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| - Recently, I was asked to head over to Terrace Café and I must say that I was reluctant to do so. I usually avoid cafés, especially new and modern ones, as I always feel that I am not part of their target demographic.
Atmosphere - Bright, Clean, Open, IKEA-ish, Funky Drink Glasses (that I have seen before...I know I have) and Fake Wood menus (not sure where that comes from)?
Food - While their menu has an extensive breakfast listing, I opted for lunch...a healthy one...and an apparently charitable one. I ordered the Fruit Salad w/ chicken, one of the two YMCA nutritionist approved items (look for the black and red "Y") with a portion of the sale going to the YMCA. This way I ate healthy and felt good about myself...wow, I am a great person! This salad is very similar to the one I enjoy at the now Chapter 11-filed Max & Erma's. This salad, like M&E's consists of mixed greens, grilled chicken, pecans, blue cheese, apples, and grapes, which is then topped with some red (or pink) raspberry vinaigrette dressing. As the norm for me, I asked for the dressing on the side...it is healthier...wow, I am smart too. The chicken was just okay as it tasted like they wiped the "black char" off the grill with it. I mean it had the grill marks that I expected but it was also pretty much smeared with black grill soot (I doubt that the nutritionist approved that!). The portion size of the salad was fine to a little on the skimpy side. The dressing, while it was pink (see second sentence in this review), was all right and not too sweet. Overall, it was a decent salad for lunch.
Service - Hmmm...okay the place was busy and it was lunchtime...the order was received as placed...water filled once...it was...15% tip type service.
Price - Salad $11. For the quantity of the grilled chicken given in the salad...go to Max & Erma's. Then again, maybe that is why they are going broke.
Overall - The menu did have several other items listed that seemed interesting. Okay, would I go here again... maybe...maybe with a date...like a lunch date? Now, I must go drink a beer and work on my car or something manly...pink dressing...um, what???
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