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  • There is tons of hype for this New Roland's Cafe Market Bar. The Bar was already set very high by our local newspaper stating that this could be one of Phoenix's Best New Restaurants. Roland's is a casual restaurant with wait service and a bar. This restaurant is a collaboration of James Bead Award Winning Pizza Guru Chef Bianco, The Owners of Tacos Chiwas and they sell Cutino Sauces (a collaboration of Bianco and Jacob Cutino ((formally known as Homeboy Sauces)) The restaurant is casual. It very vintage but also accented with new. There is a large open kitchen and a very large bar. Above your head is a vintage tin ceiling and there is a very old brick wall with old filled in windows. They sell pastries and a few goods. The menu is mostly non traditional Mexican with a few Italian touches like a Mortadella Quesadilla. The food served is of the highest quality. Bread and tortillas are ground locally and are made with local heirloom grains. The chicken used is free range organic. Everything is as local as possible and is the best! I ordered the Pollo Asado Sandwich. This is a very generously sized platter. The bread is obviously Bianco Bread and YES it is AMAZING. The bread is outstanding with a great crunch and great flavor. The chicken was tender like butter. It was expertly prepared. It seemed like it was either poached or slow cooked (sous vide?) and mild spices were added to the surface. It wasn't listed in the description so I don't know if this was in error or not......but my sandwich was spread with refried beans..........I didn't really like them. They had little flavor and felt like paste in my mouth. The chicken was very good but it had little flavor and was topped with slaw and a few pickled onions. On it's own this sandwich had little flavor. Then I added the Salsa Cruda on the side...WOW that sauce is really GREAT! That sauce was a BOMB. It turned a whisper into a SCREAM....The sandwich turned tasty when I added that delicious sauce. The side of vegetables was very generously sized and also was very good. My husband had the Carnitas Sandwich. There were either typos or a few hiccups here. They used romaine (hopefully it wasn't from Yuma AZ) instead of arugula. But the main thing we both didn't like about this sandwich was the extra thick application of mayonnaise and refried beans. We both don't think mayonnaise and refried beans taste good together. ALSO MAYONNAISE is not listed on the menu for this sandwich and many people including my husband find mayonnaise polarizing. Our waiter was very understanding and agreed mayonnaise should be listed as an ingredient on the menu and quickly had a new sandwich for my husband without mayonnaise. That said he could tell the carnitas were well made and seemed like high quality but this sandwich whispered the flavors.....and the Salsa de Arbol was needed for flavor. That sauce was really great too. I took half my sandwich home so I'd have room to try a dessert. Todays selection were cookies, a Cherry Scone and something else that I forgot so I went with the Cherry Scone. I thought the pastry was good and it seemed to be baked to perfection but my half didn't contain any cherries....I think a cherry scone without cherries is a miss. Parking was difficult. The lot and overflow lots were filled so we parked not too far on the street....Getting into the spot was easy but leaving was difficult because someone in a black Lincoln parked less than an inch in front of us and we couldn't back up much. To some things up. Sandwiches are on amazing great bread and are painstakingly made with quality ingredients. Sandwiches are very mild but burst with lots of flavor when you add the Sauce. You may or may not be a fan of mayonnaise and refried beans on your Carnitas Sandwich. The Cherry Scone lacks enough cherries to be called a cherry scone. It was really an almond scone with trace amounts of cherry. Personally I would not order the sandwich or scone I had again. I can't say they were bad or anything like that but they weren't for my taste. I would however strongly recommend the Cutino sauces and purchase them. Our server was very understanding and attentive. Actually the whole staff was friendly and helpful. At the time of this review Roland's is NEWLY OPENED (April 2018) and may or may not still be working things out. Your experience may differ. After the bugs are worked out there is strong potential for 5 stars.
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