As a restaurant, True Love Café falls short on every level. The service (or lack thereof) is minimal. The cashier behind the cafeteria-style counter was semi-friendly but kept wandering off in between customers because, in her own words, she “had something to do in the back.” Once at the front of the line I noticed a slight scent of alcohol in the air. I’m not quite sure if it came from the very animated cashier or not.
The restaurant boasts two dining rooms but one of them is in the front yard and one is in the back. The restaurant is basically a converted house; I wasn’t sure but it looked like someone was living on the second floor. The tables looked as if they were bought in bulk at a Home Depot lawn furniture sale.
The food tasted as I thought it would: like a bunch of teenagers put together some snack foods that they found in the kitchen. With items such as Pizza Paninis, Nachos, and Hummus it definitely didn’t cater to one particular food palette. They did however, have an extensive specialty coffee list, written on chalkboards strewn across the ordering counter. Some of the names for the flavors were fairly creative too, such as, White Hot Chocolate and Michael Jackson Hot Chocolate (hmm… interesting choice).
The “dining room” in the back of the house was a giant cement slab covered by a large white tent. The “Home Depot” tables were scattered haphazardly around the room. There were obviously no smoking regulations (if there were they weren’t enforced) which may cause a large headache for the non-smokers in the area. At one point, mid-meal, I noticed a restaurant worker taking out the trash right through the middle of the dining room (I wonder if that meets FDA regulations).
Despite the restaurant’s many shortcomings, it did succeed on one level (perhaps the level it was aiming for in the first place). It makes for a low-key hang-out for college-age people. With wireless internet available one could sit and do homework with friends and just hang out. So while I would not recommend this as a great place to eat, I would tell people that if they want a place to sit and use free internet, I know one.
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Straightforward and to the point.
Good review.
And perhaps the best part was reversing field in the last paragraph to give the place some credit for providing a hangout for college students.
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