The Casual Restaurant Critic
This Restaurant Reviewed: February, 2007
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Super Salads reviewed: February, 2007 CRC Rating:
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| A relatively new option for those Meridanos searching for lighter options at dinnertime is the recently inaugurated Super Salads, located among the myriad taco and panucho restaurants located on that strip of Montejo (Prolongacion, that is) between Interceramic and the Darling Car Wash. Yes, it really is called the Darling Car Wash. |
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Here they have taken the panini concept from Segafredo and Italian Coffee and all those other sandwich places one step fruther. They specialize in sandwiches and salads. Although it had been registered on the Critic's "To-Do" list, a recent outing with friends provided the Critic with an opportunity to check it out for the benefit of you, dear reader. The restaurant itself is all clean, modernistic lines and lots of flat surfaces and bright lighting. The ubiquitous television sets in the corners broadcast sporting events; on this occasion, a pair of formidable black men were slugging it out in the ring. |
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| The fact that there is such an abundance of
flat, hard surfaces, makes this restaurant extremely noisy with everyone's
conversation seemingly amplified and bouncing around to create a real
cacophony of shrill voices. Add to that the bright, harsh lighting and you
end up with an environ-ment just a tad short of 'cozy'.
The salads aren't anything particularly new; no new flavour or veggie combinations; just a lot of iceberg lettuce (which here is called Romana or romaine) and stuff on top. The sandwiches, while not bad, are not worth a trip. There are better paninis at Segafredo and the Italian Coffee Company.
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Service is in the usual 'let's take these mozos and put them in a uniform' style. They try. The Critic just doesn't understand how owner/operators can spend what must be a lot of money on such a prime filet of real estate and the actual building and so on, then leave the final, most important detail (the service) in the hands of whomever can ride a bike to work and has the capacity to button up his white shirt. But this is not new for Merida; it seems that the concept of actual training for service staff is beyond the mental scope of the great majority of restaurant operators. Which is what makes the ones that do, stand out even more. You can get to this restaurant from the downtown area by following Montejo towards the Progreso highway or Gran Plaza mall. You will see the Super Salads restaurant with it's big neon sign on your left if coming from downtown. Park on the street because Merida's municipality will sign off on any project without taking into consideration PARKING. |
