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| - Came for lunch today. This was Plan B. Plan A was Granite Bistro, but parking there costs money. Was quite surprised to see how many people were lining up. That's a good sign though, I think. A lot of people order for takeout, so there is table space at lunch on weekdays. The difference between takeout and eat in is that if you order takeout, you get your food in a paper bag. If not, you get a wrapped sandwich directly into your hands. It's hot. Be careful. Service was not bad, although it's awkward standing in front of the drink fridges waiting for your food.
Each sandwich is under $10 before tax, but once you start adding things on, you're over $10 for sure. I had the eggplant sandwich with mushrooms and sauteed onions. The sandwich, sans mushrooms and eggplants, was $7.30. The mushrooms were $0.99 and the onions were $0.44. These sandwiches are quite messy. Occupational hazard of having tomato sauce in sandwiches. Thankfully, they do give you a wad of serviettes. Actually, perhaps this mess was just my sandwich. My friend Alex got the chicken sandwich and he said his was on the dry side. Maybe mine was messier cuz of the mushrooms. The mushrooms were a good addition. For $1.00, there were a lot of mushrooms. They cut my sandwich in half and I could see a good layer of them in there. I'd order that addition again. I wouldn't get the onions again though. I was thinking caramelized onions. These were just cooked. They had raw onion crunch, but didn't taste like raw onions. I dislike that texture. There were at least two layers of breaded eggplant in my sandwich. I wish I could taste more eggplant and less breading though. There was a lot of breading. The sandwich also got progressively soggier and messier to eat as time passed. Forks are your friend.
These sandwiches are quite large. I play the piano and can stretch over an octave. Loosely stretching my hand, the sandwich is about the diameter of my hand. I ended up finishing half of my sandwich and taking the other half home. Alex did finish all of his, so it isn't impossible. LOL.
It's not a bad sandwich. I wouldn't mind trying another sandwich some time. Next time though, I'm not going to wear white.
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