GHINI'S FRENCH CAFFE - TUCSON, AZ

I haven't been here since moving back to Tucson 2 years ago and it hasn't changed. The food still sounds and looks way better than it tastes; its still overpriced; and the flirtatious wearing way too short and tight skirts  for her age constantly on the phone manager is still there berating her employees.

I ordered a croque madame which was described in flowery beret outdoor cafe style (Ghini's spells it Caffe on their website; why??)  as being an over easy egg on top of baked french bread with thinly sliced ham covered in melted Brie and 2 other cheeses accompanied by "field" greens. (are field greens different than other greens? and what does that mean?) This entree was $9.

The greens are a small handful of plain ole' spring mix thinly and almost invisibly covered in a vinaigrette. And the 'sandwich' was 2 many inches thick pcs. of bread with a semi-runny egg on top although i ordered it over hard and a small amt. of  melty cheese covered ham almost hidden by the bread. Very hard to eat and it tasted of bread with every bite. The ham, however, was cut wafer thin which i prefer.

This restaurant is right next door to a bakery which is one of my favorite repositories of morning buns, croissants, sticky buns, danish, bear claws; on and on. I picked up a loaf of marble rye right before i ate lunch with Carol and it was absolutely delicious with our BLT's that night. I'll keep the bakery and not the caffe.