Sunday, June 3, 2012

Corner Bakery

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What a let down this place was. I am all for trying new places that are given bad reviews because there are some people who are just too picky over things. My group tried Corner Bakery tonight, despite the bad reviews and for the most part, the reviews are correct. The interior is tastefully decorated as a nice cafe and the seating was plentiful and comfortable, but that's the best that can be said for our evening. Every one of us tried something different and we were all disappointed. One of our friends even had to send his sandwich back twice because they kept putting mayo on it! The sandwiches are pretty bland tasting and all of these could be made at home and the same can be said about the soups, salads, pastas and the desserts. There was nothing spectacular here and nothing worth returning for. The breads are not even made fresh on site and come to think of it, I wonder if anything is made fresh on site or is it just a giant assembly line in the kitchen? This place is ok for a quick bite to eat at lunch, but the prices will keep you from coming here for just the speedy service. The service isn't even all that great. The only redeeming quality was when my friend asked for ranch and the guy brought her a small cup and when I asked for ranch (because i said i wanted an assload of it) he brought me 4 cups haha! All in all, I dont recommend Corner Bakery. Its just another run of the mill fancy pants sandwich shop. Tyler has enough of those. Want a good sandwich? Go get one from FRESH!

Saturday, June 2, 2012

China Cafe

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I love China Cafe, well the food that is. I have never had a bad plate of food there. My favorite is the Honey Chicken and the Sesame Chicken! I posted a review on UrbanSpoon awhile back and my opinion has not changed. Generally everything is clean, the buffet stays stocked and hot, and the service is on par with a buffet place. My only complaint, and honestly this is a HUGE MAJOR GIGANTIC ENORMOUS WHOPPING complaint and that is about the management and its regards to children. First of all, what kind of parent lets their children run amok all over the damn place, making noise, making messes and not bothering in the slightest to reign them in, make them sit down and shut the hell up!? As a patron, I want to sit in peace and enjoy my meal, not be pestered by a bunch of crying snot nosed little thugs or thugettes in the making. If this isn't bad enough, nobody that works at China Cafe will ever say anything! We had to leave once because this one little girl was running back and forth around her table wearing those annoying shoes that make a squeaky sound. Literally, like a dog toy in the shoe..squeak squeak squeak SQUEAK SQUEAK SQUEAK!!! Needless to say, if you can manage to go in to eat and there are no kids...you have been blessed, cherish it and leave a tip!