falls firmly into the "meh"
This place came out of the gates strong when they moved across the street and had a change in management. I haven't purchased any grocery items, mostly I have stopped in for lunch. 3 out of 3 visits have been a hair below average in my opinion, and if this place were in anywhere but Inglewood (where competition for quick pop-in and out lunch spots is scarce) it wouldn't last...
The concept is great, but they need new staff or more attentive management. Staff seemed confused, and were goofing around while i waited patiently for someone to notice there were customers around. As in, I wait here patiently for chef 1 to finish his story to chef 2 about how wasted he got last night...
Food has potential to be good, but falls flat... I had a salad with smoked salmon on it, the greens were mixed according to my order and were really good, but the smoked salmon was at least a week old and had that "fridge" taste things get when they've been sitting in the cooler a little too long... I didn't risk eating much of it (i am not a squeamish eater by the way, I eat from street carts around the world and don't have problems eating bugs or the scary bits from the insides of animals, but at the same time, why risk it when something tastes funny?)
tried cream of mushroom soup on another visit- taste was good and had lots of wild mushroom bits, but they kept it too hot or something and the cream curdled... rookie mistake I would expect a place of this caliber to avoid....
Third time got a stale "scone" -really it was a southern style flakey biscuit with fruit in it, not the same thing as a "scone" but that's semantics I suppose, the point is that it was fully stale. Probably it was pretty good when it was fresh...
Three swings and three misses, this place will be off my map for a long time. It's a shame, because inglewood really needs a place like this, but someone on the inside there is dropping the ball and cutting the wrong corners...