Made-to-order Sandwich from the Community Food Co-op
Reviewed by Craig Dugas.
■■□□□ 2/5 "How much? For this?"
If you've never been to a Community Food Co-op (http://www.bozo.coop) then just picture what I would consider a sort of yuppie, hippie, organic market. If you pick out the right things (bulk items) you can find some gems, but generally it's a little pricey for what you're getting. But alas, on to my sandwich.
At the deli, you pick up a card and golfer's pencil, circle what you want, and then hand it over to one of the sandwich artists. Ezekiel bread, roast beef, Havarti, lettuce, tomato, onion. They fiddle around with ingredients for about 5 minutes and then hand over a sandwich, and two pieces of Bozeman-esque flare (a slice of pickle and small baggie of stale tortilla chips). The sandwich wasn't terrible, pretty much on par with a sandwich I'd make at home if I just "threw some crap together on bread," except I wouldn't cut myself short on every single ingredient. This thing was small.. too small to justify the $7 I paid for it. The Food Co-op is well known for this rip-offery. I'm not looking for a quad-stacker Whopper, just something with more than the bare minimum of each ingredient. Also, adding meat is like $2 per additional meat (that's "ok"), but adding a single extra veggie is like a buck. Note the photo of the thinnest, lightest ever piece of lettuce - I wouldn't pay 10 cents for that. For shame.
One last note, don't expect "standard" veggies in general. The tomato is soggy and the onions are marinated in vinegar - yeah, they're that good (puke-a-hontas).
Sorry Food Co-op, that's just the way it is. See you in 18 months.
