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Subway restaurants really SUCK now!

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Wilsongt said:
Of which they dip in and add 3 more. These changes always coincided with a manager change at particular locations. If there was a manager change, I knew the subs at that location would turn to shit.
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You have to stand your ground lol. They also don't toast enough, so I always make sure it's double-toasted for the proper crunch.
 
I haven't been to one of those since a sandwich I ate from them gave me a terrible and expensive case of the flu six years ago. Never again.
 
Subway is the worst. If I'm feeling a sandwich, I just go to the deli counter at the supermarket and have then make me a sandwich.
 
ratcliffja said:
Jimmy John's is the best, but Jersey Mike's isn't bad. Subway is almost always awful, though.
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My problem with JJ's is they give you a pathetic amount of meat on all of their standard sandwiches (and no the gargantuan doesn't count) and for the price i pay there i can go to firehouse subs get a better quality sandwich with the same amount of meat.

Or i can go to Mike's, Jason's Deli, Nixon's Deli or one of 30 other delis here that give me way more bang for the buck. JJ's isn't bad, i love their Italian sandwich w/ double meat but if i am really hungry it's the last sandwich shop i want to go to.
 
FloatOn said:
Jimmy John's is overrated as hell
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Totally agree with this. You know they don't have any oil there for sandwiches? I asked a while back because their sandwiches are so dry. They said they don't even have any. What the fuck kind of sub place doesn't have olive oil? They're also stingy with every topping and their bread is not very good either. I will say that at least their meats are pretty good.
 
I hate Subway. They sell lettuce sandwiches and convinced everybody that their half sandwiches are healthier than a sandwich from another restaurant.

I want to create a documentary called Footlong Me just so I can show the world how unhealthy their food is.
 
TemplaerDude said:
I used to raise my eyebrow at comments like this but I can definitely see it now. I would sooner eat at a McDonald's or Burger King than I would a Subway (though I honestly try to avoid most fast food these days). The taste is just better, it seems like each Subway is hit or miss as to whether the ingredients are actually "fresh" and even when they are it all just tastes the same.
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Me too man. Here's the deal, I'm a pretty healthy eater though and Subway is absolutely impossible to eat at. We were on a 12 hour road trip and our options were limited so I finally gave in and just decided to get a salad or something at Subway.

It was the worst, most overpriced salad I've ever had. Mainly crappy iceberg lettuce that had been stored too long, a few sparse veggies, and junk dressing - $7.

Screw that man.

Chik-Fil-A/Chipotle or bust now on road trips if I HAVE to eat fast food.
 
Every Jimmy John's I've been to has had a disturbingly severe bread/meat ratio. I feel like I'm just biting into a loaf of bread and unless I'm hammered-ass drunk, that's lame.
 
I also remember Subway being decent back when I was in college about 10 years ago. Went back to subway sporadically (once or twice a year) since about a few years ago when I realized the food was just shit. Wasn't sure if I just came to my senses or if it had actually downgraded.
 
kris. said:
Every Jimmy John's I've been to has had a disturbingly severe bread/meat ratio. I feel like I'm just biting into a loaf of bread and unless I'm hammered-ass drunk, that's lame.
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Best drunk food: Jimmy John's day old bread for 50 cents. Why feel like you're biting into a loaf of bread when you can bite into a loaf of bread?
 
Haven't set foot in a Subway since Jimmy John's came to town about 5 years ago.

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To me they started going downhill when they stopped soaking the chicken for the buffalo chicken in the sauce. Now they just drench that buffalo sauce on normal unflavored chicken and it's overpowering.
 
So many people eat Subway at my work and I honestly have no idea where the Subway is and have no desire to ever find out. It seems over-processed even by fast food standards and everything has a subway taste to it. Whether you get white bread, wheat bread, chicken, salami, or whatever on your sandwich it all has a distinct Subway taste to it.

There are so many better options next to my work but a lot of people prefer the most boring food and I'll never understand them.
 
I used to eat them all the time when they introduced the $5 footlong sandwiches, but I later realized that almost all their sandwiches taste the same, no matter what I put on my sandwich. I discovered that using flatbread helps with that, though.

In addition, the $5 footlong sandwiches are now disappearing. But I live in NYC - I can get a good sandwich from practically anywhere for cheaper than $5. In fact, egg and cheese on a hero at any normal bodega here is $3.
 
Wilsongt said:
Subway sandwiches used to be filling. They used to be bursting at the seems with lettuce, tomato, pickles, etc.

Now if you go and get a footlong, it's 70% bread as they are fucking stingy with every single topping. Who puts four pickle and six banana peppers on a footlong?
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This reminds of the scariest and last time I ate at Subway. When the girl behind me asked for olives, the sandwich jockey put like 4 or 5 little olive halves on her footlong. She asked for more and when the kid started fulfilling her request, the manager lady working there roared at him and literally started picking olives off her sandwich and put them back in the bin. The girl and this psycho lady then got into a bit of a back and forth before the former said screw it and left without finishing her order. Just as she heads out the door, psycho lady turns to the cashier and booms"IF SHE EVER SETS FOOT IN HERE AGAIN, YOU CALL THE COPS. THIS IS STEALING" before flinging the sandwich into the trash and storming off into the back.

I couldn't get out of that place fast enough.
 
