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| - Despite my potential bias based on my experiences at townhall, I decided to ride my bike over to their restaurant families newest location REBoL, located at the wonderful new public square. My hope was that my beloved basil fried rice bowl would be reincarnated here. But mostly, I wanted to get away from my desk on a nice afternoon and enjoy the weather.
I was promptly greeted by a manager upon walking in which was very nice (who then informed me there would be no basil fried rice for me today, oh well.) The space is a little tight inside, and while there is indoor seating this location is clearly designed to get you outside to a patio table. To order, walk up to the counter, make your selections and they give you a buzzer. It took only a few minutes for my dish to be prepared and I was actually was picking up my food as my friend was signing the credit card receipt for his.
The menu is rice bowl centric and they had preconfigured bowl options, along with a "build a bowl" menu. I went the build a bowl route by going with the chicken, green beans, shirataki noodle and cashew. Despite my custom build, somehow something strongly resembling zucchini made it's way into my bowl which I ended up eating around. The dish was also served cold, which I found surprising but this didn't detract from the flavor. The dish came with some homemade tortilla chips and some soft shells you could use to wrap your ingredients in.
To wash it down I decided to try one of their organic soft drinks. The flavors rotate daily, and so based on the flavors of the day I decided to give it a go. There was some confusion about this at first, since I was told I would have to wait for my drink to be prepared upon picking up my food order. After a few minutes I went back to the cashier and asked if I should have been handed a cup. Realizing I didn't actually receive a receipt for my order, had it been busier I feared I might have been left paying for another beverage.
Once I had my cup in hand I then learned their taps, which were labeled using magnet clips and slips of paper were mislabeled. So after experimenting with the taps I was able to properly rearrange most of the labels. However, they were one label short so guests after me were left with a mystery flavor.
Overall thoughts? It was about what I expected. They have a great location on the square. The food was ok, and was not surprised to see mystery ingredients make their way into my dish since this was a major complaint of mine at their sister restaurant townhall. They seem to be working out the kinks in their processes (mislabeled fountain drinks, confusion on the cup), a sentiment shared by a few friends later that evening who have also recently been there. But if you are downtown, like bowls, like patios and like summer stop by and give them a try.
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