PBandU

Review
They really need to just streamline the whole deal, although it has a lot of potential. I noticed they have free wifi, so that's a step in the right direction, but besides that it just feels like a bunch of kids got tired of the lemonade stand and so, set up a peanut butter shop. Although, business was very good when I was there- mostly moms and their kids, but still, they were making money. It's all very rudimentary right now, however. They need to make it look more professional and as I said- streamline it. I mean, I ordered Ants on a Log and had to turn my head away to keep from laughing as the poor guy held a celery stick between two (ungloved) fingers, placing the raisins one by one. I felt like I should have jumped back behind the counter and helped them make my food. Take Subway for example- even if the prep process is pretty much the same, there's just a pizazz to seeing the long buffet of a toppings-filled silver steel banquet behind the counter. PB&U literally has store-bought jars of peanut butter and marshmallow fluff scattered behind a glass window, butter knives poking out of them at odd angles. It looked like my kitchen. They also need to be a bit more creative. I mean sure, Peanut Butter Fondue sounds like a cup of peanut butter that you dip odds and ends into.....But that doesn't mean it really should be a cup of peanut butter that you dip odds and ends into. Even Cheese Fondue isn't just......Cheese. It's cheese and beer and cream and spices. They could at least warm the PB and mix it with chocolate or nutella or cream and add cinnamon or ginger or cayenne pepper or.....all of the above. I dunno.... Even the atmosphere needs some revving up. Sure, the wallpapered jumbo FedEx Kinkos printouts of various PB-themed snack foods is cute, but really? That's it? It reminded me of this Rice Pudding place in NYC, only lacking something...There's not much to that place either, but somehow it still manages to have a vibe. This place needs a vibe. They should make it more like a Gryphon place with art, or Silver Spoon Cafe with its European feel...I don't know, it just seems very hurried. It's a great start, but they really need to MOVE IN, you know? Maybe pull a Milkboy Cafe and have live music sometimes...I don't know.... I want it to last, but they need to up their game a bit- though they are off to a good start, don't get me wrong. The novelty of the place is awesome enough, breaking up an otherwise colorless and mundace stretch of road known as "downtown Wayne." Here's to rooting for the underdog!
Posted by Frances: Sep. September 9th, 2010 at 4:06 PM