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| - I have been visiting this location since they were "La Pita". The food is almost always very good, and while today was no exception to this, I won't be returning.
The service was "good enough", though the server was a bit cold and vacuous of any emotion or energy. Upon paying for my meal though, somewhere between charging my debit card and walking the receipts back to my table, the server managed to lose my card.
I checked all around my area, even in my wallet and pockets to make sure I hadn't absentmindedly placed it elsewhere. When I confronted her on still having my card, she went into full-on ignorant moron mode and denied still having it, claiming that she had already given it to me. I started out polite enough, but her detached "I don't care" attitude quickly made me angry enough to demand to talk to the owner.
Once the owner showed up (Benny), her attitude softened a bit, but not much. For his part, Benny seems like a nice enough fellow and apologized many times over.
In the hunt for my card, the source of the foul oder where I was sitting was also found. An old beer bottle that had a shallow amount of completely rancid liquid was found behind one of the seats where I was. Cleanliness is not their forte and I am considering a call to the health department as well.
As to if my card was actually stolen, misplaced or truly lost -- who knows? But I won't be going back and I will be sure to share the tale of my experience at Crave with any who are considering going there.
Edit: They also have a pretty long list of health violations recently with the county health department.
http://www.maricopa.gov/envsvc/envwebapp/tabs/results.aspx?navigatedFrom=inspectionResultsDrillDown&in_insp_id=1511798&cat=02&type=01
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