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| - Service is really friendly! They make their soups and sandwiches from scratch, which I can appreciate.
Everything--in-house or to go--is served in/on waxed paper and environmentally unfriendly styrofoam. Part of me dies inside when I'm eating soup at a "restaurant" and it's served in a styrofoam bowl with a plastic spoon. This is so wasteful.
Unfortunately, the soup I tried--though it sounded exciting and smelled delicious--lacked in flavour. Definitely didn't impress. It reminds me why I always skip soup at a restaurant.
The sandwich I had was pretty mediocre (Dreamer in My Dream, I think? The beef one). I would've made something much better at home. The bread used isn't that high quality at all, and it's flattened and pressed all funny. Picture Wonder Bread in a panini press where the white part still stays somewhat white and ends up looking stale-like (toasted?) and the grill lines leave much to be desired. It's probably the worst pressed sandwich, visually, complete with random black charred bits. I've had my fair share of pressed sandwiches and this ranks among the worst, visually.
On the plus side, the flavour of the sandwich was pretty good. There was roast beef and corned beef in mine, with cheese. Pretty tasty. Presentation was awful, but it tasted pretty good. For $5 though--same price as Subway--it's hard to choose what I'd rather spend $5 on.
The air also had a faint smell of a mix of paint, beer and urine. Maybe it was the soup. Not sure. I didn't like it. Even someone else asked what the smell was and if it was the soup. It's an odd smell. It doesn't smell good, but not really bad either.
Even though it's cheap, you'll get a much better sandwich experience at a restaurant or at Sandwich Box.
As much as I'd love to love this place because the service is friendly and it's so close, I can't. I won't be coming back here again.
This place would get 2 stars but the guy was so friendly and they make everything from scratch and have fresh bread around, so that definitely works in their favour.
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