I still stick with Subway for several lunches a week and I still quite enjoy the chain. I lost forty pounds through their turkey a few years ago and nothing -- not even the fact that I shared similar diets with a total creep -- will dissuade me from continuing to eat said turkey.

Jimmy John's is better though.
 
Ralelen said:
I was told that they used to dye their white bread and called it wheat. Don't know if that was true or not.
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almost 100% of the cheap (whole) wheat bread is dyed to hell and back with malt extract.
it's a common trick.
costumers see dark(er) bread and they think it must be healthy.

subway is generic tasteless junk food loaded with sodium und co. every prepacked sandwich at gas stations is similar or even more "healthy".

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If I'm feeling a sandwich, I just go to the deli counter at the supermarket and have then make me a sandwich.
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also this
 
BriGuy said:
This reminds of the scariest and last time I ate at Subway. When the girl behind me asked for olives, the sandwich jockey put like 4 or 5 little olive halves on her footlong. She asked for more and when the kid started fulfilling her request, the manager lady working there roared at him and literally started picking olives off her sandwich and put them back in the bin. The girl and this psycho lady then got into a bit of a back and forth before the former said screw it and left without finishing her order. Just as she heads out the door, psycho lady turns to the cashier and booms"IF SHE EVER SETS FOOT IN HERE AGAIN, YOU CALL THE COPS. THIS IS STEALING" before flinging the sandwich into the trash and storming off into the back.

I couldn't get out of that place fast enough.
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All I can think of is Arin's Subway Rant.
 
It drives me fucking crazy, on the off chance I feel like getting Subway, the "sandwich artist" is a 17 year old at their first job ever who has never made a sandwich in their life. I mean how can you remember not to AT LEAST cut the sandwich in half? Or when they mess up the folding of the sandwich when finished.

Don't get me started on the order of the ingredients. Ugh.

I mean it's not like their food is TERRIBLE, either. When made properly it's actually damn good for the price.
 
I just can't figure out why all the subways around me switched to 24 hours a year or two ago. Who the fuck is up at 3am and says "YO... I NEED A SUBWAY $5"

haven't eaten at a subway in years though, the one walking distance to my house has a teriyaki madness right next to it and you are certifiably insane if you'd rather eat a crap subway sandwich than delicious spicy chicken teriyaki layered on top of piping hot warm rice. soooo soooo sooo goood...
 
I actually like the smell of Subways. lol

I only eat there when I'm really hungry and need something fast and relatively healthy. My go to is usually the oven roasted chicken on whole wheat with veggie toppings. Still not the healthiest thing in the world but better than anything I can get at a burger joint.
 
Subway are crap, like most franchized eateries.

I don't know if they are known outside of France, but Pegast are the best I've tested in Paris; especially the salads.
 
Subways have never been good nor healthy. They aren't cheap either. I can never stand their distinct smell every time I walk past one.

I would rather have Quiznos or even McDonalds
 
there is only one good subway left in my area and its because its ran by a bunch of teenage stoners who just murder your sandwich with meat lol. Everyone else is so stingy.....remember when you used to have to ask for light on the lettuce because of how much they used to do? Now you have to beg for more because you will be lucky if you get a pennies worth of it, let alone more than 5 tiny ass pickles. They have got so stingy on their servings its a joke even for a footlong. When jimmy johns 6 inch subs deliver more food then a damn subway footlong.
 
tearsintherain said:
I just can't figure out why all the subways around me switched to 24 hours a year or two ago. Who the fuck is up at 3am and says "YO... I NEED A SUBWAY $5"

haven't eaten at a subway in years though, the one walking distance to my house has a teriyaki madness right next to it and you are certifiably insane if you'd rather eat a crap subway sandwich than delicious spicy chicken teriyaki layered on top of piping hot warm rice. soooo soooo sooo goood...
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A lot of different people would want a sub at 3 AM. There is even a 24 hour cookie delivery place lol.
 
DarkJediKnight said:
Too often, they don't have the right bread, or they're out of this ingredient or that. Why have a sub shop, if that's the case? Subway is massive! You're telling me they run out of stuff?
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Yeah, I really hate this situation.

It's sometimes so bad I try to plan my trips out in hopes I'm the first person there. Yet, even when I show up in time for lunch, they only have one type of bread ready. WTF? What do they do all day during breakfast if they're not making any bread?
 
I used to eat there so often and I loved it, but the quality has definitely taken a downward turn. My partner's intense dislike of Subway pretty much ensured that I wouldn't eat subway again either.

I need to find a place near me (that isn't Potbelly) that does awesome and huge sandwiches!
 
I think I can eat Togo's Turkey & Avacado every fucking day.

The worst thing about Subway is they're stingy as fuck with the meat. Getting an extra sliver of meat at Subway is like winning the lotto. Togos on the other hand just slaps handfuls of meat into your sandwich like profit margins don't matter.
 
Subway was never great, but there was a period where it was decent and the prices were decent. All of that is long gone, now. The quality is terrible, they skimp on everything but lettuce, and they charge way too much for it now. I never go there if I can help it, and it's been that way for years. Blimpie's isn't much better.

Now, Firehouse Subs are the bomb and Quizno's is alright. Publix Deli is pretty good too.

EDIT - Panera? Upscale and overpriced. The food is better at other places. I can't stand eating there because of the prices and the general atmosphere of the place.
 
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