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Subway restaurants really SUCK now!
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Poodlestrike
Banned
Their lunch and dinner stuff is supremely mediocre, but I dig a good breakfast flatbread. Egg, double bacon, pepperjack cheese, tomatoes, onions, sriracha. Mmmmm.
I recently discovered Which Wich, and they do a FANTASTIC buffalo chicken, not least 'cause they've got Bleu Cheese. Been meaning to go back...
I recently discovered Which Wich, and they do a FANTASTIC buffalo chicken, not least 'cause they've got Bleu Cheese. Been meaning to go back...
I was eating there for a couple of weeks, but their meats started sitting in my chest. I wasn't even wolfing their shit down either.
Now I'm just getting this Italian sub with Boar's Head meats on it from the Kroger next to my job.
Azwethinkweiz
Member
JigglesBunny
Banned
Jersey Mikes > E'rethang
Subway has been around for 50 years, so doubtful.
BaloneyFraise
Member
Yea 50 years old is way too old for him anyway.
LupusWarrior
Neo Member
Subway is great in Ontario Canada. Could eat it every week. It's cheap, tastes good, not terrible for you and the smell can make a bad day good.
Don't know about Canada but in the U.S. once you enter Subway the smell stays on you and turns a good day bad.
Tevious
Member
Here in Korea, it's pretty much the ONLY place I can go to get a decent sandwich. It sucks that they only have white cheddar cheese though. I really miss provolone as an option.
I think Subway is pretty decent if you just want a turkey, ham, club, spicy Italian, BMT, etc. kind of sandwich. I can't really comment on the tuna or "crab", since I never eat that. Their bread is pretty good, provided you actually get it fresh. Anyone complaining about it being rubbery clearly got old bread. Their steak subs have never been that great as far back as I can remember. Meatball could be good, but their sauce sucks.
When I lived back in the states last year, a Marco's Pizza opened up near my home that had really excellent subs, especially the steak and meatball subs. I usually went with them over Subway, when I wanted a sandwich. I'm not sure what all the praise is for with Publix subs. The quality of the ingredients was pretty good, sure, but their bread was always way too tough and chewy. Every time. Even when I just bought their bread to make my own subs with.
I think Subway is pretty decent if you just want a turkey, ham, club, spicy Italian, BMT, etc. kind of sandwich. I can't really comment on the tuna or "crab", since I never eat that. Their bread is pretty good, provided you actually get it fresh. Anyone complaining about it being rubbery clearly got old bread. Their steak subs have never been that great as far back as I can remember. Meatball could be good, but their sauce sucks.
When I lived back in the states last year, a Marco's Pizza opened up near my home that had really excellent subs, especially the steak and meatball subs. I usually went with them over Subway, when I wanted a sandwich. I'm not sure what all the praise is for with Publix subs. The quality of the ingredients was pretty good, sure, but their bread was always way too tough and chewy. Every time. Even when I just bought their bread to make my own subs with.
jetsetnickradio
Member
I had Subway for lunch today and it was what I've come to expect from Subway which is a pretty decent hoagie for their price point. Other chains do it better, but Subway is cheaper and has more locations. So basically they're the McDonalds of sub shops, but more palatable than McDonalds.
Yeah they give you less meat and cheese and other options than they used to, but that's how they keep the prices low.
Yeah they give you less meat and cheese and other options than they used to, but that's how they keep the prices low.
In Australia we get cheddar, old english and swiss.....I used to be an old english fan but it has a really strong taste and I've converted to swiss.
A Link to the Past
Banned
That's happened before. We had to take longer to take a Quarter Pounder bun and put the bottom of a regular bun in the middle. It sucked. That has only ever happened once, thankfully.
Beerman462
Member
ctrl-f firehouse subs
Good....good
Subway is not good, but can be cheap and convenient.
Good....good
Subway is not good, but can be cheap and convenient.
bronkonagurski
Gold Member
I've definitely noticed a decline of quality. There are convenient Subway locations near both work and home. I could count on one hand the number of times I've been to Subway in the last 4 years. I used to go there at least once a week.
boiled goose
good with gravy
Subway meatball sub is good now? Wow gaf... smh
Dat middle rasher (pork) bacon.
Hella Lugosi
Member
The best thing at Subway is the single stall bathrooms.
Dedication Through Light
Member
Imo subway has a better choice of bread (italian herbs and cheese) then other places and bacon is available.
