Great salad bar, soups, and some good stations like diner fare, all day breakfast made-to-order, deli, &c. Order ahead at the kiosk and collect at the respective station (except for salad bar). Used to be higher end vendors, but Revival took much of that business I think. Upside: prices aren't awful, and not as crowded. Huge seating area. If the people waiting in long lines at Just Salad and Sweetgreen knew about this place... Downside: bad music on the speakers, fighting with several TV's scattered about, each blasting a different station, each one obnoxious. I don't enjoy the sensory overload when I'm trying to relax from work mid day. Could be a "just me" problem. Maybe turn on captioning and mute the TV's, or tune them all to music videos, and play that over the PA instead?

My work colleagues call this place the "Secret Cafe" since it is a hidden spot and can be hard to find on your own. The Secret Cafe has different food stations that vary by day or the week. On my visits I have ordered the chicken quesadilla from the Mexican food station and on another day I helped myself to the salad bar. Both lunches were very good. For the quesadilla, they include chopped onions which gives a nice bite and added flavor. The salad bar had plenty of salad toppings available; the lettuce, spring mix and spinach also appeared to be fresh. Overall the meals are pretty reasonable for a lunch downtown. It cost me $10.00 each for both meals. They also have stations that serve a hot breakfast until mid-morning. For seating, there is plenty of space for tables and chairs that can fit up to 10 people.

It's a great place to go on my lunch break everything that I've had there is good. Great Salmon Sandwiches and Sushi Fridays !

TL:DR - Here for the salad bar. Amazing number of salad toppings and dressings. Everything is super fresh. Also has non-salad options (swedish meatballs or roasted potatoes) at the end that rotate daily. Can usually get a good meal under $10. Get there before 12 otherwise it gets crowded and salad bar options after 12:45 are slim. This is slowly becoming my go to option for lunch. It's a fancy cafeteria style establishment that routinely rotates their lunch options every few days. I myself love it due to its generously stocked salad bar. I prefer a salad bar simply because I can control the portions. A lot of places really pack in their salads to the point where I just can't finish it, and no one likes left-over salad. I can routinely get the right amount of salad for just around $5, which is great for downtown Chicago. In addition, their options are plenty. They have cauliflower, ham, blueberries, pickled root vegetables, sweet potatoes, and so much more. The dressing options are also plentiful. The other reason I love this spot, is that it always has 3 options at the end of the salad bar to accompany your salad. Which is perfect because I hate eating JUST salad, but I also don't want another WHOLE sandwich to go with it. But items they have had over the last few days have been bbq chicken bites, fried shrimp, roasted potatoes, foccia bread, Swedish meatballs, and roasted veggies. The only thing I'd recommend is to get there before 12. I usually try to get there at 11:30 or 11:45, to where the salad bar is still stocked, and the crowds are low.

The food is pretty good but it's definitely over priced. The GM who sometimes mans the cashier area is very rude. I am not going back. UPDATE: Over the following weekend, the management of the establishment got back with me and apologized. I went back there two weeks later and the food was at or slightly above the local restaurants around the Franklin/Wilis area. It was clean and comfortable. The only gripe is that its about 15% overpriced but I think given the quality it's reasonable.

I met a friend here last week for lunch and I enjoyed it. I never knew this place even existed! It's on the 2nd floor of the building and it's a pretty large area for a cafeteria where I don't think tons of people know it exists. You can definitely get a seat there during prime lunch time hours. They also have several TV's on that you can watch. I got the Latin Special - which was a baked taco salad shell filled with spicy beef, tomatoes, onions, and hot sauce. I thought it was quite good and I liked that they had a baked shell. I will say it was pretty pricey - at $11 - and that included the 19 cents they charged me for ice water. Will I be back? Probably - but certainly not that often.