Problem: UPDATE: 12/30/06 The love affair is waning. LGO has become overrun by pretentious annoying people accompanied by small children and little dogs. Parking is a real problem. I have gotten one too many plates of cold eggs. And there seem be training issue going on at the coffee bar. I have gotten several bad Spanish Lattes. Very disappointing. The counter service is also lacking - a lot of the new people working here just don't seem to care. Ah, how I long for the good old days. The prices here aren't exactly cheap. I'm not sure this place is worth the bother anymore. LGO, you are officially on probation. UPDATE: 2/9/06 Okay, I love this place. The Spanish Latte kicks ass. And recent renovations have improved traffic flow. It is still really busy, but understandably so. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I want to like this place more then I do. It has really great fresh light food. I love the breakfast and lunch choices. It has a definite European touch. I love the atmosphere. It is just too darn small and busy. There is no where to sit and no where to park. And if you are not a "regular" you don't always feel welcomed. The concept and food gets 5 stars, but the hassle and spotty service brings it down to 3. Nevertheless, I'm a sucker for this neighborhood hangout and I'm sure I'll be back.
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Problem: GOODNESS (DAILY) GRACIOUS. I did it. I fucking did it. Finally came here for dinner to try the teppanyaki and it did NOT disappoint. While we were waiting for an available chef to finish up on some other tables (sometimes people are so selfish, hogging a chef all to themselves), I couldn't help but notice that one of them was quite animated while the other was kind of...uh, robotronic (?). After pregaming with some soft shell crab rolls (UH YEAH) and salmon sashimi, I was quite in the mood for some grilled awesomeness. Luckily, we got the animated chef as our entertainer/cook. LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL! I don't want to spoil the experience for anyone who has not yet been here, but I felt the inner child in me exploding in awe-inspiring wonder and hunger as the chef went through the motions of throwing eggs in the air, skillfully chopping veggies, making DELICIOUS fried rice, and finally the greatest moment ever - frying up the rib eye steak I ordered. I wanted mine rare and that's exactly how I got it served! Excellent food and an even more wonderful show to boot. I'm 100% sure that my buddy and I were at least 8000x more excited about the dinner experience than the lame-ass* kids sitting across from us. They didn't even take the swig of sake after getting the broccoli tossed in their mouths! Psh, amateurs. *Here I'm using lame in place of "un fun" as opposed to "unable to use their legs" (like FDR Jr! Okay I'm done). When I factor in the quality of food, the value of what I paid for, and of course the excellent show on top of it all (not to mention that I'm in Phoenix), this is an easy A to give out, even if it's not to Emma Stone (ooooo I want to have a taste of her teppanyaki, wassuuuup).
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A: positive

Problem: Only visited for a nice cold German beer, but found the place to be very pleasant and relaxing. Selection was excellent. Pretzels were also very good. Very nice outdoor patio for nice weather. I will be back.
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Problem: Nobody likes running around for the services they offer. I was visiting from California and yelped this location for notary. One employee and she was patiently helping a guy but then people just started coming in one after the other. It was warm inside and after about 5 min of waiting for her to finish the guy in front of us it was becoming a frustrating situation. After 10 minutes of sweating because AC was off she finally asked owner to help. She should have asked him a long time ago. For a business as such not only is reasonable service expected but necessary. Not having the AC on made it worse so if you are going to be slow at least make it comfortable.
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