by Nathaniel C » Sun Jul 14, 2019 6:51 pm
Had lunch there today with family. We had a Cuban sandwich with street fries, a Chicago style footlong hot dog with broccoli salad, and sweet potato fries.
I never ate at this location when it was Mellow Mushroom, so unfortunately, I can't comment on what changes were made from the old restaurant. Looking at it with a fresh set of eyes, it's a very large, neat space. They weren't busy at all at lunch time on a Sunday.
Unfortunately, we weren't terribly impressed with the food. The Cuban sandwich was pretty good, although one member of our group thought the pork was too watery and caused the bread to get soggy. The street fries had good seasoning. The sweet potato fries were decent, but needed some honey or other dipping sauce. I was very disappointed with the Chicago dog. In a departure from a traditional Chicago hot dog, it was delivered in a plain bun (with poppy seeds scattered on top of the hot dog), mustard, and very finely diced tomatoes, pickles, and onion on top. (Chicago hot dogs generally have a poppy seed bun, a whole pickle spear on top, tomato slices or wedges, relish, and sport peppers.) It didn't have a whole lot of flavor, and the broccoli salad was even blander--it was screaming out for some celery seed, pepper, dried cranberries, or anything else to provide something distinctive to my tastebuds.
It took a fairly long time to receive our order, and the wait staff was slightly inattentive about drink refills.
Silver lining: It appeared one of the nearby buildings had a notice on the door that an alcoholic beverage license had recently been applied for.