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| - A group of coworkers went here for a birthday lunch, and I guess I don't get what all the fuss is about. Maybe it's better for dinner?
Things started off poorly for me when I ordered a brewed iced tea and a water. The iced tea was raspberry flavored (yuck), and from a fountain/machine (double-yuck). I thought it went without saying that fountain tea is not brewed tea. If I had known they didn't brew their own tea, I wouldn't have ordered it at all. While it's a slight distinction, it really started the meal off on a sour note. I thought the waiter might have mentioned that they don't brew their tea or it was raspberry flavored, but apparently he didn't think that was important. Additionally, the waiter was really annoyed at having to be reminded THREE times to bring me a glass of water even after I barely touched the tea.
A coworker and I split a turkey sandwich and cubano. The turkey sandwich was a solid turkey sandwich, but I feel like it would be pretty difficult to screw it up. The cubano was beyond disappointing. It didn't have the intricacy I would expect from a cubano, and I didn't detect the pickles at all. Speaking of pickles, the waiter told us that they buy their pickles and chips from a distributor. For a restaurant that seems to tout local/homemade foods, that seemed odd. I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that the pickled vegetables aren't homemade either, although they were good, and I would recommend them as a side. We also tried the rosemary fries, which were really good, but I don't think as good as the pickled vegetables.
Everyone ate their food, but nobody was really ecstatic about it. The worst part of the experience, however, was when the waiter BERATED me (the birthday girl) for not telling him that someone else was paying my bill, even though the person who paid had combined both tabs in her bill folder. Why is that my fault? I don't think that it's rocket science to realize that when two bills have been combined into one folder that one person is paying both of them. After a bad start and mediocre middle, the lunch ended on a bad note.
The lunch was not a great experience, with all the other options in the area, I doubt I would go back here.
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