What the hell happened to Cafe Roma? I used to LOVE this place. Well, love is kind of a strong word but I sure as hell ate there a lot.
They used to have the best lunch special around. A slice of pizza and a salad for $3 and some change. It was awesome. Was the pizza great? Of course not. How about the "salad" (and I use that term loosely because it looked more like the chopped up lettuce and tomatoes you'd find at a taco bar)? Well, I think my brief description pretty much answers that. But it was $3 and I didn't care. The broker I got, the more I ate there. It was a wonderful relationship.
And then I walked in around 2:15 yesterday to grab a bite there for the first time in 2009 and everything changed. I ordered my lunch special of a slice and salad like always, and went up to the register to pay, and the guy working the counter looked at me and goes "$6.49 please."
I almost passed out. I thought it was a joke. Who does Cafe Roma think they are?? I understand that times are tough and maybe they have to raise prices a bit to stay afloat, but almost doubling their prices??? No no no my friend, not cool. For a shitty reheated slice of pizza that had been sitting out for 3 hours and some taco dressings.
I looked up at the guy and asked him when they raised their prices, and he ignored me!!! He heard me ask the question, looked at me square in the eyes, and turned around and walked away. Anyone who has met me knows that I do not take being ignored very well.
I went to sit down at my table fuming mad and started eating, thinking about all the things I was going to write in my Yelp review, looked down, and saw a gnat crawl out of my salad. Swear to God!!!
I almost threw up, stood up, and walked out.
Downgrade!!!