Came in for lunch at noon(ish) Thursday, 6/15/17 w...

Came in for lunch at noon(ish) Thursday, 6/15/17 with my friend/colleague & we were first in line, they were not busy, but were very disorganized. They were very friendly, for the most part. The exception was the pregnant young lady behind the takeout counter, she was very rude when speaking to her coworkers & that should never take place in front of patrons. They initially told us 5-10 minutes, okay, fine, we re patient, but we are on our lunch break. Then we noticed other people coming in & receiving the buzzers, we did not, but we stood in front of the hostess stand & they acknowledged us often. They were very apologetic, but again, disorganized. We ended up waiting closer to 20 minutes, as it turns out, though they weren t busy & as others arriving after us noted, had many tables open, they finally broke down & explained they were short on servers. Okay, please, just explain from the beginning and no one will continue to say there s an open table there , we didn t but the impatient family behind us did & it was very uncomfortable. This was our only less than stellar visit to this location. Once we were seated, service was flawless, but we re also two very accepting and kind women, so it s hard to disappoint us.
The food, typical salad & soup, perfection. My friend s eggplant meal was perfect. I ordered soup & salad as well as the appetizer sampler with mushrooms, mozzarella & zucchini. It s been a while since I ve ordered it because my husband is not a mushroom fan, but I was incredibly shocked at the recipe changes. The zucchini was awful, my friend is a vegetarian & I had her try it, she was like that s not good , the cheese portions were half the size they were in the past, I understand change, so no big deal there, but the breading was weird too. Oh, and the olives in the salad tasted different, I m sure they ve always come from a can, but these REALLY tasted like they came from a can, that too was a first. Lastly, the mushrooms recipe also changed, they are now only stuffed with clams, I know that s new because I ve never had them that way & they tasted a little fishy. While I love seafood, I do not eat fish, anything with fins. I only eat scallops, clams, oysters, lobster, crab, shrimp, mussels, true seafood in my eyes.