Originally Posted by Bakpapier

But even a deli will make better, more authentic/wholesome/less processed subs than subway. The bread doesn't need to be actually baked on-the-spot as long as it is good quality wholesome bread and not the airy stuff subway uses.

6 dollars for 6 inch sounds a bit expensive to me. That would run you maybe 4 euros here, at the worst, for such a size of sandwich. In any case though, a footlong subway also csosts 6 dollars, but the smaller size wholesome actual bread sub will be at least as filling if not more filling than the larger subway sub.

So even at that price point it's not that bad, though I agree with you that 6 dollars is absolutely pushing it for that size of sandwich.

edit: oh, 6 dollars is only 5,34 euros. While I still think it's epensive, it's not extraordinarily unpayably expensive imo.

Originally Posted by CDTraveler

Different countries, different laws. Depending where it is in the U.S. a small business might have to be licensed as both a restaurant and a bakery to serve food on the premises. There are also different tax rules for a place that sells food to be eaten on the premises (restaurant) and that sells food to go (bakery).

There can also be issues with storage and refrigeration. For example, a bakery might not have the amount of refrigeration space needed to store meat at the correct temperature.