Most Confusing Deli Ever

One thing I hate is going to a "neighborhood" deli and not know what/how to order.
Not only is it a matter of what to order, but how? I don't want to mess up the flow of the other patrons. My goal is to not stand out as much as possible.

Goal: FAILED.

First off, who closes lunch at 2:30pm?? The lunchladys work from 10am to 6pm... in order for our day to go more smoothly, We try take a late lunch as often as possible.

Benvenuto Café makes that difficult. We've passed here a bunch of times and never thought to go in since it doesn't appear cheap.

We made the unfortunate mistake o f venturing here yesterday. We were duped into believing that our panini came with a $2 soup. Only the HALF sandwich does. Then we found out that our lobster bisque cost and extra $3 with the panini (half or full?? I think). This is all fine and dandy if the man that took our order would have provided the same information.

We ended up splitting this $14 soup and sandwich disaster.

This girl is not going back,

Olivia

RIBS?! But I just ate Cuban food! MORE DELICIOUS FREE FOOD NO! Sophie's choice.

So we agreed upon Sophie's Cuban Cuisine for lunch today.. AWESOME!
An easily accessible restaurant (when it isn't covered by scaffolding), and you have the option of dining in the park. PICNIC!

We agreed on something not too heavy, but less than $10. How about Cuban sopa (soup) and some Moro rice?! Or even cheaper of an option, soup, an empanada and some sweet plantains!

This CAN be an inexpensive lunch when you plan accordingly.




Choose wisely, we spent about $7 - $8 each.
Maryam: beef soup $3.50, Rice&Beans $4.25
Olivia: chicken soup $3.50, Sweet plantains, $1.00, Beef empanada $1.50
Plus tax.
And a free cup of water from the Shake Shack.

The soup was YUUUM
but that empanada YUUUUUUUUUM
The rice... with the salsa verde (green hot sauce), great combo. YUUUUUUUUUUM

But oh when it's cold outside.. try the pernil (pork), stew chicken, skirt steak or roasted chicken.

BUT WAIT... there's more...
So you know that moment when you've finally settled on spending close to $10 on lunch when you probably shouldn't have. But you were STARVING so you just did it.

How about that feeling that you get when you realized you just spent your last but then you discover the FREE food in your office building celebrating somebody's something. That's right...

RIBS... Ribs and chicken. Ribs, chicken and cake. After Sophie's. Maryam says ribs were big ol' Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuum, which makes us wonder....should we go in search of the best ribs???? To be continued...


Stuffed,

Olivia

Later that evening ..

Little Poland was visited.. and more food was devoured.