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| - Been here twice. Vastly different experiences; the first was five stars, and the second was 0, so I'll average it out to 2.5 and round down.
I found this place via yelp, and I have to say I was not let down by the yelp reviewers who heaped praise on this place. Fresh, healthy food; lots of seating options including couches for lounging, tables for having lunch or doing a little bit of work, free wifi, and a very unique setting that's uncommon in the east valley. On that visit I was 100% satisfied; ordered a sandwich and sat for an hour or so at a table in the back.
I raved about it a few times to my wife, knowing she would appreciate the garden vibe of the place and its healthy options. So one day, I convinced her to stop in and try it. She is 9 months pregnant and very uncomfortable, and was meeting me there with our hungry toddler in tow. Having just come from a grocery store with two small items that needed to remain cold, we were in an admittedly uncommon situation - needing to find a way to keep our cold food cold for the 20 minutes it would take us to have a quick sandwich.
I chose this place that day because I remembered the great mom-and-pop vibe it had, and thought if anyone in the area could accommodate our need to refrigerate these two things (the size of small lean cuisine boxes, factory sealed), it would be these folks. I also had the realistic expectation that there might be some health code rule against it or something, so I politely asked, explaining that if we couldn't keep our food cold, we would have to leave. The owner was downright impolite - she had two large coolers/refrigerators, but said they were full of 'her food.' That was that. I explained that we just had these two very small items and if we could just borrow some space for a half hour, we would have a $30 lunch... she then held up a separate, portable igloo cooler that would have been perfect for our items, but still inexplicably said no. Another customer piped up and suggested a plastic bag with some ice in it, which would also have worked, so we both looked to the owner, who just said no and went back into the kitchen.
It was honestly such a strange interaction, and goes so fully against the grain of how a locally-owned small business tends to act toward customers, that I have to boycott this place and recommend you do the same. Sure, they have a nice concept, but there are other places around that serve good food in a nice environment and who will treat me better. It seems like I'm in the tiny minority here on Yelp, so perhaps I caught her on a bad day. A very bad one.
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