Cosi

How does a sandwich shop run out of bread? Went here with 2 coworkers and they had enough bread for their order but didn’t even tell me they couldn’t prepare mine. After my friend’s had been served I was told it would be a 15 minute wait for them to bake more bread. Really? I left and won’t be back.

Decent to grab a quick lunch. But I hadn’t been here in a while and I wasn;‘t thrilled to see how much prices have gone up – the signature salad, which I remember in the mid — to upper $ 8 range is now north of $ 10 including tax. Ouch.

This location has been double and even triple charging customers who use credit cards. I confronted the manager thinking it might have been an employee. Turns out it was a «Glitch» that they have been aware of caused by Hurricane Sandy and only offer a customer service email to those that complain. If you’ve eaten there since then I’d check your credit card statement.

Forget Subway– Cosi redefines lunch
Making healthier lunch-​time choices now tastes good… Forget «Subway», this more sophisticated, European-​style chain eatery offers fresh, tossed-​to-​order salads, exotic flatbread sandwiches, wraps, flatbread pizza, soups, fruit/​yogurt cups, desserts, and an impressive smoothie and coffee bar, with a focus on gourmet quality that is appealing to the health and ingredient conscious.
Modeled after a Parisian Café, replete with a stone-​hearth open-​flame oven, Cosi’s maroon red décor emanates warmth. It’s the shop’s insight into ingredients that pair well together that makes it stand out. What’s noticeable is the diversity of options and pairings on the menu– there are at least a dozen different types of sandwiches and salads.
You won’t find any American cheese here– how about Brie and Gorgonzola instead?
Where else (for $ 7.99!) can you get something like their «Signature Salad” — comprised of
«Mixed greens tossed with red grapes, pears, pistachios, dried cranberries and Gorgonzola. Tossed with sherry shallot vinaigrette»? Their creamy bread pudding is to-​die for, and again, rarely served at most common luncheonettes and delis.
While Cosi make look expensive, Cosi’s prices are competitive with those of the standard (and over-​priced) delis and deli «cafes» that populate Manhattan’s lunchtime eateries, with much more seductive recipes and offerings (and even big-​name fast-​food burger joints these days aren’t that cheap anymore). Sandwiches and salads run about $ 8. Your health (and taste-​buds) are worth it.

I like Cosi. I can get one of their melts and a bag of chips for about $ 7.80, which is completely reasonable for lunch. The bread is great, though i wish they had more chip options — i find the Cosi chips fairly plain, i prefer flavored chips.
Have not had a soup or salad yet. For soup and salad i head to other places.
Since i started working in the financial district, this has become a frequent lunch spot.

I wasn’t impressed. Not that I was looking to be impressed, but they’d better impress me if they’re gonna charge me so much.
Pedestrian is right. Take your money elsewhere, folks.

I have a buddy who I used to work with who used to love going to a Cosi uptown because of the hot women who go there. While this Cosi is no different than any of the others around the City, it’s pretty good for an «inexpensive» lunch where you can sit down, which isn’t always a given in the Financial District. You’ll never have a bad lunch here.
Still, Cosi isn’t really worth it unless you get the $ 2 off coupon in the AM New York (Every Thursday, check it out). Yes, the bread is tasty. But, the soups aren’t great, the salads are pedestrian and the sandwhiches are ininspired and overpriced. Cosi is the kind of lunch place where you find yourself hungry by about 4pm.
I have yet to try the pizza, but something tells me this isn’t the place to go for it.