If you like shitty service, with a fresh bagel that tastes like cardboard and watching mid-morning chaos of whose on first, then this is the place for you.
We had such high hopes for greatness as so many tout this place as a beacon of east coast style bagel nommery. To those people, you can expect a wild weasel in your next mail delivery.
The place was staffed with teens or young adults who didnt quite know why they were up at 9 in the morning and they all bumbled into each other while trying to fill orders or just plain starred at the walls. Probably they needed to drink some more of the only thing that I liked about the place - the coffee. At least they had Cafe Vita AND it was hot.
We couldnt figure out where the line to order started. Neither could others it seemed. One girl in front of us got fed up and left so we moved up in line.. hooray. Then I got to watch the dude just starring at the counter while we watched him but no one helped us. Finally the only adult there asked us what we wanted and we thougth we had reached our goal... we were wrong. Meghan asked for a bagel with egg and ham and cheese. The lady asked her if she wanted green onions and Meghan said no. So that was it and she went make the sammiches. I asked for just a garlic bagel toasted with cream cheese for the record.
Then we just stood there. The kid was still starring at the counter. No one else was being helped. A few minutes passed. A girl asks who is next and we were not sure what the story was because we still hadnt ordered any drinks. Meghan piped up that we didnt know if we were done as we hadnt finished our order. Apparently this is a no-no to say here as all three employees piped up that THE PERSON who helped you will finish that. From what I could tell NO one ever got their orders finished. Hell each person before us still hadnt been fully taken care of yet.
So we stood in our rebuffed silence watching the kid, yes STILL starring at the counter, the other girl helping someone new so they could have yet ANOTHER order to not finish, and then finally our gem of an adult making our food. She was microwaving the eggs for Meghans sammich. The look on Meghan's face of dissastisfaction as she was getting ill from just watching the affront to breakfast cookery was making me dislike the place even more.
Our food arrived and then she says "Ok so what else do you want?" Seriously?? I dont know how they still can operate but Coffee comes first to any person who steps into a breakfast place and taking care of it last was just ridiculous. She then states that my bagel came with a med coffee... that should have tipped me off about the place, but I digress. Meghan ordered a latte. She then said our bill was 13.45$. At the time I was so relieved to actually be done with the line I didnt think about how insanely expensive that was for a bagel breakfast that included a free coffee? Holy shit is all I have to say.
We sat down and this is when I found out it was Cafe Vita and I was partially mollified. The same person who made our food then went to make her latte. Seriously the MOST INEFFICIENT place I have ever seen in my life. Hence the bumbling of them bouncing off of each other all doing the same things.
We looked at our food. I had barely enough cream cheese to cover my bagel. It might have been warm but sure didnt look toasted and low and behold it tasted like cardboard. Mmmm yummy cardboard. More please! Even Oliver Twist might have throw this back at them. Alas my bagel was a work of art compared to Meghan's - nothing was right. They had added green oninons and some how included bell peppers in her microwaved eggs, which they had forgotten to ask if she wanted but somehow remembered to ask about green onions.
Though I should note her latte was excellent but then that was cafe vita of course :)
In conclusion this place is a big KERPLATZ.
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I wasn't laughing much at the time, but your recounting of it is hilarious. They sure knew how to get on the wrong side of an under-caffinated, hungry, pregnant lady.
Caffeine is thought to pose certain risks during pregnancy. Though researchers debate how much caffeine is acceptable during pregnancy, there is evidence to suggest than any amount will cause some physical effects on your little one. This is because caffeine passes through your placenta and is absorbed by your baby. Adults are able to break down caffeine fairly quickly, thanks to chemicals inside of our body. However, your developing baby can't do this as efficiently. This means that caffeine will be stored inside of his blood for longer periods of time, and could reach dangerously high levels.
Caffeine also affects other aspects of your baby's health. It is known to increase your baby's heart rate and may affect how much he moves in utero. Because caffeine is a diuretic, it can also affect the nutrition your baby receives from you. Caffeine intake may cause you to absorb less iron and calcium from foods, a possible detriment to your baby's overall fetal development.
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