Quiznos was my second favorite place (the meat you can dip in the hot sauce), but it was pricey and I only got it cause in university on the meal plan there was dollars to use for it (well we also had subway there too I guess, alternated). Firehouse, jersey mikes, jimmy johns all decent but I think subway is still more variety and better taste in bread.
Only meat quality issue I had was with the chicken but they seemed to have changed it as of late so it doesnt seem to be pale looking.
I do sometimes avoid some subway veggies, cucumbers can look very thin sometimes and the lettuce can also look oldish later in the day, but at least you can see them make it and decide which ones you want on it.
Quiznos was my second favorite place (the meat you can dip in the hot sauce), but it was pricey and I only got it cause in university on the meal plan there was dollars to use for it (well we also had subway there too I guess, alternated). Firehouse, jersey mikes, jimmy johns all decent but I think subway is still more variety and better taste in bread.
Only meat quality issue I had was with the chicken but they seemed to have changed it as of late so it doesnt seem to be pale looking.
I do sometimes avoid some subway veggies, cucumbers can look very thin sometimes and the lettuce can also look oldish later in the day, but at least you can see them make it and decide which ones you want on it.
Mayor_McCheeze
Member
Subway has ways been crap. Quiznos is amazing though!
Dusk Soldier
Member
Every once in a while I go there for their white chocolate chip macademia nut cookies. I love them.
I don't think the subs have ever been anything special.
I don't think the subs have ever been anything special.
Manmademan
Member
eh. I'm from the philly area. the number of hoagie joints (including WaWa which is literally every five feet here) that destroy subway on price and quality is astronomical.
Only tourists eat there. finding one is needle in a haystack difficult where people actually live.
itwasTuesday
He wasn't alone.
Any pictoral examples of the one long cheese? Can't remember a foot long slice of cheese.
And removal of wedge cut was indeed a sad day.
Subway melt for life.
Jimmy johns is on same level.
Jersey mikes is loads better.
And removal of wedge cut was indeed a sad day.
Subway melt for life.
Jimmy johns is on same level.
Jersey mikes is loads better.
biggersmaller
Banned
It's one of the few sandwich joints that will pile on the fresh baby spinach...so I like it. A lot, actually.
That they do. And when you pay for avocado you get a shitload of avocado...sometimes it seems like they put a whole avocado on there.
PlayALLtheGames
Banned
Yeah, "now."
Actually I used to crush tuna subs in college because it was so close to my place but, let's face it, Subway sucks ass
Actually I used to crush tuna subs in college because it was so close to my place but, let's face it, Subway sucks ass
loaf of bread
Member
I never understood subway.
This is a promotional pic and it has 4 fucking slices of meat on it. Honestly are they serious.
This is a promotional pic and it has 4 fucking slices of meat on it. Honestly are they serious.
DarkJediKnight
Member
Subway used to be good in Ontario. I'm from Toronto.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
I'll have the meal deal with two sugar cookies and a foot long meatball on italian herbs and cheese
Fantastical
Death Prophet
I do not understand the love for Jimmy Johns. Everything just tastes bland to me. Love Jersey Mikes though. Get it Mike's Way or get the fuck out.
buttery fistful
Member
i got a meatball sub and the first meatball i bit into was completely fucking gross. the center was extremely firm and cold, yet had the appearance of being charred. i gagged and threw that shit away. that was 5 years ago and i haven't been back since.
For chains Jersey Mikes is definitely the GOAT. They're the only sandwich place that lives up to their fresh ingredients marketing.
And as the other poster said Mike's Way is delicious. I skip the onions though.
Muppet of a Man
Member
This was going to be my exact post.
Hero Prinny
Member
Subways was great cause the food wasnt that bad and it was pretty cheap thanks to the $5 footlong. Then they phased that out, i think i ate at subways no more than twice after that
From the ages of 15 till I was maybe 23 I have worked at:
Subway,
Quiznos,
A chain in Austin called Thunder Cloud Subs,
The Deli Dept. in a Publix in Florida,
And a Jimmy Johns, back in Austin.
And I can tell you all, without a shadow of a doubt, if you aren't putting capicola on your italian subs you can fuck right off.
Subway,
Quiznos,
A chain in Austin called Thunder Cloud Subs,
The Deli Dept. in a Publix in Florida,
And a Jimmy Johns, back in Austin.
And I can tell you all, without a shadow of a doubt, if you aren't putting capicola on your italian subs you can fuck right off.
I never understood subway.
This is a promotional pic and it has 4 fucking slices of meat on it. Honestly are they serious.
Lol, thats funny.
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