Restaurant Review - The Perky Dip
The Mott Park area's newest venue offers good food, reasonable prices
Isaac Meadows
Issue date: 1/30/09 Section: Entertainment
Many A-section students, including myself, missed the opening of The Perky Dip, a small restaurant just one block from the Kettering campus. I noticed a mention of the new venue on the Current Students page during work term and determined to try a meal there once I returned to campus. The menu, which I found at the Student Activities office, boasted a wide selection of breakfast foods, salads, pastries, sandwiches, wraps, and ice cream.
I suspect that like many Kettering students, my typical food intake lacks a certain variety which is necessary for a gourmet review. My most common three restaurant choices are all fast food. Even a company-expensed dinner on the road with co-workers usually takes place at a nice sports bar. That said, I will review The Perky Dip on the basis of prices, food quality, and practicality for the Kettering student.
A quick lunch at The Perky Dip cost just less than $8 for a sandwich and a bottle of Jones Soda. Sandwiches run at about $6, while salads cost up to $7. Wraps tend to fall below the $6 price point, and breakfast items are priced from $3-$4. These prices make The Perky Dip rather more expensive than the traditional college mainstay Taco Bell and the fast-food family, but on par with or less than many delicatessen and restaurant options.
The food at The Perky Dip was, in my experience, of excellent quality. My Sicilian sandwich sported a flavorful slice of tomato, crunchy red onions, and a few leaves of fresh-looking spinach on flavorful bread. Homogenized Italian dressing was used just generously enough to accent the taste of the meat and cheese. A friend who also ate lunch at The Perky Dip ordered the soup du jour, a cream of broccoli which was pronounced to taste "good. . . almost like it's homemade." Given the time of year, I did not think it prudent to sample The Perky Dip's selection of ice cream; that will have to wait for summer.
The Perky Dip's location may be its strength as well as its Achilles' heel. The restaurant resides at the corner of Joliet and Perry streets to the northeast of the Kettering academic building. There is no parking lot, and seating inside is limited. Those who drive will have to park in the street, while walking to the restaurant in the Kettering neighborhood is feasible but not generally a good idea. In a nod to these difficulties, however, The Perky Dip accepts takeout and delivery orders.
In short, The Perky Dip may effectively cater to taco-and-burger-exhausted students who are willing to pay reasonable prices for quality fare. Its proximity to campus is a marked convenience, although actually dining at the restaurant may be problematic. On behalf of the A-section Kettering community, I'd like to extend a belated welcome to The Perky Dip.
I suspect that like many Kettering students, my typical food intake lacks a certain variety which is necessary for a gourmet review. My most common three restaurant choices are all fast food. Even a company-expensed dinner on the road with co-workers usually takes place at a nice sports bar. That said, I will review The Perky Dip on the basis of prices, food quality, and practicality for the Kettering student.
A quick lunch at The Perky Dip cost just less than $8 for a sandwich and a bottle of Jones Soda. Sandwiches run at about $6, while salads cost up to $7. Wraps tend to fall below the $6 price point, and breakfast items are priced from $3-$4. These prices make The Perky Dip rather more expensive than the traditional college mainstay Taco Bell and the fast-food family, but on par with or less than many delicatessen and restaurant options.
The food at The Perky Dip was, in my experience, of excellent quality. My Sicilian sandwich sported a flavorful slice of tomato, crunchy red onions, and a few leaves of fresh-looking spinach on flavorful bread. Homogenized Italian dressing was used just generously enough to accent the taste of the meat and cheese. A friend who also ate lunch at The Perky Dip ordered the soup du jour, a cream of broccoli which was pronounced to taste "good. . . almost like it's homemade." Given the time of year, I did not think it prudent to sample The Perky Dip's selection of ice cream; that will have to wait for summer.
The Perky Dip's location may be its strength as well as its Achilles' heel. The restaurant resides at the corner of Joliet and Perry streets to the northeast of the Kettering academic building. There is no parking lot, and seating inside is limited. Those who drive will have to park in the street, while walking to the restaurant in the Kettering neighborhood is feasible but not generally a good idea. In a nod to these difficulties, however, The Perky Dip accepts takeout and delivery orders.
In short, The Perky Dip may effectively cater to taco-and-burger-exhausted students who are willing to pay reasonable prices for quality fare. Its proximity to campus is a marked convenience, although actually dining at the restaurant may be problematic. On behalf of the A-section Kettering community, I'd like to extend a belated welcome to The Perky Dip.
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Sam Johnson
posted 7/03/09 @ 1:46 PM EST
Food was wonderful, but the brains behind the menu has left. Since she left the food has gone downhill and is not worth eating. The owners are deceiving the public by not acknowledging that the food staff has left. (Continued…)
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