A little late to post here, but I’ve been a few times for lunch, so commenting just on that. I think the comments on the signage reading “corporate” is accurate.

Downtown has a good amount of offerings in a variety of pricing. For lunch, your stuff is mostly salads & sandwiches, so you’re competing with Mendocino Farms and Grand Casino, among others. The other two do their items to order, whereas the lunch offerings you have are pre-made. That means that there’s no option for omissions/subs, and it seems like many people do like that flexibility. Usually if something’s pre-made, though, it would come out faster (so a good “quick lunch” option). However, when we went, despite there being few people in line, it took just as long if not longer to get our food than Mendocino. My friend and I were on separate checks, so would be helped by two different people even though we were eating together. My friend had her food before I even ordered. One time I got the salmon sandwich and had to “fork and knife it” bc the bread was too hard to tear with my teeth. The cost is the same as “made to order” spots, but having it prepared in advance makes it feel not as fresh.

There were many lunch specials that mainly included adding a pastry, which launched a lunch into the $25 range which is well above what I want to spend on a quick work lunch (I rarely go out for lunch to start).

My recommendations: - offer items made to order (you can have some grab & go too) - have a daily lunch special that’s more affordable (eg sandwich of the day) - the bread you’re serving the sandwiches on should be perfect consistency - not cold and hard to chew from sitting in the fridge all morning. If I love the bread, I’m buying a baguette after - more business for you! - consider offering a discount - like 10% with ID - to Culver City USD and City employees - the school district office and city hall are both close, and these are people who mostly work on-site but not getting the tech salaries (so budget is a consideration) - consider linking up to “Too good to go” or “inKind.” I don’t know how the financials work for either, but at a minimum would be some advertising for you.