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| - OK. A mixed review. The wife and I did our normal thing at Farmer Boys and split a Farmer's Club Sandwich meal. As usual, the sandwich, fries, and soda pop were all excellent. Unfortunately, there are the usual problems: the meals are all too big and the prices are too high. As I noted, above, the wife and I split that meal (1033 calories for the sandwich and 514 calories for the fries) and it works out fine, that way. I can't imagine how a single person eats at Farmer Boys: maybe with a kid's meal. The single meal cost us $12.64. That's just too much money for a sandwich, fries, and a soda pop at what amounts to a slightly upscale fast food restaurant. There are also a couple of other issues with this location. First, it's darn cold in there. They have long vents along the outside of the eating area that blow cold air directly down on the people seated in the booths. If there were some kind of diffuser or re-director on those vents, it would be fine. But, with the direct air flow, it's just too cold. Second, even though I've already complained that the meals are too big, my piggish self wants to say the amount of fries we got was a bit small (though they are really good). And, finally, it's noisy as heck in there. It's noisy enough that it's hard to be heard at the ordering counter as well as being miserable in the eating area (and that's a hint to people who bring their screaming kids into a restaurant and just let the kids continue screaming throughout the meal).
So, overall, really good food (though too much of it) at too high a price for a not very pleasant dining experience. Three stars out of 5.
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