Toastique

We very last minute decided to go to Toastique today. It’s been right down the street from us for over a year, my wife is allergic to gluten, and we needed some breakfast. I ordered a drip coffee, a Toastique breakfast sandwich, and my wife got a smoothie. All was fine; good atmosphere, decent welcome from the staff, and good music. We were excited to be there and enjoy some healthy food options. Once my food was ready I went to the walk up area to claim my order and went to sit back down. My sandwich was very tasty, the coffee was alright, and my wife was enjoying her smoothie. I was looking around the restaurant and found a large cockroach right on the floor next to me, upside down, and squirming. Instantly I lost my appetite and instantly felt ill. We don’t complain, we’ve both worked in restaurants, we understand bugs exist. But you need to keep your place clean because that was disgusting. I tried to forget about it and tried to enjoy my meal and coffee but just wasn’t able to kick the sick feeling in my stomach. My wife was unable to finish her smoothie. I, who usually licks my plate clean, was not able to finish half my coffee or the remainder of my meal. My wife informed the staff of the cockroach and they just went to clean it up. They said thank you for letting us know and cleaned it up. No apology. Again I tried to finish my meal but couldn’t. They did end up refunding me our meal when I went to ask but was also given a lot of rude facial expressions, and still a lack of an apology. I was told I could go walk the kitchen to see how clean it is which I declined as I’m not a health inspector and honestly it wouldn’t matter because the kitchen and the entire restaurant is all one piece, they are not separate. Not only did I leave feeling ill but also left feeling upset.

Amazing food with a ton of gluten free options! Staff is incredible accommodating and friendly. Beautiful place and plating!