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| - I have been a regular here for a little while now - maybe 10-15 times. I don't know about others' experiences, but it's been difficult for me to find healthy food in Charlotte. You want a hot dog with chili or a burger with pimento cheese, throw a rock in any direction and you're in Heartburn City. That's why I was stoked to find what appears to be a healthy alternative to fried foods.
After trying several items on the menu, most where meh, some were decent. I found one I could eat fairly often and it's relatively healthy, so chicken churri sandwich with avocado it is. Sometimes this is better than others, but typically it's been decent. However, today I received a sandwich wrapped tightly in a takeout bag, only to return to my office (10 min. walk) to discover the avocado is black. For those of you not from Avocado Country, they're supposed to be green, not black inside - apparently Energy Café employees have never visited Avocado Country.
I'm not talking about a little oxidation. Being from Southern California, it's rare to go a couple of days without having avocado. A little citric acid fixes that and makes the avocado tasty - helpful tip. Check out the photo - that's a fair bit more than just a little browning due to oxidation. This was rotten when it was added to my sandwich.
Now, if I was eating in the store (which they knew I was not because I placed a takeout order) I might not be as upset. I could have walked up to the counter, asked for another one, and voila - problem solved. No. They tucked it away inside the sando, inside a wrapper around the sandwich, with another wrapper around that wrapper, then tucked away inside a bag. I am not in the habit (though maybe I should be) of dismantling my meals while standing in the takeout line to see if they F'd it up.
The problem is: 10 mins to walk there, 5-10 minute wait, 10 minutes to walk back = 25-30 minutes and I still have no food (which I paid for). Now I have to walk back (10 mins), argue with the manager to get my money back (5-10 mins), find food from another restaurant (10-15 mins) then walk back to my office again (10 mins). So in addition to the 30 mins to get a rotten sandwich, I had to spend another 40 mins fixing it.
BE WARY OF TAKEOUT ORDERS AND ROTTEN FOOD - CHECK ALL OF YOUR FOOD BEFORE YOU LEAVE
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