The atmosphere was great and the staff friendly. I had the sloppy Joe sandwich with a side salad and a drink. My co-worker had the JP Grilled Cheese sandwich. The place is cool and the interior fun and funky. The food was ok but not amazing. (Full disclosure: I'm not big of sandwiches in general, but it was a sandwich kind of day.)
My sandwich was very bread-y. I should have picked something on a different kind of bread. I only ate half of the gigantic roll it came on. (Yay me!) The meat was seasoned very well and there were onions and a bit of slaw on top. Pretty good!. The side salad was ok, but I'm not big on mixed greens. There wasn't any crunch and I need crunch in my salad. The salad needed a little umph, in my book. It was just too plain. It was a better option than the chips, though.
I ordered a drink too and headed back to the fountain area. What? No ice tea? How can that be? OK, I'll have a rare diet coke. Really? None either? My guess is that the machine wasn't connected or they ran out. I asked about the ice tea and was told that they had it in cans in the front. Oh well. I guess I just expect there to be an ice tea available in all restaurants.
My co-worker said her grilled cheese was good and not too spicy. Definitely not low-cal based on its looks.
A customer in the booth next to us asked if his sandwich was indeed gluten free an an official looking guy who worked there told him it was not. The customer was upset since he ordered his sandwich on gluten free bread. The "manager" apologized over and over again, which was great. After that he brought over a gift card for the customer that he could use later. Be sure you confirm that your sandwich is indeed gluten free!
Last, I noticed that Even Stevens supports non-profit partners. For every sandwich sold, They donate a sandwich to a local non-proflt. That's very cool. Thumbs up!
I plan to go back and try something different. I hear the Sunday morning unlimited french toast is a steal!