City Feed on Centre - when's it opening?

[pomodori pelati]

Does anyone know when City Feed on Centre St is scheduled to open? (I'm hoping that, unbeknownst to me, it has opened already and I can stop there on my way home from work tonight...)

[autopi]

we were told mid-june by the staff at the existing city feed. that was a couple weeks ago. the real deal looks like it's open, though.

[mags02130]

the real deal was open last night (thursday 5/22). maybe a soft opening? didn't see any signs and only a couple of customers.

[autopi]

hm, thanks for the update. will have to try them out for lunch when they're in full swing. tho' i did notice that they are hawking "gangster wrappers," which i found to be almost offensively stupid as a marketing concept.

another update, i was in city feed last night and their fliers say the centre st locale should open in mid- to late-june, which in jp time means sometime in august, in all likelihood. possibly even august 09, if they have the same contractors as el oriental and/or ula cafe did.

[TheScribe]

The Real Deal is definitely open. I was in there yesterday and it was crowded and I spoke to the owner to say, Thanks for coming to JP. Yay!

[autopi]

can you recommend anything in particular at the real deal. we stopped in for a look around last night and i must say, it looked disappointingly "chain-ready" and generic, and very much in the "family-friendly" vein, which was not what i was expecting. the pastries in the pastry case looked pretty negligible.

still, i've never had anything and would be glad to proved wrong, so any tips would be appreciated...

[Food4Thawt]

I ate at Real Deal over the weekend. Wasn't impressed. Very "chain-ready". Had a Buffalo Wing sub that was dry with little blue cheese dressing. Onions rings and fries were o.k. My partner had a burger which he said was good but they didn't ask how he wanted it cooked so it was at least medium. I will say they are very friendly in there which does count for something these days.

[TheScribe]

I think the signage inside can make you think 'mass-produced', but I assure you that the dishes I've tried have been really good. Try the honey bbq chicken wings. Really moist, really honeyed. I had a sub that had a chicken cutlet in it and, again, the chicken was super-moist and tasty. The pizza by the slice is very good and the portion is enormous. I'm working on trying the rest of the menu...

[powella]

I think you're out of luck for tonight. I believe that I read in the JP Gazette recently that b/c of some permit issue, they're pushed back to an early June opening. We are eagerly awaiting, too.....