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| - Take a grocery store, cafeteria, restaurant and cooking lesson facility, scrunch it together in a modernly designed building, and you get the passionate food monster that is Sunterra on 1st street SE. Surprisingly, there is no farm inside though I wouldn't put it passed them as a future expansion. Why not feed the baby lamb that will be lunch one day? Sorry kids, that's life!
However, today I find myself on the second floor of this ode to all that is Sunterra at MARKETBar. Now keep in mind that there seems to be two parts to the second floor. There is the cafeteria part and the restaurant part. I always find myself on the cafeteria side. However, I have heard that the same kinds of food can be ordered on both parts, but with a hefty mark-up on the restaurant side.
There are a number of tables to sit down on both inside and outside; there is a patio on weather appropriate days. I find the food decent. It's nice to have options for real food. For example, I ordered the pork loin special which included potatoes and steamed vegetables (though clearly they are boiled) for a reasonable $8.99. The prices on the drinks are expensive though. It was $2.09 for a small bottle of Orangina. Kind of pricey, given that Orangina isn't as precious as it once was. I think you can buy tubs of it now!
All in all good atmosphere, decent service, decent food, reasonably priced minus the drinks. It will be in the repertoire for lunch spots. Will give 4 stars if I can feed the pig that will be my lunch one day!
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