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| - Do I chalk this up to bad food, or poor ordering decisions? Perhaps a little of both??? I went to the Village Coffeehouse and Grille for lunch last week. It's a small easily overlooked establishment not too far from work and I stumbled upon it via yelp while searching for somewhere new to go.
At lunch the place wasn't busy. Kind of a dingy looking institution, very dated. They seem to serve some "gourmet" coffee, but it was a warm day and I wasn't feeling coffee. Most things on their menu are greasy spoon types of dishes. They had a couple salads but the descriptions didn't excite me. I decided on a grilled chicken sandwich, and added their soup de jour, which was Seafood Bisque. Bad idea.
You know there are certainly things you should never order from certain places. Sushi from a gas station rings a bell. But then again why do these places carry/make these offerings to just make them awful. Soup came out, within minutes. It seemed very watery for a bisque but the worst part, the only seafood within was imitation crab meat. Ugh. I ate several spoonfuls, mostly out of principal, and because I was very hungry, but alas I had to stop rather quickly as my stomach began to rumble a little something awful.
A much longer wait for my sandwich. Finally delivered it was on a sliced Italian bread that was slightly stale and cut way too thick for the fillings. The fillings were a few pieces of chicken, not like a normal chicken sandwich with one large piece of chicken. No quarter sized pieces, a leaf of lettuce, some onions and a tomato slice. I tried ripping some of my bread off since one it wasn't good, and two there was way too much. My efforts were seen with defeat. The bread crumbled, probably since it was stale to begin with. Womp womp. Now my friend on the other hand enjoyed his meal. A cheese burger and fries. To me the burger looked overdone, however I am pretty sure they didn't ask for a temp to cook to, and the fries, which actually were initially forgotten didn't look too great either. I tried one just for the sake of trying it and I wasn't a fan, but hey it wasn't my meal.
I can't say I would never go back, but I am in no hurry. The breakfast menu looked good. Maybe this is where they really shine.
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