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| - Ok. I hate giving this review. In fact, I've debated back and forth for days about posting it. I love yelp though and it's my main tool for finding new places to try out, so I have to keep it real.
This location is super close to work so I was excited when the business opened about 3 weeks ago. I tried it this week for lunch with mixed feedback. I will give the cafe a second chance, because the food was decent. The dining experience is what throw the overall experience off. We sat outside on a nice patio, but if you aren't a smoker beware...it's gross eating next to a table, or 3 full of smokers.
Let me say that the young waitress was FANTASTIC! She was super nice and energetic! The problem was is she was the only wait person for the whole place during service. I could not believe it. I'm not sure how any business person could support not hiring more wait staff. The poor waitress was running around too much. She made errors, not because she was not dedicated, but because she was overwhelmed. I give her credit though...she was so positive and smiled the whole time.
So back to the food. We had the BALT panini with potato soup and a turkey panini. I had the peach smoothie as well. I had asked for white bread instead of the ciabatta bread, which came out wrong from the kitchen. We had to go back inside about the bread and got to witness the owner being short with the cook about the mistake. She actually asked us if we told the waitress we wanted a different bread...ah yeah we did and she even read it back to us on her iPhone.
The smoothie was very thick and sorta bland. I wouldn't recommend it. The potato soup had a very herby taste to it. It was good, but not what I expected. It was more brothy, than creamy. The BALT had 2 small pieces of bacon and a sliver of avocado. I felt like for the price it should have been more.
The food was decent, not exceptional. I would return because of its convenient location. I hope as they get busier, the owner sees the value in additional wait staff. I would worry about losing the one that's there. And know...I don't know her, just felt bad for how hard she was working, but not able to keep up with the service needs.
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