Traffic Jam

This place has major potential! As is, it’s pretty much friendly super suck.
Adorable husband and wife team bickering in a foreign language? CHECK.
Clean facilities and warm owners/​employees. CHECK.
All personal recipes and made-​from-​scratch items? CHECK.
But.crazy interior, weak following of menu, long wait time due to every.single.item being made from scratch while you wait (except bread, of course) and gallons of mayo on sandwiches? Check, check, check and check. The poor folks I bought sandwiches for actually threw them away because they were so incredibly drenched and overpowered by the mayo. Tried a second time, ordering something slightly different, and still nothing special. Not sure why Unilocalers are lovin’ on this place, but I wholeheartedly disagree.

This restaurant really is the type of place where you feel at home. It’s run by a wonderful couple who make the food from scratch daily. Try the lasagna if you’re hungry, it’s fabulous.

I found this place on Unilocal and since it’s so close to my office I gave them a try. I recalled that other Unilocalers had noted there was sometimes a bit of a wait but I had 15 minutes before I had to be in my office so I popped in for some breakfast.
When I pulled up, the place seemed neat and tidy and there was a nice older lady who popped out when I rang the bell. I was the only one in the place so I thought SUCCESS (!) and assumed I would be in and out with a great breakfast in hand. It was not to be: P
The menu looked awesome, so many things to choose from! I settled on the breakfast burrito and a cup of rice soup. The gal immediately got to work as I waited… waited…waited…After 15 minutes had passed, I started getting ants in my pants as the last thing I wanted was to be late to work.
After 25 (yes folks TWENTY FIVE) minutes in all, I finally had an awesome looking breakfast. Here are my thoughts on it-​I was pissed that i was late to work. Traffic Jam doesn’t look like a place you go for sit down meals. Instead it looks like a place you «run in» and grab stuff then go. If I had been informed of how long the cook time was, I would have saved this place for another time. BUT! The reason it took so long was because the gal was cooking the meal with care :) I watched her crack the eggs, cut the veggies, season the food and etc. Everything about it seemed homemade and YUMMMMMEEEH!
My irritation was quickly soothed when I got to my office and started chowing down. The burrito was delish and NATURAL. The egg wasn’t pre-​cooked 50 miles away 2 months ago and frozen, the cheese wasn’t some sort of fake «food» made from chemicals-​It was refreshing to have a breakfast that was more «real food» than processed food. My husband thought the soup was just «so-​so» but in my opinion he’s a bit of a soup snob: p
The only food item I wasn’t happy with was the OJ they include. I can’t stand OJ when it’s from concentrate and it tasted just like cheap canned concentrate that you find in the freezer aisle-​No good in my eyes.
All in all, I was super happy with the quality of the food and price. The wait time however limits the frequency of my visits but that won’t keep me way. If you do go, just be sure to have more than 20 minutes to blow: P

Gut the interior, toss the toy cars, paint in a more middle eastern fashion, and get a sign professional to redo EVERYTHING in your windows! The food here is genuinely good and the couple running the place are genuinely talented. I really wish them the best, but in this area a warmer, more cozy feel is going to make all the difference.
I always choose to eat at a place with «atmosphere» if possible.

My family (wife and two kids under 5) and I were driving around on Sunday looking for some food and we decided to try Traffic Jam on a whim.
I have to say, we loved it! Great food and love the local small business feel of the place.
The Good:
* Good prices and friendly service
* Great flavors — Had the ham and cheese panini and it was awesome
The Not So Good:
* Little slow, took a good fifteen minutes to get food
* Not all that child friendly. Not anti-​kid but not a lot of options for kids
All in all a good place and good food though.