Daniel Pino

Pencil Factory
Est. 2001

Layout/atmosphere
*Old wooden floors/tables; frozen drink machine; old fashioned cash registers; intimate lighting; tables on sidewalk

Food/drink
*No food menu
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Bake City Bagels

Layout/atmosphere
*One high table (no stools)

Food/drink
*Plain bagel - solid [favorite]
*Everything bagel - OK; little too salty
*Egg bagel - too chewy

Noble Smoke
@ Optimist Hall

Food/drink
*Brisket sandwich - good; meat tender
*Mac ‘n’ cheese - elbow macaroni; came out as amorphous piece of food

Trufa Pizzeria

Layout/atmosphere
*Five tables, TV; cake display below pizza display

Food/drink
*Regular slice - Good; flop but some crisp on crust; sauce not sweet
*Red velvet cake - Good; moist (don’t think it’s made in-house)

Est. 1937

Layout/atmosphere
*13 seats; one TV; see street through windows; bare bones operation

Service
*Quick

Food/drink
*The Slinger (two hamburger patties, American cheese, two over easy eggs on hash browns and topped with house made chili) - Good; chili not spicy, lot of beans