I was so excited for this place to open. I live blocks away, work in CC and love a great salad/anything fresh from the Farmer's Market. Plus, the owners' pedigree sounded great. I arrived at 2:00 on a Wednesday, to a mob scene. The place was LOUD - the acoustics, awful and the set up was confusing. I wasn't sure if I was supposed to place my order at the counter or the register - because the HIGH plexiglass at the counter made it seemingly impossible to order there. Low- and-behold, I WAS supposed to order there. Being all of 5'2 - getting them to hear me over the noise and the glass was a near impossibility. I finally translated by pointing and ordered the Raw Salad. The service was nice enough and quick - however, while waiting I noticed others struggle to be heard over the plexiglass. Why no one is waiting at the door with an order pad who could calmly interact with customers and pass their order along is beyond me. Anyway, I got my salad which was lackluster at best. My ""Living Dressing"" was no more than an unsalted mustard vinagrette. My 8 vegetables were MOSTLY celery greens and lettuce. Beyond lettuces, I got 2 cucumbers, two tomatoes, three thin strips of carrot, four radish shavings, 1 cube of avocado, and crushed cashews/almonds for $9.00. It was appaling. The salad was flavorless with the exception of the almonds (which were the only abundant thing on the salad)- but who wants to eat that many fattening almonds when dining on a salad? In their defense, the more robust salads looked great - so I will give them another chance. They just have a lot of kinks to work out to make the place more intuitive and visitor friendly. My advice... PUT SOMEONE UP FRONT TO TAKE ORDERS, AND,ADD MORE TO THE SALADS. WITH WHAT YOU'RE CHARGING - ANOTHER TOMATO OR TWO WOULD BE NICE!!!
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