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| - At 4 a.m., as I ate my Caprese sandwich, I was feeling very "threesie" (as in stars) about this place. Several of tables were dirty. An employee on break was clearly not happy that we were sitting near her in the quieter section and not amongst the bright, teetering post-club groups around the corner. The seat cushions were ripped. Bleh.
Oh, and I'd ordered the Wisconsin Cheese soup without thinking to ask if it was vegetarian (my fault - I should know better with soups), so I was grumpy to open the lid and see all of the little clumps of bacon. (And grumpy because, again, this was my fault, so I didn't feel like I could take it back.) I tried to get my husband to eat it, but he pushed it away after a bite and a half. "It tastes like Velveeta with bacon bits." (Now that's the restaurant's fault.)
I found myself wishing that we'd gone to Krung Thai or Peppermill, where their Caprese sandwich leaves me nuzzling my hands for an hour afterward. Mmmmm. Fresh, fresh basil!
And what the heck was this frozen lemonade with the too-small straw that tasted like oversweet mixer with a dash of water?
I looked at the brown-edged, withering flower in the vase on the table and thought, "The sandwich is good, but I can't go higher than a three. This bread is really chewy and delicious, and it's nice to have a hot Caprese. It's also nice that they have more than one vegetarian sandwich. Maybe a three-and-a-half."
The next day I found myself wishing for another hot Caprese. Okay, four stars it is. I had to remember to compare this with Subway and Quiznos, not with other late-night options. Four stars for a menu with two hot vegetarian sandwiches on distinctive bread, for pagers that mean you can find a place to sit and relax and wait for your order to be ready, for friendly staff (at least those on-duty), and for being open 24 hours.
Minus a star for dirty tables, for lazy frozen lemonade, for soup that tastes like processed cheese, for a cake-like chocolate-chip cookie of minimal flavour that would be overpriced at half the price, and for charging $6 for a 6" meatless sandwich that, once you get past the bread, is nothing special.
I'm still craving a sandwich on nice bread, though... which is why it's going to be Schlotzsky's for lunch tomorrow. But the next time I'm at Planet Hollywood and hungry, but not "sit-down hungry," I'll happily get a Caprese to go.
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