Artisserie Chocolate Cafe

Today (Valentine's day) I made the mistake of attempting to power-lunch at a bakery. Who knew (everyone except me)? I ordered a smoked turkey panini on wheat bread with guacamole, tomato, and maybe some cheese. S.D.B., who was nice enough to stand in line for me while I transcribed interviews at the furious pace of any over-commited American attempting to cram too much into one hour at a "French" cafe, ordered the chicken salad sandwich, which was actually tuna. I don't know how much any of this cost, but I do know that it was cheaper than the three dozen chocolate covered strawberries the overeager skinny guy ahead of Delaney ordered. Skinny guy — hope you got lucky.

Stash it or trash it? Trash it. Duh. It's Valentines Day.

Artisserie Chocolate Cafe

34th and Walnut Streets

Philadelphia, PA 19104

P.S. I really do like Valentines Day. I'm serious.

Cosi (sur la route)

Sometimes you gotta do what's been done. As a Northerner, Panera's usually more my style, but the bread at Cosi's better (go with whole grain--its got the goods and it tastes more legit), and the Signature Salad's not too shabby either. Its got field greens, gorgonzla (I went cheese-less), grapes, apples and pistachios which are awesome in a salad, and the vinaigrette is solid; plus its a good one on the go, which is what I am right now. What's up Manhattan?

Cosi
30th Street Station
Philadelphia, PA

*Note: This post was intended for 02/11/10, but blogger kept responding to me in German, so it took me awhile to get the whole mobile thing going. Meine Entschuldigung.

**Trashing Cosi is like deleting your booty-call contacts. Don't do it. It seems like a good idea now but you'll regret it when you're starving and everything else is closed.