Stephanie M.
Yelp
This is a follow-up to my first review of this place, when I came here originally for dinner. At that time, I gave this place 3 stars. This time I came by for breakfast along with a companion. I ordered one egg over multigrain bread, avocado spread and some sort of greens. My companion ordered the French toast. Both were underwhelming. When we overheard two other diners asked why they were being served on plastic plates rather than on regular plates, and we asked what was going on, we were told - somewhat abruptly - by our young waitress that the restaurant "always" serves everything on plastic plates, except for the oatmeal, because the building is "water-restricted." That was news to us, since all the other restaurants in town don't seem to have this problem, and the restaurant did not claim to have this issue when we were last here. I did insist that we be served on regular plates (which the waitress did), but my question now is: how can a restaurant safely function in a "water-restricted" building? Does this mean that there's not enough water to clean dishes? To wash hands? To run a bathroom? Not sure, but I am concerned enough that I will not return here anytime soon. As to the food - an afterthought at this point - it was mediocre at best. The food was poorly and unimaginatively presented; the preparation was mediocre; and for what it was ... well, it was overpriced. The coffee, at least, was decent, but that was it. The space is clean and presentable, but the restaurant is presumptuous about subsidizing local farmers and "fresh" food. There are better representatives elsewhere. Other restaurants in the area, including the local diner just across the way, do a much better job all around.