 When the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art opened at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas in 2007, it included a new 110 seat breakfast and lunch restaurant - Café Tempo. The 2,400 square feet restaurant fills the two story glass atrium connecting the Nerman Museum and the Regnier Center. Café Tempo is Tuesday - Friday, 7AM - 3PM for coffee, pastries and desserts; 7AM - 10AM for breakfast; and 10:30AM - 2PM for lunch. On Saturday, public hours are 10AM - 2PM for lunch and 2 - 3PM for coffee, pastries and desserts. On my first visit, I was very impressed with the Café Steak (grilled flank steak with romaine lettuce, roasted red onions, portabella mushrooms, roma tomatoes, gorgonzola cheese and sherry balsamic vinaigrette). At $9.25 it was the most expensive entree on the menu, and well worth it. It was the best salad I have had in a long time. The second visit was a little less impressive. My partner's food came out a good 5 minutes before mine did. And she was disappointed that the mango chicken salad was a scoop of chicken salad on a bed of greens, rather than a salad including the chicken and a nice quantify of the other listed ingredients. When it finally came, my meal was good. For $9.85 I had a daily special of grilled mahi mahi with a potato-turnip gratin, spaghetti squash and lemon vinaigrette. The serving wasn't large, but the flavors were good. I was surprised how much I enjoyed the gratin. Service at Café Tempo is minimal. You order at the counter, pick up your beverage, and your food is brought to the table. The layout makes it hard to read the menu before you are called upon to order
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