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| - I walked into the resturant proper, made eye contact with who later turned out to be the manager on duty, but was never welcomed. Despite that it looked just like the pics on Yelp, I thought that I might have the wrong spot or that the counter to order was elsewhere cause no one acknowledged me. When I walked thru to the coffee shop (which I realize used to be Songbird) the dude was super helpful. He acknowledged me with a "Good Morning" and "welcome" before asking me what I wanted. I told him it was my first time there since the change. He IMMEDIATELY BROKE down the concept: coffee, breakfast stuff over here, food truck-style yummies on the other side. Now mind you, NEITHEr space was full--they weren't even to 1/2 capacity. Regardless, it wasn't until AFTER walked back through to the resturant, placed my bag in the chair, and proceeded to sit that a shorter gentlemen with an auburn goatee said, "So you'll be dinning with u?" I thought it ironic given how he was the first person I made eye contact w/upon entering and subsequently watched direct staff. Perhaps the most frustrating and disappointing part of this experience was sitting at the bar, just 1 seat from the door, and watching how each person following me was greeted with excitement, welcomed, and encouraged to stay by the manager on duty, the bartender, and the cook--basically, the front of the house crew.
The food was good, and my server was on point--if the unconscious bias shown me by the front crew was the norm than my server broke the monotony. I can't say I'll speak bad about this place, but like Rotten Grapes and Joe's Diner, it will not be
a place volunteer my money.
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