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| - Went to TMI--ha ha... I still think the acronym is funny--yesterday with a friend for lunch and we both were pretty content with our experience and orders. She had a salad with pistachios and goat cheese and I had The Sheridan, a turkey/salami sandwich, hold the mustard, light on the mayo. REALLY good.... especially due to the salami... it makes you notice it--and happily so--in every bite...and I have to admit, I am particular about salami!
When we ordered, our waitress forgot to ask if I wanted chips or salad and I got the salad when she returned with our orders... I politely mentioned that I had wanted chips and she didn't even question... just brought me the chips--that's good service in my book! I see what other yelpers mean by the side salad just being lettuce... my friend and I quite liked the dressing and since I also had chips free of charge, I guess I didn't feel the emptiness other yelpers felt about it. In the end I agree, a salad should have a couple more ingredients to call itself a salad. C'mon, just a few tomatoes, maybe some green onions or nuts of some sort...
The chips were very fresh and I have a feeling their made fresh on site... and if not, they definitely fooled me! And, back to my sandwich... I had been discussing eating at Culvers and thinking the burger was alright but that in the end I don't care for burgers unless you put The Fez in front of it. Happily, when our order arrived, I noticed that the shape of the panini style sandwich was much like the longer length of bread that Fez uses for their burgers... each side of sandwich truly looked like a meal per...so, after my morning hike I'm going to have the other half for breakfast. Leftovers hold a "no time like the present" status, no matter what kind of meal they are in my house because they also hold the "definitely going to expire soon" unwritten label on them. And heck, sometimes I feel like breaking stereotypes and labels much like musicians do when they describe their music. Don't try to pigeonhole a meal... if it's tasty and good, why should it only be eaten or desired at certain times of day? But I digress.
So in the end, if you're in the mood for sandwiches, I feel TMI is a worthy competitor for your sandwiching desires! The ambiance is still Lisa G esque and I love their local pride... there was a painting above the mantle of the Phoenix symbol with a silhouette of the city below it... reminded me of the phrase "Love Phoenix or leave Phoenix" and made me happy to be dining in one of our local establishments.
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