I've got this impression that there's a vast difference between American and European Subway.


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andyman wrote:I've got this impression that there's a vast difference between American and European Subway.


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I think in Europe it's called The Tube.

I think they are the best of the major "fast food chains". As a vegetarian its pretty hard to get decent food at any of the other places, but I can always count on subway. The veggie delight sub is yummy.

The quality of Subways everywhere varies drastically and seems to be based on the workers and the level of misery inflicted upon them, which isn't surprising. The Subway in Alameda is 1000x better than the Subway in Oakland was the one time we ate there. That's probably because the majority of the staff in Alameda isn't fresh out of prison and anxious about the surprise visit from their parole officer.

There are a few small towns in Wisconsin that have excellent Subways. I'm not kidding. They have nice, wholesome high school kids working there who haven't been crippled by life and still possess delusions about hard work paying off.

Also, in most of these towns, there is no Italian sandwich alternatives. In my hometown of Pulaski, there was the McDonald's in the fueling station, a Dairy Queen, a Subway, one indie pizza/sandwich place that had bread that may as well have been made out of cardboard, and a Hardee's. It was 20-30 miles to either a halfway decent grocery store any sort of other eatery, and that's not very helpful on a Sunday night when one is feeling a bit too lazy to cook supper, as you'd waste at least an hour driving. But the Subway with the kids who didn't understand the corporate proportioning of the meats and cheese and put double on almost every sandwich and took great care in making the bread crisp on the outside and perfect on the inside---the kids at the local Subway were right there, ready to cheerfully serve me and the rest of our town--those kids were great.

I have worked as a sandwich artist before, though in Green Bay and only for about two weeks before my job in the transportation offices of the local paper mill was available. I was paid $5.15/hour and 18" of sandwich each day, all of which I donated to my friend Joe who worked at the ShopKo across the street. It sucked ass, apart from sneaking into the freezer to eat the frozen white chocolate chip-macadamia nut cookie dough.

Still, I did learn that even with corporate standards, there are certain factors that can contribute to the variation in the quality of Subways, even in the bread.

I prefer Cousin's, but I don't think they have those in the SF Bay region. Quizno's can suck it for being so expensive and their overuse of condiments. I don't think there's an Italian deli within walking or biking distance of where I live that serves sandwiches of any note. In fact, I think that most of the deli's out here are overrated crap. Even the Italian deli that I interviewed at was, like, $9 for a sandwich and was one of those, "here's our yuppie replication of what an Italian deli would look like if Williams-Sonoma produced it" places. There's a hot dog place down the street that says it serves Chicago-style hot dogs and kielbasa, but I'm not even sure I feel like wasting the $8 to rant about how awful they are.

Until I find some place in Alameda open past 9 PM that doesn't cost $25 for two people to eat at, it looks like we'll be sticking with the unusually awesome Subway, the 50/50 awesome/awful Burger King, or the In n' Out by the Walmart. Ben and I ooze class.

How is In 'N' Out Burger? You hear about the pretty often on TV shows and in the media, but there are none in Chicago.

Mark Hansen wrote:How is In 'N' Out Burger? You hear about the pretty often on TV shows and in the media, but there are none in Chicago.

I wasn't too impressed, not bad but not all that fantastic.
Reminded me of Wendy's.

Taco John's is what I really wish they'd open here

Where's "Nerbly Bear"? He loves to eat shit, this should be right up his alley.

Marsupialized wrote:

Mark Hansen wrote:How is In 'N' Out Burger? You hear about the pretty often on TV shows and in the media, but there are none in Chicago.

I wasn't too impressed, not bad but not all that fantastic.
Reminded me of Wendy's.

Taco John's is what I really wish they'd open here

The nearest Taco John's to me is in Nevada. This makes me very, very sad as there is little reason to go to Nevada. Perhaps for my next Vegas wedding...

Potato oles.

Mandroid2.0 wrote:

Marsupialized wrote:

Mark Hansen wrote:How is In 'N' Out Burger? You hear about the pretty often on TV shows and in the media, but there are none in Chicago.

I wasn't too impressed, not bad but not all that fantastic.
Reminded me of Wendy's.

Taco John's is what I really wish they'd open here

The nearest Taco John's to me is in Nevada. This makes me very, very sad as there is little reason to go to Nevada. Perhaps for my next Vegas wedding...

Potato oles.

Aren't there like 5 million little Mexican joints in California? Wouldn't those be better anyways than Taco John's?

It's like some people I known who talk about Jack in the Box. I had their taco's way back, and they didn't really rise much above dog food, from what I remember.

I've never been to Taco John's, although I do see them when I'm in Wisconsin. I always imagine them to be like Taco Bell. Am I mistaken about this?

They're actually much better than Taco Bell.

I'm disappointed by the Mexican foods out here, actually. I'd much prefer an American chain to most of the disgusting tripe that passes for street fare in Oakland or SF.

I make better burritos than any of those lazyass fuckers in their taco trucks. Screw you people for not knowing how to use seasoning or heat.