Yesterday I was joined by two friends for lunch at Thyme Cafe & Market. Thyme is a warm and cozy cafe and market serving seasonal, fresh fare in a laid back comfortable atmosphere. I’m a Joan’s On Third fan and this reminds me of a mini version of Joan’s. Along with the cafe menu and market, Thyme offers full-service catering and gourmet food to go. We started with the composed Shrimp Salad featuring succulent large shrimp, with red onion, dill and a creamy mayonnaise-based dressing. We all proclaimed this dish to be “delish!” Next we ventured on to the BLAT sandwich with crispy bacon, butter lettuce, avocado, beef steak tomatoes, and mayonnaise on toasted sourdough. The sandwich was hearty and filling. We also enjoyed the Chinese Chicken Salad composed of romaine lettuce, cabbage, almonds, wonton crisps, carrots, Mandarin oranges, red and yellow peppers, and snow peas tossed in a cilantro and sesame vinaigrette. This salad is huge and bursting with flavor! We also dined on the Salmon Nicoise Salad with arugula, romaine, salmon, baby potatoes, haricots verts, hard-boiled egg, olives, and cherry tomatoes tossed in a creamy mustard vinaigrette and green goddess dressing. We didn’t leave a bite! For dessert, we enjoyed an espresso, a Chocolate Chip Cookie filled with dark chocolate chips, a beautiful fluffy almond croissant, and a huge piece of bittersweet chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream. As we were waddling out of Thyme we vowed to return very soon!