Semolina Bread Co

Wasn't impressed. Wanted a go-to sandwich spot, and I just wasn't excited about my lunch. I'd rather make the drive to Panera for a sandwich and soup.

I hope that our recent visit to Semolina was a fluke, because if the service is always as terrible as it was a couple weekends ago, I'd be hard pressed to return. We were there Saturday at 11, when the restaurant is supposed to open. It wasn't until around 11:10 when the kids working there got around to unlocking the door and opening the place for business. While that's not a huge deal, we learned AFTER placing our sandwich orders that it would be another fifteen minutes before they were ready because they hadn't baked the bread yet. Had we been made aware of this prior to ordering, we would have gone elsewhere because we were a bit pressed for time. About five minutes later, one of the kids asked if we wanted to switch our orders to white bread instead of wheat, because the white was already baked. Why wouldn't they have provided this information when we put in our orders, or at least made us aware that we could just order a different sandwich bread and not have to wait fifteen minutes?

Our sandwiches were actually quite good, which saved this from being a two star review. I had the pear, walnut, gorgonzola sandwich, which was nice and light on a hot day. The bread is excellent as well-- chewy with the right amount of saltiness (aided by a sprinkling of coarse salt on top). There are a ton of different sandwiches to choose from, and the ingredients all seem very fresh. I'll give Semolina the benefit of the doubt and assume the ridiculous service we received isn't the norm-- I hope that's true!

There is a great selection of delicious sounding sandwiches here, and I have always enjoyed what I got.  

Despite that, I almost never go to Semolina because the service is so unbelievably slow.  The girls look like they are apathetically assembling sandwiches under heavy anesthesia.  If these girls worked at Subway they would be fired after a week.   I find it so frustrating that I almost always opt to go across the street to La Cucina for some quick service and equally good food.