Market Creations Cafe

I’ve been going to the small sandwich «Café» to get coffee ONLY after my previous issue with the food they put out.
1^st Issue: They no longer keep the coffee cups on the counter, you have to ask the 1 person who works there to get one, she is usually not in the front and you have to wait for her to come out of the back to give it to you. Maybe if you made at least one of your employees stay out front to provide customer service & check people out, you wouldn’t have people leaving without paying (if that’s the reason for the cups going behind the counter)
2^nd issue: Today I walked in @2:10, saw another customer waiting for food, I asked for a coffee cup and the lady said «Ya’ll keep walking in and we supposed to be closed». I said I will go somewhere else, go ahead and close the door. The doors were open so it implies they are OPEN. She mumbled something under her breath and she said she would still serve me but I was not having the attitude! So I left.
3^rd issue: Hours of operation on Unilocal say they are open till 2:30
There are no hours of operation on the doors or posted inside.
Who is managing this place?! Just so you know management, your employees are also talking bad about you!
There are many business professionals that work in this building that pay a lot of $ for this «convenience» and the customer service and management of this place is piss poor!
The place that was there before you had a line from breakfast till after lunch, every day! That should say something!

I work in the building that that houses Market Creations and don’t understand any of the positive reviews. The service, especially the grill/​café side, is terrible. While the staff is nice, they are rarely near the registers.
The coffee is self serve, which is fine, except the sugar packets, sleeves and lids are tucked behind the side of a soft drink cooler. For over two weeks the café didn’t have lids for their coffee cups that actually fit (they were for a different type of cup.
The place is now under new management. I went their today (¹⁰⁄₁₆) for a breakfast sandwich. The café sent me to the buffet, the buffet sent me back to the café and then the café said they were no longer serving them. When I asked if they were going to have them in the future, they told me they already sold out for the morning. It was 7:45am and the place was dead.
I’ve given this place a ton of chances due to the convenience, but I think I am going to walk a little further and go to the Market in the Ohio Savings and Loan building from here on out.

Just like their restaurants in downtown Chicago they offer a variety of fresh and health menu items. All their flavors and seasonings were spot on. They have a separate area for grill items. I had the burger today and it was delicious! Freshly cooked potato chips too.

A nice spot! This is a buffet-​style restaurant that has unique selections, fresh fruit, and a nice salad assortment. You can fill your plate and grab a drink for $ 10. This is a bit hidden so there’s always plenty of seats. I like to grab a stool at the bar and watch sports center, with new age country playing in the background. Decent place for a lunch!

My food would have been edible and hot; especially the fish if there were more than one cashier. About ten customers were in front of me with one cashier and only after 10 minutes another cashier came forward but by then it was too late. Cold tilapia is not good. Charging 25 cents for a small plastic cup for water is tacky.
This was my first and last visit. If properly staffed lunch would have been enjoyable.

Tried this place out today and found it quality alternative for lunch for us downtown workers in the 9^th/​12^th street corridor. Located in the 1100 Superior Building off Walnut (near the Walnut Wednesday spot), the lunch focus is mainly on sandwiches/​paninis, burgers off the grill, and soups. I went for a ham panini, and found it to be high quality, among the tastiest sandwiches I’ve had. All ingredients were good quality, including the house-​made chips served with my sandwich. All reasonably quick despite being made to order. Certainly among the best lunch spots to be found in walking distance. I’ll be skipping the Galleria, my usual launch haunt the days I don’t brown bag it, and take the further walk to come here.

How did I not know about this place? I went in after running an errand and I could not have had a better lunch! The bread was fresh and the sandwich was huge and so good. I also tried a cherry turnover and was expecting it to be stale — nope! It was also so good! How does the subway across the street stay in business when for just a little more you can eat here? I will definitely be back. A rare gem on this side of downtown.