Cosi

Loved Cosi when we first stumbled on it during a trip to Philadelphia. Have since enjoyed the one on Grand Ave. So excited to find this one in the pedway.  Stopped in over the weekend. Ordered a couple thin crust pizzas with nobody else in restaurant and three workers. It took 25 minutes to make during which time three more groups came in to order. Ridiculously long wait time.  What do they do during weekday lunch rush?   Thin crust disappointing as it turns out to be the regular just butterflied open.  No flavor either. Ate a couple bites and threw rest away.  No pop in soda machines. No napkins anywhere - worker had to hunt all over the place.  A huge disappointment; we'll never be back to that location.

This Cosi is in the pedway where I work so I grab something from them at least 4-5x's per month.  I used to go there daily to get the strawberry parfait yogurt parfait for breakfast before they switched up the granola.  The one they use now is way too sweet.  

Anyway, I'm writing this review to comment on the lobster sandwich, which I believe is one of their seasonal specials.  Wow.  That was delish!  I was expecting mostly "lobster flavored" mayonnaise but this took me by surprise!  Large generous chunks of fresh tasting lobster.  I was totally full and satisfied after eating this.  I'm not sure how long they are offering it, but if you like lobster, get it while you can.

I almost never eat at Cosi, but was enticed today by a new offering on their menu: Korean Pork Rice Bowl.

So I get it, and then after some general confusion with the staff and needing to confirm that it was the KOREAN PORK rice bowl and not the adobo chicken one several times, I left with my bag.

When I got to my office, I opened it to discover that my ~$9 purchase had gotten me a tiny bowl of what was essentially all rice with perhaps two microscopic pieces of pork and a sprinkling of greens. Barely worth maybe $5 let alone $9.

So I went back, and to the manager's credit, when I explained how unsatisfied I was with what I received, she had them give me a double order of the meat and veggies without question, which I accepted as I was starving and didn't want to deal with picking somewhere else to eat. So props to the manager who was very nice and professional about the whole thing.

It tastes ok to be honest, but this rice bowl offering is clearly just an attempt by Cosi to see how little actual "food" they can dust on top of a bunch of rice and charge a fortune for. Stay away.