost every bagel. It was noon and I thought that lunch would be a major deal there and they would have plenty of bread for the only thing they are serving. So the sandwiches take forever and we go to pay and I order us each a combo with potato salad and a drink. This is what the guy at the register says "We don't have that." And then nothing else and just stares at me. Umm ok so I ask "Why is it on your menu?" He looks at me with the most dumb and confused look on his face. He picks up a menu and looks at it. Then he says that they have new owners now and this menu is from the old owners. Well make some new menus dummy! They are obviously homemade and could be done in 10 minutes. And how can you not know what's on your menu?!? Then I ask what they have for sides and he looks in the display case and says "We have hummus, chicken salad, and tuna salad." WHAT?! Jeez this is weird. I ask "Those are your sides??" I guess it finally clicks in his head what I'm looking for and says they have chips. Ok I'll take chips, just get me outta here, I'm getting a headache from the nail polish fumes. To top it all off, the sandwiches were just ok. I am not a fan of steaming the bagels. I like when they are crispy outside and chewy inside, the epitome of a bagel in my opinion. These were just straight chewy. And I'm pretty sure the place was not very clean. The girl making the sandwiches was barehanded and answering the phone in the middle of her sandwich making. Nasty.
I'm sorry for the rant but thank you for listening. I hope this place can turn it around but it's going to take a lot to get me to go back here for lunch. Bummer.
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