Best Sandwich Shop

[cav scout]

Although Quizno's and Subway are closer to where I live and work now, my favorite "large sub sandwich" chain is probably Firehouse...

Firehouse got my vote as well.

 

[azzaman333]

Voted Subway because it's the only one I've heard of and I have no idea what definition of sandwich is being used.

 

[sophie]

Subway and Quizno's are serious weaksauce. Wouldn't go to either one if you paid me. I generally avoid deli sandwich shops because most of the sandwiches they offer can be made very easily and far more cheaply at home. $8.00 for a BLT? Are you kidding me?

That being said, if it's a chain I'm looking for, it's gotta be:

Erik's Deli - good ingredients, interesting sandwich offerings, good soups, and outstanding pickles

Togo's - They pile a [feces]load of [feces] on the sandwich so you get fantastic value for what you're paying for.

Local Stuff:

Zoccoli's in Santa Cruz is a pretty generic option around here, but their coldcuts are cured in-house and they're seriously good. A nice "traditional" deli option.

Joe's Pizza and Subs in Santa Cruz. Generic pizza/sub place, but their sausage sandwiches are good.

AJ's Philly Cheesesteak in Morgan Hill. Just a good (albeit non-traditional) cheesesteak. The family also runs a Falafel shop that's much better, but if I'm in the mood for a sandwich AJ's is usually where I end up going.

 

[thecrazyscot]

I will say that for some reason I can't find a meatball sub that I like as much as Subway's. Maybe it's the same reason why I find I usually prefer Domino's or Pizza Hut to "artisan" or "specialty" pizza places.

 

[warpus]

Mr. Sub's meatball subs are far superior to Subway's. Subway used to be my "go to" sub place, except for meatball subs. I forget what the difference is really, but Mr. Sub did it better.. much better.

 

[sophie]

I will say that for some reason I can't find a meatball sub that I like as much as Subway's. Maybe it's the same reason why I find I usually prefer Domino's or Pizza Hut to "artisan" or "specialty" pizza places.

Or maybe you just have terrible taste

 

[thecrazyscot]

That is certainly one possibility!

 

[sophie]

Just thinking about Subway's "bread" makes me gag.

 

[Lohrenswald]

...because he's a sassy freedom-hating statist?

Sassy even

Basically this is the deal:
Two slices of bread is one too many

 

[thecrazyscot]

Ahh...but what if it's a roll that's not cut all the way through? Still only one piece of bread...

 

[Wolfbeckett]

I like Jersey Mike's meatball subs. Their marinara sauce could be a little better but the meatballs themselves are quite tasty.

 

[Lohrenswald]

Ahh...but what if it's a roll that's not cut all the way through? Still only one piece of bread...

A roll? Do you mean a baguette?

 

[thecrazyscot]

No...I mean a roll. Sandwich roll, sub roll, hoagie roll...

EDIT: What do you mean by "baguette"? I interpret very specifically, though I realize not all do...

 

[Lohrenswald]

I've never heard of rolls.

A baguette's like a long peice of bread halfway cut, y'know.

 

[warpus]

What's a hoagie? a sub?

 

[Winston Hughes]

Best I ever ate was from a small, fairly grotty-looking cafe (name long forgotten) near Amoeba Music in San Francisco, circa 2010.

Salami, lettuce, tomato, gherkin and raw onion on sourdough, with just a touch of mustard and mayo. Casually thrown together in about five seconds by a grumpy-faced old woman, it wasn't even what I'd ordered, and won no prizes for its appearance.

With the first bite, however, my low expectations were utterly confounded. What had seemed, at first glance, the thoughtless movements of a lazy wage-drone were now revealed as something quite different: the long-practiced ease of a master at her craft. With no concern for flash or show - or even delivery of the requested dish - this magician of the sandwich took but a moment to deduce the balance of ingredients most likely to satisfy my tastes, then to combine them in perfect proportion.

I experienced many wondrous things on that trip: the beauty of Route One along the coast, the majestic debauchery of Vegas, and the awe-inspiring scale of the Grand Canyon, to name but three. Nevertheless, it is that sandwich which remains my fondest memory of the most expensive holiday I'll ever take. What this says about me, I'm unsure. I just know that, for one exquisite lunchtime, I paid witness to genius.