Wendy C.
Yelp
I'm SO sad. R.I.P. the Psy Street I knew and loved.
It had been a little while since my friend and I had ordered from Psy Street. I ordered it for us as a special treat the other day. It sure didn't end up being that! What a disappointment. I had had it one time in the interim, didn't love it, but just chalked it up to a bad day. Nope! The food was so different, in a bad way, from what we'd had in the past, that she felt the restaurant had to have changed hands. I called them - she was right! The menu is still the same, but things seemed to be done in a different (cheaper?) way.
The Roasted Cauliflower used to have a sauce that was a beautiful blend of tahini and smoky red pepper. Now, it seems like they threw some tahini on the cauliflower and called it a day. Maybe there was some paprika tossed on top of panko, but the sauce is just pasty white, no red whatsoever. It was OK, but nothing close to what it was. Same with the Baked Potato. Just blah. They appear to have done the same kind of hatchet job on the garlic confit. The sauce the garlic was in used to be soooo good. It was so yummy that both of us would buy it by the jar. We got sides of it, and it now appears to be just garlic in oil. It's no wonder they don't sell their sauces by the jar anymore - I sure wouldn't want them! Lol
Their seasoned fries used to be AMAZING. Now they're just meh. I think maybe they use fewer spices in the seasoning now. Are we noticing a pattern here? And now, from meh to worse (the "only meh", not horrible was why the rating was two rather than just one star)
The Crunchy Shroom used to be my friend's absolute favorite thing we ever got going out to lunch anywhere. It was now just heavy and super oily. I tried a bite and didn't want any more. She ate more and had a badly upset stomach. My lunch was the worst offender. The Miso Salmon Burger used to be great. Don't know what happened, but I opened the box, and the fishy smell was overpowering. I tried a tiny bite. It was AWFUL. It went directly into the trash. The mushroom followed. After lunch, my stomach didn't feel so great either, though not as bad as my friend. I'm glad I stopped myself from the latter two items. One bite of the mushroom and an almost bite of the fish was enough for me to be done with those!
Needless to say, that was my/ our last visit with our once beloved restaurant. All good things come to an end, I guess. I feel the loss on this one.