DINING OUT:'Eats' is delicious, naturally

When you can't decide or prefer a better bargain, go for a prepared salad. The turkey Cobb ($7.95), arranged in neat rows over romaine lettuce, with chunks of fresh roasted turkey, avocado slices, crumbled blue cheese, bacon, chives, tomatoes and ranch dressing, comes heaping on the plate. Add a jalapeno corn muffin and you have paradise on a plate.

Generous portions make any of these salads satisfying, but the interesting blend of flavors makes you forget this is actually healthy.

For me, it is always about the sandwiches.

There's nothing better than a quick sandwich that re-energizes you in mind and body. While the grilled cheese on sourdough seems rather plain and effortless for culinary students, the other sandwiches showcase more creative flavors.

The hefty size of the steak sandwich ($7.85) on a French roll makes it a little tough to eat. Be prepared for that stretch of mozzarella from chin to plate.

My favorite sandwich so far is the herb-roasted chicken breast with Monterey jack cheese, tomatoes, avocado with pesto sauce ($6.75). The side salad with the flavorful house dressing is a crunchy addition, but I preferred the potato salad, which proved a perfect combination.

With such a great meal before you, natural light beaming in through the windows, and the traffic on Magnolia rushing by, city life seems relaxing, after all.

And the salads, sandwiches and sides at Urban Eats taste good.

Now if this cellphone would just stop ringing.