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| - Fred's at Barneys is closed "for the summer", but I'm glad I remembered the cafe at Neiman's. It is really hard to find - I had to ask directions from the cosmetics salesperson. Turns out it's on the main level, go through the men's dept, all the way to the back to the far left corner. If NM Cafe has slow sales, it's only because half their potential customers gave up before they found it.
Even though it was still about 100 degrees out, we chose to sit on the mostly enclosed patio and were comfortably cool. Gave our drink orders and, what is this? An angelic figure floating by our table offering softball sized popovers? Ok, maybe not an angel, but at the very least I'm sure she's related to the tooth fairy or some other pleasant mythical lady with wings. Popovers were huge and served with strawberry butter. Yum.
So we had the turkey panini that came with side salad and balsamic dressing (pretty good but hard to eat and the dressing lacked flavor) and grilled cheese with soup (omg good). I was hoping my buddy the popover fairy would return, but alas our encounter was to be but once this time.
This is such a relaxing place to have lunch; especially when you compare it to the other options at Fashion Square. The servers were all very pleasant, and every so often models wearing the NM clothing would weave through the tables, stopping at each to describe. It was fun pretending with them that I could ever in a million years afford to buy anything they wore - or would want to! It was still fun to look. NM Cafe is about the same price point or less for lunch as the other sit down restaurants at the mall, so it's a great option to keep in mind when you need a break from Fashion Square.
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