text: I must say with great emphasis brandnew restaurants simply write their own obituaries by leaving firsttime customers dissatisfiednnGranted it is location ensures it is main clientele are rich families and really fucking old people But I am almost certain they will not last longer then a year or two or further the demise of turning this into a franchise as they are assiduously trying to donnNewlyminted Toast Cafe just opened in Ballantyne in the heart of urban planning identitycrises Village at Robinson Farm Having tired out the Flying Biscuit over the years more on that later and disgusted with the strange sushipizza menu at Cosmos Cafe I eagerly hoped this would be my new breakfastlunch placennI came here starving and left still starvingnnWe orderednn Half Portobello Mushroom Sandwich w Jack Cheese Sautueed Onions on a Kaiser Roll and Tomato Soup n Half Turkey Sandwich and Soup nnThe portions were tiny And the Portobello mushroom sand I gulped in about two bites Here you get exactly what you order no flair Which can be fine but summoned my few mushrooms with an overload of cheese I saw NO SIGHT of onions Yup And the kaiser roll was more like the cheapest paper thin white bread you could find The tomato soup was pretty boring as wellnnAs a chef I have an obsessive tendency to calculate the costs of the food I am given I paid nearly for a tiny tiny sandwich and a bit of tomato soup prob cost them max to makennI left disgruntled despite an overwhelming number of ppl asking me How is the food Yup on their website they pride themselves on having not just one waiter per table Which means a barrage of different ppl asking me about the food when I am actually not happy at all It was boring and stupid pricey for what you getnnI also HATED the look of this place these bland suburban paintings that are not really paintings Like really asinine peach and gold and beige colored things You know restaurant owners who open places with absolutely no creative spark The space is huge but suffocated by the kind of furniture you buy at Target The overcosy pseudoEuropean shit that Europeans would not actually use