The Woodfield Green shopping center (north side of Golf across from Woodfield) has several decent sit-down restaurants (Kuma's, California Pizza kitchen), but is relatively shy on fast food: A Qdoba, a Subway, and tucked in behind Michaels and MattressFirm, Cafe Zupas. It's not a big chain, with most of their outlets in Utah, Nevada and Arizona, but expanding to midwest states including 3 in the Chicago burbs (Wheeling and Bloomingdale, others opening soon).
While it's hard to spot from the center's parking areas, it was doing very good business at 2PM on a Saturday. The sandwiches, soups and salads seem a little more exotic than Potbelly, Panera or the other fast-casual delis by running several items through different combinations: pulled pork makes its way into sandwiches labeled carnitas, BBQ and a Cuban; I had the crab and avocado melt, which was delicious but could have used more crab. SueF had the enchilada soup (one of 10 plus seasonal specials) which was very tasty.
Gimmicks include a free chocolate-dipped strawberry (made in-store) with every order, house fountain drinks and add-in syrups on top of the standard Coke products, creme brulees for dessert. They emphasize that everything is made in-house (not sure about the breads), with notes on local suppliers (Wisconsin cheeses here, I would imagine California for the mountain states).
Salads and sandwich ingredients looked very fresh, and the place was bright and friendly (so much better than Subway). Prices are reasonable with salads and sandwiches around $5.99, soups in two sizes flanking that price. I'd definitely go back again when in the neighborhood.
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-- Lin Yutang