I've tried this place twice, both times with an open mind. Both times, I came away unhappy. The first time, I was in Baltimore for business (I live in DC but travel to Baltimore with some regularity) and had heard good things - so I went to check it out. The heavy set, older woman behind the counter was RUDE, RUDE, RUDE. The food was nothing to write home about. I had a Spicy Jeremy that would have been more accurately called a Sickly Jeremy.
My second visit was equally bad. I went back on my next trip to Baltimore several weeks later thinking "OK, last time the place was having a bad day". Again, I encountered the rude woman...as well as an older gentleman who sat behind the counter working with a computer rather than engaging customers. The older woman I met on my first trip was equally as rude and condescending on my second visit. This time around I had coffee which was raved about but tasted like spent motor oil to me. I opted this time for gazpacho...I didn't finish my meal and stopped for something on the way home because I couldn't stomach what I was served (and I will add I was served SLOWLY) at this cafe. Maybe a 40-something business woman isn't the target demographic for this college town eatery but I was majorly disappointed in both the rude behavior and the not quite good enough to be called mediocre food I was served. The prices are good but only if the food is edible. Even small amounts of money spent on food you can't swallow is money wasted. On my next trip to Baltimore, I'll be skipping this best left hidden spot.
I didn't find the establishment very clean and the staff certainly were neither inviting nor polite. There was a peculiar odor in the building on both visits (and it was not from food that I could identify, more of a rotting vegetation like smell mixed with something vaguely chemical) that seemed to cling to my clothing for hours after my departure. In short...a stinky, dirty restaurant with nasty staff and bad food isn't my idea of a good business lunch.
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