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Subway has improved their subs from the past. I now no longer get those soggy/wet breads that I used to.

No. :(

au contraire mon cher! Gimme the 6" parmesean herb bread loaded with BMT+cheese, plenty of veggies, and a sprinkle of salt & pepper. Too often I've had BamaVol's problem of not getting a "little" mayo or mustard, so now I just go without. I even tried asking for little thin lines of mayo and spicy mustard but the tips of their squeeze bottles are cut too wide and just cannot deliver a thin stream.

This thread gives me a serious craving for an oyster or shrimp po-boy. Has Bozo's in Pascagoula reopened yet? Best wishes on the weight loss!

The only one I like is the (grilled) chicken breast sandwich. At least you get a good amount of chicken along with everything else.

Why can't these people be bartenders? :D

If I'm in a rush for lunch, I'll get the sweet onion chicken teriyaki. It comes with a decent amount of chicken as well. The chicken has a pretty high amount of sodium in it. However, I load it up with veggies and probably come out better than I would eating somewhere like McDonalds.

You can get this _exact_ sub here in Canada at Subway. They do have the bread you wanted out here in Alberta. :)

Sanosuke!

A friend swears by the veggie pattie with Southwest sauce (personally can't stand that one).

The chicken and spinach salad is ok by me, as is the grilled chicken with honey mustard. Can't stand the teriyaki- too sweet for me.

Subway is all right, definitely depends on the location. 1 out of 4 comes close. I prefer the Club. Each location has a different idea as to the portions.

I hate Subway. HATE 'em. Of course, I am spoiled by the northern New England "italian sandwich", which has no lettuce ... not even as an option. Instead, it has lots of meat, cheese, onions, tomatoes, greek black olives (the secret to success!), and oil, salt, & pepper thrown on top.

You can't get those sandwiches in many places, but give me an Amato's Italian every time I'm home. Subway has apparently even given them tribute, saying that their founder worked at Amatos and learned how to make sandwiches there, at "the Original Home of the Italian".

Too bad he didn't pay attention. *bleh*

I like Subway for a few things. I like the tuna with a little cheese and olives. I also get the chicken bacon ranch EXCEPT I have them put the chipotle sauce on it. Yummy!

Given a preference, I lean towards Quizno's now. They have bread bowls that are like butter. :)

I'm lucky in that one of the busiest Subways in the state is near me. Since it's so busy, the meats, breads, etc. are fresh and if I go at the right time, I can avoid the lines. I usually get the veggie patty or the tuna and load them up with veggies (the biggest plus of Subway is that they don't skimp on the veggies). Sometimes I'll get their chicken bacon ranch instead.

Quiznos vs Subway
 

I don't care for either one, but I will grab a sandwich at Subway because it's right next door to my hotel. It's owned by an Indian couple and the place is very clean. Absentee owner at the local Quizno's and it shows. The one and only time I ate there the guy who handled the money made my sandwich WITHOUT GLOVES!

First and last time, and yes I did eat the sandwich. They always have the disposable gloves on at Subway, but I agree the sandwiches are marginal.

Yes, they always have the disposable gloves on, but sometimes the training is so poor or the employee so stupid, they don't know the REASON for the gloves. In a Subway in Springfield, IL, I was treated to the sight of the employee making the sandwich with the gloves and then keeping the gloves on to take cash at the register and then back to making sandwiches. I guess the gloves were to keep the nasty bread and meat off the hands and not to get dirty from the money. Needless to say, I left.

semi healthy but not delicious
 

I've never been impressed with a subway sub unless i want a lot of bread and few many toppings... I'd much rather go to Quiznos or Panera Bread for a great sandwich/sub... I'll still eat at Subway but I usually go elsewhere for a killer sub.

Ever had a good sub at Subway?
 

God, you are spoiled! I only have the chance to travel to the U.S. twice a year on vacation. Your food, both sit down and 'take away' is superb, across the board. The quality, price and value are just so far in advance of here, it always astonishes me that tourists from the U.S. to here have the energy to get back to the airport. We have a 'Subway' here. The quality is vastly inferior to any I have ever eaten stateside, and naturaly about 40% more expensive.Hopefully I shall continue to enjoy your food for a few more years yet.
Best Wishes to all

Roger

Roger,

I am sincerely sorry for you if Subway is better than most of what you can order in local restaurants. We may well be spoiled, but all things are relative, aren't they. With so many superior choices, Subway just naturally falls to the bottom of the list. I understand buying from Subway when you're home, but please branch out here - Quizno's and Blimpie are better (don't buy a pre-made Blimpie from a gas station or airport, though, and make sure they add pickled peppers to your sandwich). And then, there are many thousands of independent sub/sandwich shops that absolutely blow away anything you will get at a chain outlet. Explore, experiment, enjoy!

LOL. I love the sandwiches on the East Coast. Spent some time in Scotland, CT in what seems like a lifetime ago. On the way out from Willimantic, there is a grinder shop in Boudreaux's Grocery. Fresh in from Texas...you know...cowboy hat, boots, etc....

Me: So what's good?
Deli guy: You should try the Italian.
Me: So what's on it?
Deli guy: So what do I look like? A menu?
Me: (looking at menu) Oil? Don't you have mayonnaise?
Deli guy: On an Italian? Get bent!!!

I finally settled on a roast beef grinder with some familiar toppings. :) But, I have to admit that I developed a fondness for all kinds of East Coast sandwiches while I was up there. ;)

I can't get too excited about Subway. The wife loves them, but for me there are just a lot better sandwich shops around town. My favorite here in Austin is Delaware Sub. I can relive just about anything I might miss on the East Coast there.

Sincerely,


William R. Sanders
Customer Service Coordinator
Starwood Preferred Services

[email protected]

Starwood,

I appreciate your proper use of the word "grinder".

