I don't understand how they can justify charging $15 a dish for a self serve, mediocre food, and dirty establishment.
Self serve. The place is small, I don't understand how you can have three people working and not offer service during a non-rush period. For the 40 or so minutes we were there it was a large group, the two of us and one take out order. It won't kill you to drop our food of at the table. Charge $9-10 and whatever, I'll take self serve because at least it makes sense for the price. Also LOVED the guy who took our order like we were interrupting his life.
Mediocre food. We ordered the East Coaster and Polenta. The East Coaster was hella delicious but mostly due to the lovely ciabatta bun. The salad on the plate was inedible. It was completely pickled and not in a good way. I LOVE pickled vegetables and I could barely choke down a green bean. The Polenta was nothing special and overly salted. The meatballs were the worst part. This is a dish anyone could make at home and takes no skill.
Dirty. We sat near their front window. I pulled out my chair and the chair frame was sticky. The window sill was COVERED with midges. We walked across to the cafe and their window sill had a few midges too, but not like at Hey Meatball.