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| - Three stars, really? Bland? Applebee's like? I disagree sir...circle gets a square.
Yes, this is a new (old Max & Erma's) location, never been to the old location. Yes there are still remnants of the old there, no remodel was done, but that does not mean the place does not have character. Something intimate about walking up that staircase, or even taking the small elevator up to the restaurant area. It feels bright once you get upstairs.
My recent visit was during lunch in the middle of the week. I met my friend and didn't even have a chance to greet him and we were being seated. An instant later we were greeted by our waitress with water for the table. We were told the soups of the day and off she went to give us some time to look over the menu. Even though we were delaying her a bit by conversating, she was patient with us.
I ordered the GW, my friend ordered a burger. The GW is a a nice mixture of roast turkey, melted brie, and granny smith apple slices (yes, I know it's odd, but it worked (now what's bland about that?)). All that between two slices of multi-grain bread with honey mustard and then toasted. The combination worked so well together that if you didn't actually see the turkey and granny smith apples, you'd think you were eating a high end grilled cheese sandwich. Your choice of side was either hand cut fries or Cole slaw, or you could upcharge and get sweet potato fries or onion rings.
My friend ordered the Average Joe burger where you can basically build your own burger. He ordered it medium rare and it came out cooked perfectly good.
Towards the end, and this is the reason I could not give this place five stars, we felt a little rushed to leave. I could understand if the place was packed and people were waiting outside, but that was not the case. There was brisk business going on, but that was no need to rush us out. The check was delivered and we didn't even have time to check it before the waitress came back. She actually had to be told that we didn't even look at it yet.
I guarantee that I will come back here. The food was delicious.
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