Earlier this week we decided to go to a new restaurant called Mesa Verde in Santa Barbara. Our whole family was excited about it because it was another plant based restaurant like a few others I’ve reviewed like Adama and Sage – both of which had really good food. Also, the reviews for this place were pretty good, but, as it turned out, when we got there the whole experience was very, very, very disappointing.
Mesa Verde advertised they had gluten free pizza crust. Nope. They were out. Then, we ordered some other items. Did they come at the same time like they should have? Nope. My grandparents had to wait at least 20 minutes after our food came. And then when we tasted the food I didn’t really like it. I had mushroom tacos and another kind of taco and unbelievably I didn’t like it even though it had all the things I like when I review Mexican restaurants. I will say that there were delicious carrots and delicious olives. But the olives had pits in them which I don’t like and even though these items were tasty it didn’t make much of a difference when the rest of the experience was bad.
This reminds me of a basketball story worth sharing. Greg Oden was the number one pick in the NBA draft about a decade ago. Everyone wanted him. They would pay him so much money to play for their teams even for one season! There was a lot of commotion and excitement about him. Then he turned out to be a big bust. Like Mesa Verde.
4 Comments
michelle guerrie
August 16, 2014 3:02 pmDarn, Max. Their food looked SO yummy. I hope they read your blog so they can correct their problems. 🙂
maxeatslife
August 17, 2014 6:59 amI do hope they change their problems because the food really was not good.
michelle guerrie
August 19, 2014 2:03 pmMax, your Uncle Dan stopped by the store, but I missed him! If you have anymore relatives visiting Ashland, will you please ask them to email me at demo@ashlandfood.coop. I want to send you a care package of some of my favorite things from Oregon. 🙂 Michelle
maxeatslife
August 19, 2014 7:03 pmI would be so happy to get a big box of some of your favorite things from Oregon! Thank you! This is really exciting! Should I send you my address? Thanks for being a very good big fan of my blog!
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