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Sub Conscious used to be terrific (Sigh), but they have gotten stingy and the prices are stupid for what you get.
Here are a few thoughts:
Build your own sub starting with the ciabatta at La Farm Bakery in Cary. The bread is awesome. When you start with good bread, the rest of the sandwich build is simple.
Each Jersey Mike's is owned by an independent. Some people own several, but since they are owned and run separately, each shop will vary in quality. The best I know of is on Peace St. at Capital Blvd., and at the shopping center on Six Forks right by the Beltline. The one on New Bern Ave. in a nearly abandoned shopping center is terrible, as is the one in Cary on High House.
I don't know what that thing is that they serve at Subway, but it ain't a sub. Tastes like petroleum by-product if you ask me. Harris Teeter subs are made with good deli cuts, but the bread is slick, shiny, and tastes funny.( maybe from too much egg white brush?) Yuck! Nothing in franchise world tastes like a real authentic sub/grinder/hoagie.
So......we don't know how to make a decent sub around here, and NJ/NY can't make edible barbecue. Oh well, such is life.....
Regards,
Streamer1212
What is it with Subway's odor? They have a discusting, and very unique smell, I can always tell when I am near one because of the stench they eminate.
I'm looking for a good cheeseburger sub like we could get in small little sub shops in Baltimore. Thin cheeseburger patties that were made fresh were the main ingredient. Good sub rolls were the secret to them though. Gosh, I miss that.
I'm looking for a good cheeseburger sub like we could get in small little sub shops in Baltimore. Thin cheeseburger patties that were made fresh were the main ingredient. Good sub rolls were the secret to them though. Gosh, I miss that.
I actually go to subconcious for their cheeseburger sub and its not bad. Not great but not bad.
Again, not endorsing subconcious as the solution to our lack of hoagie/cheesesteak/sub problem here, but the cburger sub isnt bad.
There's a Rubino's up here in the snow belt. Their Italian subs are so good you eat with your eyes closed and you are lost in afterglow for quite a while after you're done. You have to go to the "original" store though; the one where a lot of people speak Italian and there's smelly cheeses hanging from the ceiling and and there's a real old guy just kind of wandering around. The sandwich maker has to be Italian and she has to be a Mom. You can give ten people the exact same ingredients and the sandwiches made by Moms will taste better than the sandwiches made by others.
I never noticed Subway having a bad smell & I've eaten at several in Durham & other places. Not the very best subs, but OK & not too expensive.
The few Jersey Mikes I've eaten at were great subs but a very high price.
I got a large ciabatti loaf at Kroger the other day & am going to make some subs at home from it. I'll see if I "catch the fever" of those of you who have had it.
Idea. Get a few of these buns & make a sub at home from them. Make a roast beef, a steak & cheese & turkey breast with usual toppings. Those are generally the most popular subs. Take them to your favorite sub shop & give to the mgr as a sample. If he sees how good it is, he's likely to add to the menu there. A locally owned shop can do that easier than a chain. The mgr of a chain location will have to get approvals from higher mgmt., a slow process in some companies.
One of my favorites is called ANVIL CHEESTEAKS.
A couple owns and operates it, they are from Philly.
Modeled after Pat's and Geno's in Philly, they are world famoous.
ANVILS is delicious and authentic. Wid' or wid' out.
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