2/5 Rick L. 6 years ago on Google
Cafe
Integral
was
our
choice
for
breakfast
on
one
of
two
mornings
we
spent
in
Chicago.
We
were
overall
disappointed.
It
starts
with
the
menu.
If
you’re
a
person
with
a
special
diet
of
any
kind
(vegetarian,
gluten
free),
or
maybe
just
someone
who
checks
out
restaurant
menus
to
help
make
a
choice
about
where
to
go,
then
you
rely
on
online
menus
being
up
to
date.
(Putting
aside
for
the
moment
restaurants
whose
menus
change
frequently
or
who
at
least
bother
to
state
the
menu
online
is
just
a
sample
of
what
they
offer.)
Cafe
Integral’s
menu
in
person
was
different
than
what
appeared
online…the
main
difference
being
fewer
choices.
When
asked
about
this,
the
staff
informed
us
they
recently
had
“scaled
back”
their
menu.
Okay,
so
please
also
scale
it
back
online
so
we
can
make
an
informed
choice
about
whether
to
give
you
a
shot.
I
had
the
Pour
Over
coffee
(as
any
good
brunch
loving
citizen
of
the
morning
should.)
It
wasn’t
bad
but
would
have
liked
it
bolder
rather
than
smoother.
I
also
ordered
the
Breakfast
sandwich
without
meat.
(You
have
a
choice
of
sourdough
or
bagel…I
picked
sourdough.
For
vegetarians
avocado
is
an
option
instead
of
meat
which
is
nice.
(Except
I
don’t
really
like
avocado
that
much
so
I
opted
to
not
have
it.
The
2-year
cheddar
it
comes
with
is
cooked
in
with
the
eggs
which
unfortunately
had
the
effect
of
it
not
being
noticeable
visually
or
by
taste.
I
had
to
ask
the
server
if
they
had
forgotten
the
cheese
because
it
was
really
a
non-presence.
Also,
the
omelet
eggs
were
over
fried
My
wife
liked
the
sunny
side
eggs
and
greens
she
ordered.
(Assembled
from
the
“Sides
&
Extras”
Menu.)
She
thought
it
was
perfectly
fine
but
nothing
amazing.
We
would
have
loved
to
try
the
Yucca
Hash
that
was
listed
on
the
online
menu
and
looked
pretty
amazing
by
description,
but
was,
unfortunately
a
victim
of
the
“scaling
back”
of
their
menu.
Our
impression
of
the
staff
also
wasn’t
so
great…not
a
particularly
friendly
bunch.
The
first
person
we
encountered
when
we
walked
in
told
us
in
a
kind
of
not-so-happy-to-see-us
manner
that
we
should
order
then
sit.
Later
the
person
who
brought
our
food
seemed
visibly
inconvenienced
by
the
lack
of
space
on
the
table
where
she
had
to
put
our
order.
She
also
seemed
like
I
was
interrupting
her
when
I
later
asked
where
the
bathroom
was.
It
just
seems
basic
that
staff
at
service
oriented
businesses
should
go
out
of
their
way
to
be
friendly
and
welcoming…especially
in
the
morning
when
your
interactions
with
other
human
beings
can
set
the
tone
for
your
whole
day.
Overall
all
of
our
experience
here
was
disappointing.
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