Today I had a tasty meal at one of Lincoln's newest restaurants, Great Wraps!, which opened earlier this week. The wraps part of their name is a bit deceiving; their menu includes not only wraps, but a whole variety of sandwich-like items.
The overall experience was very pleasant. The restaurant is clean and freshly remodeled (it's in the old Harmann's Camera location), and the staff were friendly, if a bit inexperienced. I witnessed a few kinks -- two orders were switched, the ketchup pump was a bit explosive, some of the seating is too "cozy" -- but the problems should be easily fixable. My dining companions enjoyed their food, with reactions ranging from "It was good" to "I love it." My garlic mushroom philly cheesesteak was very tasty. Not exceptionally authentic, but tasty. Their fries were not very memorable, but I'm not a huge fry fan, so you may wish to judge that for yourself.
Great Wraps! gets bonus points for having Mello Yello in their pop machine. Schlotzsky's is the only other restaurant in town (as far as I know) that offers Mello Yello.
It will be interesting to watch Great Wraps! duke it out with Pita Pit, its closest competitor food- and style-wise in the Downtown market. My money is on Great Wraps!; my dining companions had inconclusive feelings, but most were either neutral ("I don't really eat at Pita Pit") to pro-Great Wraps! ("I'm not a big Pita Pit fan"). Pita Pit just seems to lack that je ne sais quois that is so crucial to surviving in the crowded Downtown restaurant market. That's not to say that Great Wraps! has it. It's far too early to say for certain. The difference, in my opinion, is that while Pita Pit felt like a goner from day one, Great Wraps! appears to have some momentum.
In any event, Gr
eat Wraps! is worth a visit. Give it a try and let me know what you think.
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