You’re in a hurry, and need lunch on the go, and that vending machine Snickers bar is looking mighty fine, but you know eating it would be wrong, and that what you really should be eating is a salad, and by the way, does anybody get those Snickers billboard ads? This dilemma can be resolved easily enough by visiting downtown’s Cafe Voila. Beautiful pre-made salads line the cold case, and you can buy a salad in a clamshell to go, and mix it yourself (that never goes well for me), or the staff will kindly remove your salad from its shell, mix it for you, return it to its protective plastic capsule, and hand it back to you. Or, if you opt to eat in, they’ll mix it for you and plate it, with a few slices of bread and butter. You can also opt for the three salad special–a mix and match combo of three any of their deli or green salads, which include French Lentil, Chickpea and Roasted Red Pepper, Classic Cobb, Garlic Chicken Caesar, Caribbean Chicken Pepita, Tuna Salad Nicoise, and different daily seasonal specials like fresh Oregon Peach with Chevre and Candied Pecans. Admit it, that’s so much better than a vending machine Snickers bar for lunch, and now you aren’t funding that nonsensical billboard campaign either.
