Einstein Bros

Don't understand the shade that other Yelpers are throwing at this Einstein location.  They always do a great job with my breakfast paninis - with a smile and a lot of patience (when I can't decide.)

Service is quick and reliable.

On the plus side, you can witness for yourself Einstein's little-known theory of inefficiency at this location.  I saw it myself last Saturday and it kind of blew my mind.  It would be hard to explain it mathematically, so let me just describe what it involves:

-three apathetic employees behind the counter, doing things including burning something

-one employee taking a break, in front at a table, having an extended yet slow phone conversation while the line grows around him

-one line of people who'd like their bagel-eating experience to take less than a half hour and who cannot figure out why that doesn't seem possible

-one of the aforementioned apathetic employees took my order but then a different one handed it to me, which made me doubt that I got the 50% reduced fat cream cheese I'd requested with the original one and thus making me anxious about my butt size
 
-two other customers sharing a table behind me, one of whom had her cream cheese applied by an employee, one who just got a DIY tub-let

In spite of the nonsensical and inconsistent nature of the behind-the-counter activities, there is one good thing.  You can make the tea a drinkable temperature because it's self-serve: you can add cold water from the fountain machine to the blisteringly hot water from the coffee maker.  But let's be honest, that kind of thing is an accident in a place like this.

Hazelnut coffee and a bagel. The bagels are great, the coffee is decent, and the service is good. When I go, I go at 6:45am, so they aren't particularly busy. Their breakfast sandwich and lunch is are good, too.