Take-out: Yes Accepts Credit Cards: Yes Good for Kids: Yes
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5 reviews
Clint Zook
The food is good, just like it is at all ABPs. The soups are fantastic, and the macaroni and cheese is also delicious. But that stuff is predetermined and premade, so the service is what really matters.
The lines move slowly here, and that's on the weekends. I can't imagine what it's like when the hospital is busier during the week. The place is also short and narrow and with more than a few customers, no one comfortably fits.
Had to stop here a second time for something to eat while waiting. Ugh…. still flies. Don't know why they don't take care of that.
The sandwich lady this time was nicer and actually offered to warm up my roast beef… just the roast beef. The rest of the sandwich was cold and hard, but at least the meat softened up the cheese a bit.
Located inside the hospital building, Au Bon Pain is very busy with customers but has slow service. The line for hot food is long but there are many prepackaged food options such as sandwiches, fruit, soup, and salad. The morning oatmeal is thick and pasty but there's brown sugar, cinnamon and dairy or soy milk at the coffee station to doctor it up. The coffee's not bad, and there are a few different kinds. The seating area across the lobby has a cluster of electrical outlets in one corner, so if you bring a laptop also bring an extension cord.
Last year, when Au Bon Pain decided to sweep into Cornell and take over the various "Garden Cafes" around the different buildings, I was excited yet curious. Excited that I would have some commercial company spooning out baked goods just a few flights of stairs down from my downtown office. Curious as to how it was all going to pan out, if things would change drastically.
Well, a good year or so into it, and I'm pleased…enough.
Au Bon Pain has taken over three areas of NY-Pres. / Weill Cornell Medical Center: there is a 24 hour operation in the East 68th Street Entrance Lobby, a morning / afternoon operation adjacent to the East 70th Street Lobby (Starr Pavilion Lobby), and a morning / afternoon operation in the R.O. Perelman Heart Center Lobby in the center of the 4th Floor, Greenberg Pavilion. The latter two (Starr Pavilion and Heart Center) both have the basic pastries, coffees and Harney Teas, and a few sandwiches / salads / snack containers. The 24 hour operations boasts all of that, plus soups, made – to – order sandwich bar, and the largest selection of pastries (cupcakes and other more "desserty" pastries included).
Due to the high volume of customers hospital-wide, both staff and guest…and the occasional patient, items do tend to run out quickly. It can be very hit or miss. I won't lie: I've hit all three operations just to get my precious brie and cracker snack containers. One may have none, one may have only containers of grapes and watermelon, and the last may only have hummus and cucumbers. This seems to change constantly. Consistency is not their strongest suit.
However, if you want to talk about pastries and desserts, the 24 hour operation has squelched my sweet tooth on many an afternoon. I must admit, though mass-produced, their Red Velvet Cupcakes, Chai Whoopie Pies, and Chocolate Mocha Whoopie pies are damn near ecstasy-inducing.
The Heart Center operation provides an ample amount of seating for guests, while the other two are definitely for "grab 'n' go". The 24 hour operation is so painfully cramped and crowded, I'm surprised people are not constantly spilling hot coffee all over each other.
I do not this place enough to ever get an actually get a meal from any of the three, but they provide me with a nice snack break when I don't feel like walking over to 1st Avenue to Dunkin' Donuts or Starbucks.
This franchise is a welcomed addition to the campus, and it certainly serves it's purpose: providing food to hungry people.
There was no line when I was here, which is amazing for 7:45am. I just had a cup of joe, but they had many other options for both breakfast and lunch that looked good, with sandwiches priced at about $7. They also had soup and delicious looking pastries. It's a very small location. I like the option of putting soy milk in my coffee, which is offered for free in the self-service stand outside the shop. Located right inside the main entrance to the hospital.
The food is good, just like it is at all ABPs. The soups are fantastic, and the macaroni and cheese is also delicious. But that stuff is predetermined and premade, so the service is what really matters.
The lines move slowly here, and that's on the weekends. I can't imagine what it's like when the hospital is busier during the week. The place is also short and narrow and with more than a few customers, no one comfortably fits.
Had to stop here a second time for something to eat while waiting. Ugh…. still flies. Don't know why they don't take care of that.
The sandwich lady this time was nicer and actually offered to warm up my roast beef… just the roast beef. The rest of the sandwich was cold and hard, but at least the meat softened up the cheese a bit.
Located inside the hospital building, Au Bon Pain is very busy with customers but has slow service. The line for hot food is long but there are many prepackaged food options such as sandwiches, fruit, soup, and salad. The morning oatmeal is thick and pasty but there's brown sugar, cinnamon and dairy or soy milk at the coffee station to doctor it up. The coffee's not bad, and there are a few different kinds. The seating area across the lobby has a cluster of electrical outlets in one corner, so if you bring a laptop also bring an extension cord.
Last year, when Au Bon Pain decided to sweep into Cornell and take over the various "Garden Cafes" around the different buildings, I was excited yet curious. Excited that I would have some commercial company spooning out baked goods just a few flights of stairs down from my downtown office. Curious as to how it was all going to pan out, if things would change drastically.
Well, a good year or so into it, and I'm pleased…enough.
Au Bon Pain has taken over three areas of NY-Pres. / Weill Cornell Medical Center: there is a 24 hour operation in the East 68th Street Entrance Lobby, a morning / afternoon operation adjacent to the East 70th Street Lobby (Starr Pavilion Lobby), and a morning / afternoon operation in the R.O. Perelman Heart Center Lobby in the center of the 4th Floor, Greenberg Pavilion. The latter two (Starr Pavilion and Heart Center) both have the basic pastries, coffees and Harney Teas, and a few sandwiches / salads / snack containers. The 24 hour operations boasts all of that, plus soups, made – to – order sandwich bar, and the largest selection of pastries (cupcakes and other more "desserty" pastries included).
Due to the high volume of customers hospital-wide, both staff and guest…and the occasional patient, items do tend to run out quickly. It can be very hit or miss. I won't lie: I've hit all three operations just to get my precious brie and cracker snack containers. One may have none, one may have only containers of grapes and watermelon, and the last may only have hummus and cucumbers. This seems to change constantly. Consistency is not their strongest suit.
However, if you want to talk about pastries and desserts, the 24 hour operation has squelched my sweet tooth on many an afternoon. I must admit, though mass-produced, their Red Velvet Cupcakes, Chai Whoopie Pies, and Chocolate Mocha Whoopie pies are damn near ecstasy-inducing.
The Heart Center operation provides an ample amount of seating for guests, while the other two are definitely for "grab 'n' go". The 24 hour operation is so painfully cramped and crowded, I'm surprised people are not constantly spilling hot coffee all over each other.
I do not this place enough to ever get an actually get a meal from any of the three, but they provide me with a nice snack break when I don't feel like walking over to 1st Avenue to Dunkin' Donuts or Starbucks.
This franchise is a welcomed addition to the campus, and it certainly serves it's purpose: providing food to hungry people.
There was no line when I was here, which is amazing for 7:45am. I just had a cup of joe, but they had many other options for both breakfast and lunch that looked good, with sandwiches priced at about $7. They also had soup and delicious looking pastries. It's a very small location. I like the option of putting soy milk in my coffee, which is offered for free in the self-service stand outside the shop. Located right inside the main entrance to the hospital.