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| - Well, I'm giving them 3 stars... Don't be mad! I wasn't really overwhelmed by the awesomeness of this place, like other people are on Yelp. This was our first visit and it will probably be our last. I try a LOT of new places and this cafe was ok for decor- not my taste. If you're a guy, you'd probably like it more than me- more darker masculine style with old baseball games playing on the stereo. It was clean- I didn't visit the bathroom (that's usually a good indication of cleanliness). There was another big table of people there and us. The waitress was nice. I told her I'd like an ice tea and if they had lemon, that would be great. She said they don't. I thought it was strange since the giant carafe of ice water had sliced lemons in it, but who knows. **to be fair, the owner asked me if there was anything I would have liked when we checked out and I said Lemon would have been great and he did say he would have happily gotten a lemon for me- so, the waitress just didn't know... Not a huge deal. While we waited for the other table's food to be made, my daughter and I talked and watched the open kitchen activity. Someone came and picked up 2 big boxes of frozen crinkle fries, so I knew the other reviewers were "off" thinking they had homemade fries. Granted, the fries were fairly good. The disturbing thing for me was that the younger cook went outside with his gloves on, did whatever he did, came back inside (after touching the main door handle twice at a MINIMUM), did NOT change his gloves and went straight to the frier to take out the fries and then retrieved something from their toaster oven WITH HIS HANDS (same gloves) and put it in one of the person's food baskets from the big party of people. So, needless to say, I was VERY conflicted about even staying to eat. It appeared the owner was making our food, so we stayed. My daughter is picky and ordered a plain cheese quesadilla - it was just ok. I asked our waitress which I Should order, the Tasty Turkey or the Jesus' Grilled Cheese and she suggested the grilled cheese. So, I went with her suggestion. It was ok. Minimal oregano on it if any, as stated on the menu. It came with pesto sauce to "dip" my sandwich into. I thought that was odd. I would have rather liked the pesto on the sandwich- I think it would have elevated the sandwich and made it much better- up to the rave reviews on yelp. I was underwhelmed by the food - sorry every other yelper, but it was just ok. The owner was very personable- he should be out there greeting people and be in the front, not the kitchen. It seems that the owner is a big part of what brings people back and I understand why- he's very personable and friendly and you can tell he genuinely wants you to enjoy your experience. I think that they need to brighten up the place a bit, put out lemon and sweetener for the tea, put the pesto on the grilled cheese sandwich and USE CLEAN NEW GLOVES TO PREPARE THE FOOD. That would be my assessment of my experience... Take it or leave it.
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