A haberdashery by any other name ...

As Greg already posted, today's lunch destination was Hagermann's -- pronounced Haberdasherman's, which is odd since I never see any of the usual accoutrements you'd expect at a Haberdashery. Find yourself suspicious of an eatery trying to pose as seller of men's dry goods? Don't worry, you are in good company.

Anyway, I went for the meatball sandwich (well, duh) since almost everything else on the menu has a foof-factor of 8 or higher. Haberdasherman's does serve soup in a bread bowl, which is pretty tasty. I'm generally all in favor of edible serving-ware.

I knew from past experience that the meatball sandwich never comes on toasted bread, so I made a point to ask the cashier if they would be willing to toast the bread this time.

"They always grill the bread," he replied, "but I'll put a special note on the order anyway."

Serving guy gets a 10 for going the extra mile. Unfortunately, sandwich-making guy gets a big fat zero for ignoring serving guy and giving me my sandwich on un-toasted bread. I'd have asked them to redo the sandwich, but apparently my order contained the last meatballs left on the planet, so I just had to make do.

Though the bread wasn't to my liking, I did benefit from ordering the final meatball sandwich of the day as they obviously had enough ingredients for maybe one and a third sandwiches -- and piled them all on mine. As a result, my sandwich was huge and I wasn't able to finish the whole thing. Also, the owners ought to think about layering in a bunch of mozzarella instead of the paltry sprinkling of cheese (parmesan?) they currently use.

Enough criticisms. The cranberry cookie I ordered was delicious and I deftly sidestepped the ultra-fizzy soda for which Haberdasherman's is renowned; my Powerade was extra blue and chock-full of life-giving electrolytes.

Man-up possibilities: 6
Food quality: 7
Overall: 6.5

— Brady