I'm combining two days. I tried the first three spots at lunch on Friday. The first is in the strip mall with Ali Baba on 434 between I4 and Ronald Reagan. The next three are at an ever expanding strip mall on 436 between University and 50. The last is in a strip mall on 436 right before 434. Right side if coming from I4. I went there on Sunday.
TK Coffee & Donuts - They said they started in Tennessee. Opened recently. Two weeks? Franchise look. I had a chocolate frosted donut for $1.69. It was ok. Couldn't really taste the chocolate. They tossed in four donut holes. They were good. Nothing too new or different here from any other donut shop. They had some wieners in assorted baked shells. They looked desiccated. Kolaches.
Buzzers Sports Bar - Weird menu. The usuals plus Thai, Mexican and Indian dishes. I had a gross cheeseburger with ff for $13. Onion/garlic in the patty (probably to mask the smell/taste). I could live without that. Lettuce, onion and tomato. Fairly fresh. Brioche bun. The meat was about as cheap as could be chosen. Like the pork at Zen Dumpling. Chuck? Worse? I swear I was biting into crunchy things that I thought were vegetables. But when I pulled them out and looked at them, they were "meat/veins". Thickish, shoe string fries. Open a month. Four or five tables with one twenty person, elevated, communal table. Eight person bar. Lamps made out of rope. TVs. Not a huge footprint. Booze. They double billed me!
Soni's Bakery - Opened a week ago. Argentinian. Selection is not complete. They said they will add more sandwiches and empanadas, etc. I had a brownie with walnuts for $4.50. It was good. The cake was a bit unsweet. The chocolate-y part was rich. They had cupcakes and other sweets. Small footprint. A few tables. Looks nice.
FL Bakery - I'm not paying the same or more for a Puerto Rican version of anything. Let alone Anglo interpretations with third world vegetables. They had to search for a girl who spoke English. The place isn't new. I was here once when it was another owner. Still a bakery. I grabbed a 1/4 chicken for $3.25. That is $13 for a whole. Do they think they are Whole Foods? Pass.
Chayhana - Uzbek (between Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan/Iran) and Turkish. Chay means tea. Hana is a place where you drink it. I had the boso lagman ($17) and a pumpkin samsa ($3). The samsa was a samosa like puffed, baked triangle. Big. The pumpkin was a bit sweet and savory. A slight kick at the back end. Warm spices. Sesame seeds on top. The boso lagman ws a hand torn flour and water noodle (like long spaetzle) dish with strips of tender beef. Also strips of peppers and onions and an omelette. Scallions. Oily. I liked it. They included a tomato based sauce that I assume is for the samsa. The menu has around seven of these special dishes. A few soups and apps and desserts. The Turkish section has kebabs and shwarma. Prices are a bit below average. They push the QR code. The place is spotless. White, gray and black. Ten tables of four. Plastic plants and plastic under the tablecloth. A few decorations on the wall. Almost spaced evenly. One family was there at lunch. Seemed like one waitress (daughter) and one voice from the kitchen. Bakery case at the register. Open for L and D every day. Open for a few weeks. I'll be back. May be a Fav.
*Also in the first strip mall was the new Pizza v Tacos. They seemingly had no wait staff and their prices were out of line and I don't trust taco people to make pizza and the other way around. The one I saw looked sad.
**Regular Blue Plate mayonaise sucks too.
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