text: The original listing for Sweet Tomatoes is closed and this new listing for Field Kitchen is up Reposting from my old reviewnnSweet Tomatoes I feel betrayed I have been a longtime fan of Sweet Tomatoes for years and ate at this location and other locations in different states I always enjoyed their endless salad soup starches and dessert and was skeptical of the new Field Kitchen experience We went here yesterday and saw that they remodeled the whole kitchen to serve an a la carte menu only Prices for entrees ranged from around dollars and they included more meat options such as rotisserie chicken and steak and shrimp skewers nnSuch a drastic change in their business model is a risky gamble since the Sweet Tomatoes experience is so wellengrained in longtime customers heads such as mine Part of the experience that I so enjoyed about this restaurant chain was that I could get a little bit of everything and mix and match things as I wanted to I also loved their premade salads such as the tarragon tuna and the wonton chicken salad and now they are gone from the menu The closest thing they have to the previous buffet is a make your own salad with one cup of soup and unlimited soft serve The price is cheaper and the portion of salad that you will ultimately make is quite large but for me the best part of Sweet Tomatoes was getting a little bit of each premade salad starch and soup rather than making a huge salad made with all the same ingredients nnAnother thing that was weird was that at the end of the salad line there were no free range dressings although you could pick out your own toppings and greens for your salad There is someone at the kitchen counter that actually gets your desired dressing out for you and pours it over your salad I foresee that this might because some problems as the salad line gets backed up because only one person can pour your dressing for you vs being allowed to choose and pour your own dressingnnNow I have to admit since changing over to an a la carte menu the food has improved in taste although the prices are a bit high for some items For instance my husband had the steak wedge salad The salad portion was fairly big since it was a wedge of iceberg lettuce but the skewers of beef were small and already precooked so they tasted like they had been sitting out for some time If they grilled the skewers right in front of you that would make the high price more explainable but for me it did not seem like a good deal for what you got nnAs for the new paying system you will be given a card and whenever you order an item an associate will swipe your card to add charges to it Once you are done you pay at one of the two cashiers booths Tip is automatically included at which I thought was weird I would actually tip more money than that when I ate here before the takeover took place but maybe others did not tip at all nnSo I am still skeptical of this new eating experience Will I eat at a Field Kitchen again I am not so sure This restaurant made a trade off in getting rid of their buffet and replacing it with slightly better tasting food and their concept is still fresh tasting fare but for me some of that magic is lost