Unfortunately, a good italian grinder's hard to come by in Houston....the one at Jersey Mike's is about as close as I've found here.

I have a friend who doesn't get sick very often...but she's eaten at Quizmo's twice and gotten sick twice. No such problem for her at Subway. Sure, you can always always find a better sandwich somewhere, but the price/quality/value dynamic at Subway is pretty darn good. Beats a lot of other "grab and go" choices. My only complaint is a little too much bread versus filling.

And Roger.... I understand where you're coming from. I actually feel you can get as good a meal in Ireland (or the UK) as anywhere, (despite assertations to the contrary). However, I think the U.S. and Canada do a much better job than Europe when it comes to the quality, variety, availability, and price of fast food options.

I'm not sure this is something we should boast about, however!

subway global ubiquity
 

After a slow and shaky start, with probably several licensees, Subway is almost every popular area in Australia, with more outlets than McDonald's, and with most fast food franchises now selling similar sandwich/baguette product lines.

Before this success I fondly remember the Subway outlet in Sydney's Kings Cross, not for the fact that it was so badly managed (but great for regular customers), but for the great people watching on the main street - right betwwen the stripshows, street walkers, bikies, locals and addicts. :D

never could put my finger on exactly why, but i find the smell of subway to be sickening. it ends there.

most exotic subways?
 

Stopped in for a toasted sub with the Mrs in the most interesting (unexpected) stop in New England's Cape Cod - Provincetown :D

We wanted to drive to the end of the cape, but once we made it this far it was so colourful, busy and different from any place else we had been in the US (including NYC), we had to look around.

Great service and a nice outdoor patio overlooking the water, for these toasted subs ^ . No waterside places yet found downunder... and would prefer a waterside cafe style place here anyway!

Jersey Mikes - how could I have left that off my list, my daughter worked at one in Charlotte for a year. They introduced her to Tasty Kakes.

When we first got to Alabama, I discovered a local Pizzeria advertising "Greek Pizza & Grinders" - made me temporarily homesick for New England and brought back memories of the entrepreneur back in college who would drop his box at the entry to each dorm and shout "grindahs!".

Finding Grinders in Alabama was only topped by discovering 3 Candlepin lanes in a California bowling alley.

Let's use some boolean logic:


IF Subway sandwich is equal to or greater than "okay" THEN eastwest's hunger must equal "extreme". :D

They used to have a sandwich shop called the Grinder Factory on N. Lamar here in Austin. The guy who owned it used to be in the Navy stationed in Groton. I think he was a New Englander that just got tired of the weather back in CT. Anyway, his were the closest thing to the real thing I've ever had in Texas. His thing was that it was all about the bread. He had to end up cutting a deal for a local bakery to bake it to his specifications, and they did an admirable job.

Don't know if he is still in business or not, but he should be. His sandwiches were that good. ;)

Sincerely,


William R. Sanders
Customer Service Coordinator
Starwood Preferred Services

[email protected]

I wish we had quiznos up here in NH!!

Wow! No Quizno's in NH? Finally something other than polar bears that we have that you don't! :D

I've had to try and explain to my native Houstonian wife the difference between greek and italian pizza....with my preference being greek. This is the woman that thinks I'm crazy because to me, the less toppings on a pizza, the better.

Have you found a worthwhile hot dog in AL yet???

Never liked Subway. Just doesn't taste "right" to me.

Blimpie's USED to be very, very good. I can still remember having my 7th birthday party at the Blimpie's in Bayonne (1971), across the street from Bayonne Hospital. Not many Blimpie stores back then (first one was in Hoboken, 1964) - and it wasn't fast food - it was a sub shop.

Maybe I'm being nostalgic, but those subs back then were almost as good as the White House Sub Shop in Arctic Ave. in AC.

http://www.blimpie.com/inside_blimpi...impiestory.php

Hot dogs are not on the diet at the moment. There is a local chain, but I'm uncomfortable wth the name, "Sneaky Pete's". There's enough mystery in a hot dog already. there's a one-off cafe in Jacksonville, AL called "Tweeners" that I will try when I can afford the calories. I'm told the owners are 20-something twin girls. I want a couple with chili, cheese and slaw.

We're still not there, but pizza in the south has come a long way from the pie I was served in SC in 1983 covered in pork breakfast sausage and raw onions.

The Italian BMT is good - though have you noticed the vile smell that every Subway store seems to purvey? It just smells of fat

Three of my kids have worked in a Quizno's so I've been there too many times and watched a lot of sandwiches being made. I do worry about the little bucket of juice that the meat is dipped into. However, they do pass the Health Dept inspections everytime, so the temperature must be sufficiently hot to kill those microbes. Still, I wonder if that's the source of illness in your friend's local Q.

Unfortunately, I have the same problem.

It could definitely be a healthy alternative, but for some reason the scent is offensive to my senses.

I have to say that since they started toasting their subs, I'm much more likely to eat one. They still don't compare to Quiznos or some other chains, but they'll do when my only other option is a Big Mac.

Of the major sandwich/sub chains, Subway is by far the weakest.

I have to do a lot of driving and usually the choice is between Subway, McDonalds, or BK. I don't mind Subway and usually choose them over the other fast food. The Chicken Parmesan is good but I am sure it is not the healthiest of their subs. I much prefer Jimmy Johns over Subway, but usually they are hard to find where I travel.

No!
Nope!
Nopers!

Not in my lifetime, I quit eating their probably 10 or more years ago. I dont like the concept of big fat pieces of bread and just a little dab of meat. I'd prefer it to be the other way around...LOL

I only get the tuna sub at Subway. Everything else I have had there is just awful.

I opt for Quiznos, even with the higher cost. Their new prime rib sub is awesome.