Problem: Great food, friendly staff, and short wait. I love the fact this is health conscious place of business. The hummus is excellent and the soup was excellent as well.
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Problem: I have been hearing people wax poetic about Archi's for a number of years, but had yet to get around to trying their fare. It is always hard for a place to live up to its reputation when the expectations are so high, but even taking that into account, while the experience and service was acceptable, the food was a huge let down. My co-worker and I went to the Rainbow location for lunch, and were greeted at the door by a short line of people and a 10-15 minute wait, which I took as a good sign. Busy restaurants are usually really good restaurants so I never mind a short wait. We were seated in a corner by the kitchen. The overall service was perfectly acceptable for the lunch rush, with prompt drink service and consistent refills. The server took our orders, and another employee came out to verify my co-worker's order just to make sure that it was correct. I immediately mocked my co-worker for being complicated. The wait for our lunch was a little long, but again that does not factor in to my rating as it was during the lunch rush. Upon my order arriving, that's when the experience went downhill. I ordered their "Signature Dish", the Pad Thai with Chicken, with a requested heat level of '10'. The dish was served with a pinch of salad\greens, and a spring roll. It was also, unfortunately, served with a healthy heaping of raw sprouts. Had they been cooked, no problem, but when they're raw, they're often nothing more than a snow white vehicle for e-coli. I ate around them. The spring roll was "OK" and the sauce was slightly sweet and just a touch spicy. Then I dug into the heaping mound of noodles. The best I can say is that they were warm. Barely. With random pockets of "kinda hot" and a chewy, overcooked texture. The chicken seems to have been an endangered species for the dearth of pieces that found their way to my plate, and the overall flavor was just bland. If the spiciness index of this plate was a '10' a '5' would probably put my taste buds into an irreversible coma and a '1' would perform a lobotomy through the roof of my mouth. TL\DR, it wasn't spicy at all. I really wanted to like Archi's, but if this is their "Signature Dish" I really don't know that I have much interest in trying any of their other dishes. The service was acceptable, the staff was very friendly, the portions were large, and the price was OK for lunch, but the best description I can give to the food is "Mediocre Freezer Meal". I've had vastly superior offerings at Pin Kaow. Heck, even Mr. Chop Chop on the east side serves palatable, hot Thai food with a side show as their socially awkward offspring try to act as servers. Sorry, Archi's, I probably won't be back...
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Problem: Pastrami tasted good, but had a lot of tough tissue, and was near impossible to bite through. Rye bread was low-quality. Curly fries were tasty. Cole slaw was yummy! Really the highlight of the meal. Lemon bar was delicious, if a bit subdued. (I like the lemon to pucker my face) The brownie was warm and chocolatey, but too many nuts. Probably my only visit, unless someone invites me.
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A: negative

Problem: I find myself still referring to this place as "George Papa's..." but hopefully I will one day call it by it's new name. Super impressed with the renovations that have gone through to get this alley up to date! Still does not change the fact that I cannot for the life of me operate a bowling lane keyboard to program the names in, but I digress. Also impressed with the level of food this place has - not your typical "bowling alley" type hot dogs and pizza, but to be able to offer bbq WITH jalapeno coffee sauce! This place was blowing my mind with flavor and fun! All the renovations have really brought this location up to par with what I call "the Montford drive revolution." I'm going to date myself here, but I still remember when this drive was pretty quiet. Regardless, Ten Park lanes definitely is a great option for the weekend or weekday! Now I just need to work on my bowling finish (usually lose my balance and end up almost faceplanting every time).
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positive