| rev:text
| - The place closed a short time after this review
If I lived next door I would probably show up from time to time - although there are several far better choices within 2 blocks [Carley's, Verde, Matt's, Portland's - many more if you're willing to go one more block].
Went for lunch with my 18 year old daughter around 2:30PM on a weekday. No one there except 3 employees - who stayed in earnest discussion with each other as we entered and walked through the place. My daughter wanted to walk out - she felt like we were intruding. I even asked whether they were closed between meals.
It did feel as though we were intruding the entire time we were there. I had to ask for silverware and napkins even after being served drinks and, later, sandwiches. The servers were certainly NOT recruited for their professionalism. One woman walked in, looked over the visible fare, sauntered over to the counter and read the chalkboard menu for a few minutes. Not once was her presence acknowledged. She sauntered out.
Food quality? Mine was good - albacore tuna, fresh tomato and lettuce, good bread. But Lays potato chips? c'mon... My daughter had "southwestern" turkey - the turkey was real, but she couldn't understand why it was called southwestern - we decided that must've been some kind of code for "raised in the southwest".
Service? Abysmal. Not snooty. Just sort of nonexistent.
I had wanted to sample dinner sometime. I still might, but now only out of a sense of obligation to downtown.
Parking- they have a teensy private lot [this is a re-purposed building - this is it's first consumer retail use in at least 15 years]; parking used to be sufficient for business-to-business uses. There's some street parking available.
|