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Sunday, March 21, 2010

Mama’s Kitchen

Downtown Iowa City
December 2007
This new restaurant took over the Record Collector’s location near the ped mall. They have a convenience store style going in the main section, with the kitchen in the back. You can get a salad, choosing 1 of 4 types of lettuce (or a mixture) and 5 ingredients out of a large list. The salad costs $6.50, and if you choose any protein items, they cost extra. They also have small containers of soup for $3, and they usually have a pretty good selection of soup. Everything comes with a side of bread. The food is good and the people there are very friendly. Unfortantely, my two experiences haven’t been so good. When I got a salad, they left out 1 ingredient, the most important in my opinion: the avocados. And when I got soup, it was barely luke warm and it had turned cold by the time I finished it.
Environmetally, they aren’t so good. There is no room to eat there, so all food is in to go containers. The salads come in large clam shell containers, made of paper, and not Styrofoam, which is good, as long as people are recycling them when they are done. The soup also comes in paper containers.

2 comments:

  1. They got rid of the convenience store theme (they are next door to the Den, so it was a good choice). They now have lots of tables and non-disposable containers if you eat there. Hooray.

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  2. I believe it is now called "Mama's Deli". The last two times I tried to eat there, no seats were available. This place has gotten popular!

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