Urban Market

My pad is an adult version of a college dorm room so I can appreciate a place like Urban Market. It's got all the essential food groups. Chips, Hot Pockets, and energy drinks. Very neatly organized and convenient if you live in the neighborhood.

Only problem is they don't sell any booze. Definitely would be a smart thing to put in stock seeing as how there's tons of students near by. Just my two cents.

Working in the building now, I will be here many times through the work week. They are a giant food emporium featuring in a food court style mini restaurant floorplan. Theres Frontera, a salad bar, pizza/calzone place, Indian food, a grill, cajun, american, asian, deli, full coffee and tea spread, amazing cakes and cookies, desserts, pastas, daily specials, and half a grocery store! Even the soda fountain features BOTH Pepsi and Coke products.. Everything from bottle of water, many many beverage options.. (naked fruit juices, coconut water, sports and energy drinks. etc..) They have everything except my preferred brand of Greek yogurt with the fruit in a separate cup.. but they have 3 brands of Greek yogurt! This place is worth checking out! For frequenters like myself theres a rewards card program! At the Monroe Blue Line Stop inside Chase Tower! Prices are fair especially if you stick to the daily specials. check website for their weekly menu.

This food court has a lot of options. So my rating only applies to the Frontera Fresco. I've been to the Frontera in Macy's building, as well as Frontera Grill. Both are wayyyy better and more efficient than this place.

When I ordered the food, there was only one person in front of me (I got there really early in anticipation of long wait). Then after I ordered, I was told I had to wait for 10min. So I stood there, waited and waited. The person in front of me had a salad, so she got hers right away. The problem is there were about four cooks (I assume they are cooks because they all wore the white uniform), all were standing in the end of the counter, chatting, standing, staring, and waiting for the person in the beginning of the line to pass the food along. In the beginning of the counter, where the operational line of making food starts, only one person was there working, and he looked very busy. This is the most stupid division of workload I've seen at a busy lunch spot, and it's under Rick Bayless's banner--if you have four people idle, and one person is busy and being the bottleneck, get more idle people to the front of the line to help the poor guy! OR for the idle people, at least act busy!!

So after the most painful 10min wait, I got the sandwich. I don't remember the name because it was long and hard to say. But it's basically pulled pork with pickled onions. It's one of the worse sandwiches I've had at any Frontera place--the pork was dry, the bread was burned, the pickled onions were too overpowering. After eating it, I had the worst sour after-taste in my mouth.

Never will I be back to this place, ever.