Mini Review AGNO

My wife and I ended up at AGNO complete by accident.  Well it was more due to laziness and not wanting to do anything fancy that we ended up there and we were glad we did. This is a fast food build your own Greek joint located between 22nd and 21st on Chestnut.  The restaurant mainly features wraps and bowls with your choice of starch, protein, sides and sauces.  My wife had a wrap which was hard to take pictures of so I just have the bowl shown here.

 

 

As one can see the bowl was very colorful.  I ended up with the black rice platter with grilled chicken and falafel,  carrot slaw, broccoli fennel salad and the white bean with Parm and spinach.  I had humus and tzatziki sauce as well on the side.  My wife got the wrap with chicken and cucumber tomato salad, roasted cauliflower, and olives.  The platter was pretty tasty, the chicken was tender but I thought the falafel was little on the dry side.  It was also slightly bland and could have used a little more salt.  The carrot slaw had a very strong balsamic taste to it when you first bite into int but you quickly acclimate and I found it to be really refreshing.  The fennel broccoli had a nice crunch but not too much and finally the white beans and spinach salad was good but did not have much spinach in it.

Wow that was a mouthful.  I did try my wife's wrap which was also good, the wrap has to be said was a little different than expected.  I expected a peta bread like you've gotten a million times before but this was a very soft bread almost like the injera of Etheopean fame minus the sourish taste.  It went very well with the chicken and other fillings.  And that really is the lesson here.  The food was fresh, filling, and getting to build your own meal is dare I say kind of fun too.  

The one thing I'd say to other is bring your own beverage.  the almost 3 dollars you get charged for a lemonade or ice tea is definitely where they make up their margins.  We did not get a chance to try the steak or home made soda (watermellon) as they were out during our visit.  As we were eating our meal, it was interesting to see a bevy of young people enter and leave for dinner, many of whom looked like they were either on their way to the gym or had just gotten done.  It gave me a sense that I was eating somewhere super healthy:-)  Well I can't let that go for long.  On to Capogiro my favorite Gelato place in Philly:-) PS AGNO 8/10.