VA Canteen

Don’t go here unless you forgot your lunch and are desperate.
The place is basically just a Federal cafeteria that has wraps or sandwiches (when they aren’t out of bread they’ll be out of wraps so it’s really just one or the other at any given time).
The food is «Subway» quality or less. It’s about as pricey as subway too, maybe slightly cheaper. It’s edible, but only out of desperation, starvation, or other extreme measures.
AVOID THE COFFEE AT ALL COSTS, It’s not worth your $ 1. The building water here is brown every time I go and smells like rust and ground up clamshells. I don’t think they’re trucking in pristine bottles of purified water to make your coffee…
Take a 15 minute walk towards union station and you’ll find many better choices for your lunch.
I award this place two stars for lukewarm breakfast burritos that are mostly filled with undercooked potato, the inability to have bread and wraps at the same time on a friggin SANDWICH line.
There is a little spot to eat outside, which is nice :)
So two stars. Avoid the place if you can, but if you’re dying of hunger, it’s edible, but only just.

Not bad when you’re desperate.
They have freshly made sandwiches (Subway style), soup (canned), pre-​made salads and a special, barely edible, lunch entrée everyday of the week (for example, spaghetti Tuesdays and BBQ chicken Thursdays). They also sell snacks like chips, pastries and cereal.
Best bet here is to just stick with a sandwich. They aren’t that bad for $ 3.50. And they are usually really generous with the fillings. Service can be impeccably slow at times, especially during the lunch rush between 11:30 and 12:30. If there are more than 4 people ahead of you, it’s literally faster to walk to the Quizno’s a block and a half away to get lunch, because you have at least a 25 minute wait ahead of you.
I just wish they had healthier options for veterans, like baked chips and a larger selection of fruits.