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Subway
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08/04/05 08:12 PM
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The Dr. who fixed Lucy
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Anyone eat at Subway much? When they first appeared in the UK (presumably our friends in America have had Subway for years) it seemed like a great idea. Problem is that the quality of the sandwich depends a lot on the effort that the spotty teen serving you is willing to put in. I've had some real awful efforts - badly spliced bread, poorly arranged salad that spills out too much, olive oil sloshed over it with no care at all. Also, the ingredients ain't that great. Processed meats and plastic cheese. To top if off, we have a really annoying guy in the TV adverts ("When you think about it, we don't make the sandwiches ... you do!") ![](/threads/images/graemlins/classic/mad.gif) And they're US-style adverts - y'know, lots of camera shots rolling over appetizing arrangements of food the like of which you never actually see in the shop itself. Maybe I'll make my own sandwiches in future. Or am I being to harsh?
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Re: Subway
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08/04/05 08:29 PM
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Don Vercetti I hate Jared, the spokesperson Just googled this guy, apparently he is famous in the US for having lost weight through eating Subway sandwiches!!! What was he eating before? Was he on the Brando diet? Marrone he's a fat f*ck who's proud of dropping from 400 pounds to 350 by eating two footlong carb-packed fat sandwiches per day :rolleyes: Only in America ![](/threads/images/graemlins/classic/laugh.gif)
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Re: Subway
#120980
08/04/05 08:58 PM
08/04/05 08:58 PM
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It's okay every now and then. It's quite popular here. My problem is I like a lot of meat in my sub. I hate it when you take a bite of the sandwich and it's 99 per cent bread. ![](/threads/images/graemlins/classic/ohwell.gif) Just like when you have a meatball sandwich and you have a huge bread roll and two meatballs. ![](/threads/images/graemlins/classic/mad.gif) :p TIS
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Re: Subway
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08/04/05 09:41 PM
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Originally posted by ronnierocketAGO: Bad news Bull....SUBWAY has discontinued those cards. Sorry mate. Yes they did ![](/threads/images/graemlins/classic/frown.gif) But they cant refuse to take cards after the fact. They just arent giving out any more cards and stamps. The ones that I have are still valid. In fact, some local subways are still giving out stamps so its not over yet.
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Re: Subway
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08/05/05 12:54 AM
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Subway is good JERSEY MIKES is better dont have one here in Wisconsin We do have Quiznoes we also have 2 places 1 Jimmy Johns 2 Erberts & Gerberts
Both are "sub" places anyone heard of these ????
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Re: Subway
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08/05/05 01:43 AM
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Avanti's for a Gondola...or Alpine in Elmwood Park. Better yet, get thee to the deli counter of your neighborhood grocery store and build your own!
I do like Subway and by my calculations I've consumed a couple hundred yards of their sub sandwiches in my lifetime. But there's nothing like finding a neighborhod deli with just the right combination of bread ingredients and toppings for the perfect sub.
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Re: Subway
#120989
08/05/05 02:11 AM
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Originally posted by YoTonyB: Avanti's for a Gondola... Avanti's in Peoria???
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Re: Subway
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08/05/05 03:32 AM
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Originally posted by Sicilian Babe: I try to avoid places like Quizno's, Subway or Blimpie's, and stick to small mom and pop delis. There was a great place called Hollywood Sandwich Company and all the subs were named after movies (yes, they had a Godfather and a Goodfellas). They were great, and they made the best red potato salad with dill. YUM. Unfortunately, they closed. I'm with you, SB. There are plenty of good independent sub shops in NJ, which has a huge Italian-American population, and thus plenty of good, inexpensive eateries. When I'm in Arizona or another state far away, I prefer Quiznos, which is the best of the chains.
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Re: Subway
#120994
08/05/05 12:29 PM
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Originally posted by The Dr. who fixed Lucy: Problem is that the quality of the sandwich depends a lot on the effort that the spotty teen serving you is willing to put in. I think that goes for any restaurant you go to. I've had good and I've had bad experiences at McDonalds, Burger King, Wendy's. Once at a Wendy's they didn't cook the burger enough and I wound up throwing it up in a matter of hours. However, since there's a Wendy's right where I work (and I used to get the hook up), I'd eat there. Also, this is probably the funniest story I've had is I went to a Burger King a couple of years ago when they had what they called a "Shaq Pack." I think it was was like a huge drink and fries with a sourdough burger (Shaq size food). Well, I drove up to place my order and tell them I wanted a Shaq Pack. The person on the other end tells me we're outta Shaq Packs. I think to myself and ask them, "How do you run outta Shaq Packs!?" It's a burger, fries and a drink. Then he gave me some kinda answer like they ran outta sourdough or something. Well I order something else and when I pull up to the window to pay, someone else asks me if I wanted a Shaq Pack and I said yes and they get me one instead. I couldn't believe it, "we've ran outta Shaq Packs!" ![](/threads/images/graemlins/classic/lol.gif)
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Re: Subway
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08/06/05 12:23 PM
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Subway? Pish-posh. Anyone here ever had a Quiznos sub? The toasted bread makes it all the better.
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Re: Subway
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08/06/05 01:32 PM
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Originally posted by Sicilian Babe: I try to avoid places like Quizno's, Subway or Blimpie's, and stick to small mom and pop delis. Agreed, they often have better deals, and finer quality. There are a bunch of places on campus, but I actually like to make my own. Best is a chicken finger sub. I go to a bakery and get their sub rolls (which pretty much all entire WNY pizza shops get their sub rolls), and toast them on both sides. A little provalone cheese, melted on, a few dashes of parmesan. Add a chicken finger or two, drenched in hot sauce and bleu cheese, and some onions+lettuce, and you have one kickass sandwich for the game/race. ![](/threads/images/graemlins/classic/wink.gif)
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Re: Subway
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08/08/05 06:35 AM
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Originally posted by YoTonyB: SC -- YES, Avanti's in Peoria (and the original location in Bloomington)! I wondered if you'd notice... YTB - Thank you SO MUCH for that link and a wonderful stroll down Memory Lane. I looked at their "history" story and am somewhat confused. Its noted that they opened in 1971, but I know for a fact they were in Peoria (on W. Main St.) in 1969 when I went to Bradley. Regardless, their homemade bread, much different from the NY style Italian breads, quickly became a dietary staple of mine. Every Wednesday they'd have an "all you can eat spaghetti night" for $1.00 which got me through many hungry periods. They had pizza which was just OK (the "best" thing about it was the cool way to take it out.... on a cardboard plate wrapped in a paper bag) BUT the best thing on their menu was a "gondola", their version of an Italian hero. The gondola included ham, salami, cheese (which melted slightly from the heat of the bread) and lettuce. They were to die for!! I'd go back to Peoria just to get a few of them!! ![](/threads/images/graemlins/classic/lol.gif)
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Re: Subway
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08/08/05 04:17 PM
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SC, I was in Champaign starting in fall of 1977 and I remember guys making a run up to Bloomington for Gondolas. I'm almost certain it was Bloomington (and not Peoria) because they were back in Champaign in about two hours. And I was under the impression that Avantis had been around for about ten years at the time I was a student, which would at least coincide with your recollections from the late-'60's.
Reading the second paragraph, it implies that the Peoria restaurant was the original and had been operating successfully for a few years when the brother opened the Bloomington location in 1971. That would be consistent with both of our stories, though I was mistaken about Bloomington being first.
Doesn't change that fact that it's still one of my favorite sub sandwiches. I definitely have to pencil a side trip to Bloomington next time I'm in Champaign for a ball game. Better yet, the riverboat and Big Al's in Peoria beckon!
tony b.
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