Processed Cheese?!?
I went to Olive and Ivy with some friends for a birthday brunch - the waiter made it a point to say everything is made from scratch, homemade, the bakers got up at 4am to bake, etc. Super - sounds great. I ordered the Ivy Sausage sandwich, which is egg, sausage and cheese on a homemade english muffin. One bite and I get that odd, familiar flavor of my childhood and realize they had put two slices of Kraft American Processed cheese slices on the sandwich. What?? Are you telling me that Sam Fox can't have a hunk of cheddar cheese in the back for this? It ruined an already mediocre sandwich that tasted like it came from a Jimmy Dean freezer box. I scraped the cheese off the other half and tried to move on, but I'm still angry. The two stars are for the good cup of cappuccino and the free dessert the waiter brought my friend, which was amazing. Oh, and for using Open Table so we could make reservations and not have to wait. None of my friends were terribly impressed with their meal either.