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| - We had chicken with artichoke, mushroom and asparagus, chicken parm and lasagna. Every dish rested somewhere between stouffers and something I cooked for myself in college. I think Olive Garden is better, and I'm not being a snob - I love the OG when i want dependable, familiar chain style food.
I don't know what the place means to be, so it's hard to rate it. Since I'm at least being seated by a hostess and there is a waiter checking up on me, I'm assuming it's at least a casual diner? The food, however, suggests it's more of an "order at the counter and grab your own table/silverware" joint (which exists in the attached Bakery). So I think the food/restaurant got lost somewhere in between.
The dishes were pretty much assembled with pre-existing components mixed with fresher ingredients; i.e. my potatoes were kinda like the frozen Ore Ida homefries but I was also given a nice little saute of green, red and yellow bell peppers. The pasta sauces definitely tasted canned to me, without any added fresh herbs or anything to liven them up. The lasagna noodles definitely were mushy and tasted exactly as I remember canned ravioli tasting. To be fair, my chicken was really tender and pan fried nicely though. So, it's a bit mixed and matched for me.
There were a few other pasta dishes I saw, and a salmon dish, that other people were eating that looked really good, so maybe we just ordered the wrong things. This place averages around 15 -20 dollars a plate which sounds high, but compared to the surrounding restaurants isn't that bad and which may account for its "pre-made" taste.
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