Arugula & Rye

I travel a great deal.
I usually have very little funds but decided to check this place out.
I stopped here on my way to the plane and I am not disappointed.
Debating between a sandwich or pizza; I asked for an opinion...again, I am not disappointed.
I chose the option suggested for my hunger. Pizza.
12" x 4" of great pizza.
The crust was thin, flaky, but not overdone.
I like a lot of sauce; and even though I would've liked a lot more, there was enough and didn't seem generic.
I chose sausage and red onion, add mushrooms.
Oh my goodness!! Expectations surpassed.
The sausage had such an explosion of actual flavor...not generic ground.
Red onion were perfectly done.
The mushrooms? O yea! Cheeeeeeese u ask.
Ha! It was a fantastical and beautimiss pizza I cannot speak for other's opinions of this place.
The food was excellent, but the two ladies behind the counter were even better. UPDATE: Won't allow me to do a separate review, so I'll just add. A second stop for another $11 item.
This round I chose a sandwich.
The AR Cuban. Sliced pork and ham, sauerkraut, pickles, cheese, and Dijon mustard on ciabatta.
Sooooo good.
I'm not one for the 'kraut or spicy mustard; however, I admit I was intrigued.
I was not disappointed.
The Dijon was a bit much, so I thinned it out a little, but made certain to leave enough.
I really enjoyed the crunch combo of the 'kraut & pickles. Different ladies this time, but still just as amazing!

Owner response

A good place for a quick and reasonably priced, as airport restaurants go, salad or wrap. It is conveniently located between both terminals and has a good variety of options.
The salad bar is not super extensive, but is adequate for a quick meal. I would have given it more stars except the floors, especially in the prep area, add, dropped food that looked like it had been there for quite a while.
Also, the staff was pretty lackadaisical in their service and customer attention.
One lady prepping food was downright insensitive in her comments to customers.

Owner response

I tend to order a Cuban sandwich everywhere I travel in search of the "best".
I even had them from the Miami area, so imagine my surprise when I experienced an incredible Cuban sandwich from the Des Moines, Iowa airport! Perhaps the stars were all aligned that day, but the sandwich was hot with a perfect crunch.
The pork was almost as thick as a porkchop (which is not turkey from another review I read and can be a light pink which is totally fine for pork) and then of course the ham, melted Swiss, pickles and special mustard sauce.
It was so juicy and tender that I went through a bundle of napkins.
With tons of Cubans I've eaten over my many travels, this honestly was one of the best, perhaps "the" best thus far! The service was a little bit slow because the one girl was training the other girl, but that is totally understandable.
The place was clean and tidy.
My only complaint is that I will never be able to eat another one again unless I travel through an airport who has an Arugla & Rye. I bragged about this sandwich so much to my husband I was thinking of surprising him one weekend and using my frequent fliers miles to just fly us to Des Moines for the afternoon to get lunch! 😊