Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Lisa's Lunchbox


The Daughter and I had been looking forward to trying out Lisa's Lunchbox, and I admit to being a bit disappointed. It was fine enough, but just not as much "cute" and "fun" as we had thought it might be.

I had a panini and The Daughter had a half BLT sandwich and a cup of tomato soup:


With iced tea our individual totals were almost $10. Chips do not come with the food and cost $1 extra. This just seemed high to me. The sandwiches were fine, no complaints about the food, but it was nothing special, and I can get nothing-special sandwiches for less than this. The little patio tables with lunchbox decorations were cute:


but the food is just not gonna draw me back.

I can't love every place I go, I don't guess, and plenty of people are praising it. Urban Spoon has a 96% rating with 54 votes.

6 comments:

  1. Don't you just hate it when you realize you are paying for atmosphere? Your meal seems a bit on the pricey side to me, because sandwiches shouldn't cost that much. Even the frontage was nothing special, at least from what I saw in your photo.

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    1. I don't mind paying for atmosphere, actually. The only atmosphere here was that cute little lunchbox. Not enough cuteness for me ;)

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  2. Disappointment with eating establishments is something I experience more often than not. Being an adventuresome cook myself, expectations are high when I pay someone else to feed me. $10 is too much to pay for an ordinary sandwich. But have you noticed how food costs are rising at the grocery stores? So I suppose it's inevitable that is reflected in restaurant prices.

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    1. Yes, I'm sure it costs them more these days to make the sandwich and run the restaurant. It's just that if I can make the meal myself for so much less I need the experience of the place to make up for the difference. I have a little metal lunchbox I had when I was in elementary school I can put on my little black metal table out on my own patio ;)

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  3. The styrofoam cup, it that is what it is, would put me off immediately. I don't mind casual like the sandwich in a basket but styro sets my teeth on edge. $10 for a sandwich and drink would not be considered expensive here - usually runs $12+.

    Darla

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    1. I'm not surprised by styrofoam at short order places, though "sets my teeth on edge is _exactly_ the right way to describe it. I've had a couple of surprising styrofoam experiences lately. I think my next T Tuesday post has one. :(

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