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    Michelles Brown Bag Cafe

    4.3 (66 reviews)
    Closed 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for working
    Good for groups

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    Bradenturkey Sandwich
    Jason E.

    Food is made with love and you can tell! They just moved to burns court! Best ice tea in town!

    Inside the glass office building is this Michelle's brown bag cafe!
    Miche

    Michelle had fresh pink flowers on each table welcoming and attracting customers like bees to honey! The smell of the cookies fresh out of the oven also enticed me! I got 3 cookies. ( blondie, cranberry & Chocolate chip.) so warm and scrumptious. And Michelle was also smiling behind the counter. Wonderful service and beautiful foodS. My friends got sandwiches and coffee. Nice perky music from the 1980's. Ahhhhh, Everyone was happy. I would come back.

    Groovin Reuben
    Art C.

    My sandwich was very good I popped in today for lunch and tried their Groovin Reuben off their favorites board. It is a turkey sandwich made like a Reuben, with Swiss cheese, dressing, and kraut, on rye bread. I liked it. While there wasn't that corned beef, much of the flavor for a Reuben comes from the other ingredients anyway. This sandwich had plenty of flavor. I also got a side of their homemade chips, thick cut and lacking salt. Michelle's is located inside the City Center Building at Main St and Osprey Ave. You order at the counter and they give you a number that you can put on your table. I opted to get mine to go, so I just hung around for the few minutes and took my brown bag when it was ready. I thought the food came out quickly enough for someone on a lunch break from work. As for me, retirement is great, and apparently my role now is just being in the way of people who are truly in a hurry. There are a couple of small tables inside the restaurant itself, more tables in the atrium of the building, and even four tables outside. I assume those were technically part of the restaurant, they all had Boars Head umbrellas, and Michelle's uses Boars Head food. That's where I sat, and the view of watching the world go by through the intersection and along the sidewalk was more interesting than just looking at a parking lot.

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    Ingredients are always fresh and service is always great. I've never had a bad meal at Brown Bag!

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    Yummy sandwiches, nice staff! Love the outdoor seating.

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    Great fresh sandwiches. Feed our group of 33 twice and delivered- so nice! Everyone really enjoyed their meals. Thank so much!

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    Fresh with good sized portions. The staff has always accommodated our special requests with a smile.

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