First, I want to say the good things about Life on Mars. Okay, The cookie I got was awesome, I find that some vegan cookies I get are often kind of dry, this one was nice and chewy and delicious. The people who worked there and prepared my food were really nice and seemed happy to be there. I think this is semi-important. A friendly atmosphere is a big deal, to me at least. Food being hand prepared by people who don't care or are aggravated kind of throws me off. I don't really understand it, food being such an uplifting thing for me. The space is cute, it has a nice open kitchen behind a counter with food displayed. I like seeing what I am getting into, so that was appreciated. The sides all looked scrumptious (the mac and cheese looked particularly good). They also have a bunch of cool sides such as spicy eggplant, and coconut greens (and the menu changes). I am excited to try those out sooner or later. They also make the bread there, so I am told. All these things are big positives. Oh, you can add SWEET POTATO CHIPS (made there I believe).
Okay, here come the parts of which I was not so fond. Well, I got the barbecued rib sandwich on whole wheat bread. The bread was awesome - nice, soft, delicious. The barbecue sauce was really good, sweet but not too sweet, but the ribs themselves were very overcooked. It was almost like biting into wet sticks. I feel bad writing it, because I like the place. I am just going to assume it was an off day. I want to go back and try it out again. Another thing, there's no seating - as it's takeout and all that. For some reason...I can't wrap my head around no seating at a deli sort of place. I mean, Chinese food, I am all over takeout, but a sandwich, hard for me to get over. It is a pretty large space, if they moved the counter back or something there would be ample room for some seats. I understand this is probably expensive and whatnot, but just voicing how I feel.
In terms of price, it's pretty fair. The sandwich was fairly large. The sandwich, cookie, and taxes came out to about $7.00. I think that's a decent price for quality food. I had an overall good experience there, minus the ribs. I think it's worth trying out, and that I just came on an off day. One of my roommates got the ribs as well, and she said one half was good, and the other half was like mine.
Well, I hope I convinced someone to go check it out.
