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| - I couldn't be less of a vegetarian if I tried and yet I consider Fresh one of my favorite restaurants. Three words: Quinoa Onion Rings.
So we walked into the joint at around 8:00 on a Wednesday and the place was hopping. (I suppose this explains why the service was disappointingly slow; we ran out of water about halfway through our respective meals but weren't given more until the cheque arrived.)
Anyway, given that this is Fresh, we just had to start with the aforementioned Quinoa Onion Rings. Honestly, I think these might just be my favorite onion rings in the city. In fact, I'm hard-pressed to remember any onion rings I've ever eaten that I've enjoyed more. Crispy and enormous, this is what an onion ring should be. We ordered them with a side of the Thai Peanut Sauce, although you really can't go wrong with any of Fresh's sauces. (Curry Mayo is probably still my all-time favorite.)
The one thing I did discover about Fresh a while ago is that if you're going to order a hamburger, order it as a wrap. They use an enormous whole wheat bun that's more distracting than anything else, whereas you can really taste each and every ingredient when you go with the wrap.
So the monthly special was the Banquet Burger (almond and grain burger with grilled tempeh bacon, fresh "cheese" sauce, garlic mayo, dill pickles, alfalfa, lettuce, tomato, and red onion), which I had to try just out of curiosity. And indeed, it did taste remarkably like a typical banquet burger. It was maybe a little dryer than I would've liked, but that was okay because we still had some Thai Peanut Sauce left and I dipped the wrap in that.
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