# I was craving a sub **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 31, 2017, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-craving-a-sub/778633 "2017-01-31T02:50:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-craving-a-sub/778633/21 "2017-01-31T05:56:08Z")
As a BDSM practitioner I was very excited by the title of this thread and considerably less excited by the content. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-craving-a-sub/778633/22 "2017-01-31T06:01:04Z")
I’m a big fan of Subway’s Steak and Cheese, the footlong with double meat and extra cheese. The other menu items all pale in comparison, I’ve stopped trying them. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-craving-a-sub/778633/23 "2017-01-31T11:33:31Z")
My usual Subway order is a 12 inch egg salad on cheese bread with all toppings\* except cheese, olives and jalapenos, plus mustard. \*Note: Canadian Subway restaurants may not have the same toppings as U.S. Subways. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-craving-a-sub/778633/24 "2017-01-31T11:48:32Z")
to me the make or break things on an “italian” sub are 1. the bread 2. the tomatoes. Subway bread is “meh” at best. It’s no better than packaged store-bought. Much better are the smaller, local places who either bake their own bread daily (Bommarito’s) or at least get it daily from a nearby bakery (V. Gonella’s.) Tomatoes are a lost cause. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-craving-a-sub/778633/25 "2017-01-31T13:54:08Z")
My options were a little but limited given the time of the night. Most everything was closed. Although I like Subway, but again I don’t eat out often so anything I don’t make myself seems exotic. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-craving-a-sub/778633/26 "2017-01-31T14:30:30Z")
Italian BMT is my automatic order at Subway. I like it with spinach, cucumbers, onion, and black olives, with vinegar and oil. I often eat just half of a footlong and eat the other half later, and I’ve found spinach and cucumber to hold up much better than iceberg lettuce and tomato in the fridge over time; lettuce and tomato on a sandwich just turn into mush after just a couple of hours in the fridge. And is it just me or is there something _not quite right_ about the cheese Subway uses? It generally tastes of nothing, no matter what kind you get, and it always seems to break down within the sandwich, not like melting but more like just disintegrating into the other fillings. Really weird. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-craving-a-sub/778633/27 "2017-01-31T14:42:16Z")
Don’t forget that the BMT is on special as the sub of the day every Thursday. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-craving-a-sub/778633/28 "2017-01-31T14:47:57Z")
I usually just get the tuna sub at Subway. Two reasons: [ul] [li]I don’t like vegetables with my turkey or roast beef. Slap it on a roll with some mayo or Russian. Anything else only detracts from it.[/li][li]The “fresh” meats at Subway usually are awful. Roast beef is gray, and turkey is slimy. Ham is out of the question. Other mixed meats are appalling.[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-craving-a-sub/778633/29 "2017-01-31T14:51:56Z")
> [@BeepKillBeep](#): > > I enjoy cooking so I tend to cook most nights. Since I don’t eat out very often a sub from Subway can be quite an ‘exotic’ treat. 🙂 I certainly didn’t mean to denigrate your choice of subs. I suppose it’s a regional thing, as in the NYC area, most random sub shops are better than Subway. So I just expected to hear about a great sandwich that I’d not heard of before. I certainly wasn’t thinking about it the same way as **Der Trihs** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-craving-a-sub/778633/30 "2017-01-31T14:58:13Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > [ul][li]The “fresh” meats at Subway usually are awful. Roast beef is gray, and turkey is slimy. Ham is out of the question. Other mixed meats are appalling.[/li][/ul] But you trust them completely with fish and mayonnaise? 😃 . ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-craving-a-sub/778633/31 "2017-01-31T15:22:33Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > I’m ambivalent on Subway. For sub chains, Jersey Mike’s is the way to go. Mr. Goodcents is a close second. > > … Seconded. It’s far superior to any other. But, you can buy a little jar of [Beano’s sub dressing](http://www.vitacost.com/beanos-original-submarine-dressing-8-fl-oz?csrc=GPF-PA-Food%20%26%20Beverages-097342000041&ci_gpa=pla_with_promotion&ci_kw=&ci_src=17588969&ci_sku=097342000041&csrc=GPF-PA&mtp=scoIW7jKc-dc%7Cpcrid%7C97670541013%7Cproduct%7C097342000041&gclid=Cj0KEQiAiMHEBRC034nx2ImB1J0BEiQA-r7ctlVJc_AbCEqRxUJNJgBIp5q6Nbl3I2pwRBeNq73ZP28aAuWi8P8HAQ) and a little shaved lettuce and make a sub way better than the also-rans. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-craving-a-sub/778633/32 "2017-01-31T15:56:38Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I had a genuine shrimp po’boy yesterday. Does that count? Hand-breaded shrimp on a New Orleans roll, with tomato, pickles, etc. Added some splashes of Louisiana hot sauce and ah-HEEEE! Accompanied by red beans and rice on the side, made with real tasso and andouille. If this food cart ever leaves our neighborhood, I’ll just shoot myself. I hate you. 🙂 Now I’m hungry. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-craving-a-sub/778633/33 "2017-01-31T15:59:59Z")
> [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > I certainly didn’t mean to denigrate your choice of subs. I suppose it’s a regional thing, as in the NYC area, most random sub shops are better than Subway. So I just expected to hear about a great sandwich that I’d not heard of before. I certainly wasn’t thinking about it the same way as **Der Trihs** 😃 I remember great sub shops when I lived in Niagara Falls. In South Texas, not so much. 'Course we do have great Mexican food on every corner. Life is trade-offs, eh? I still remember a sub I used to get that I’ve tried to replicate at home with no success. It was an omelet, with cucumbers, and oil & vinegar dressing. I think that’s all that was on it…maybe a smidgen of cheese. Soft white roll. The omelet was warm and a little bit creamy in the center, and paired with the crisp, cold cucumbers… \ ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-craving-a-sub/778633/34 "2017-01-31T16:17:26Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I remember great sub shops when I lived in Niagara Falls. In South Texas, not so much. 'Course we do have great Mexican food on every corner. Life is trade-offs, eh?.. Very true. I lived in Houston for a couple of years and the only sub that was half-decent was the Blimpie’s. And the pizza was atrocious. I remember that I would look out for new “New York style” pizza establishments and try them out. One of these was started by a family that moved down from Brooklyn and had owned numerous successful pizza spots in NY. But they just couldn’t get the pizza right in Houston. They blamed the water and the humidity. But the Mexican food was tremendous. I had an internship in Angleton and I would eat authentic Mexican almost every day. After I came back to the NYC area, I avoided Mexican or Tex-Mex like the plague. It just didn’t compare. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-craving-a-sub/778633/35 "2017-01-31T16:20:30Z")
> [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > I certainly didn’t mean to denigrate your choice of subs. I suppose it’s a regional thing, as in the NYC area, most random sub shops are better than Subway. So I just expected to hear about a great sandwich that I’d not heard of before. I certainly wasn’t thinking about it the same way as **Der Trihs** 😃 No worries. I didn’t take it that way. I just felt like I should explain my eccentricity. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-craving-a-sub/778633/36 "2017-01-31T16:44:37Z")
Publix subs are so much better than Subway. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-craving-a-sub/778633/37 "2017-01-31T16:57:41Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > I hate you. 🙂 Now I’m hungry. Then my work here is done. They also sell catfish and chicken po’boys, muffalettas, gumbo, jambalaya and beignets. It’s an absolute gem in a sea of bad food. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-craving-a-sub/778633/38 "2017-01-31T17:41:32Z")
Anybody craving a dom? ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-craving-a-sub/778633/39 "2017-01-31T17:52:01Z")
> [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](#): > > And yet I’ve known more people who’ve said they don’t like Subway than any other fast food chain I can think of. Makes no sense to me. It’s also the fast food chain with the most locations in the world, beating out McDonald’s and Starbucks. That’s why nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-craving-a-sub/778633/40 "2017-01-31T20:40:00Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > I’m ambivalent on Subway. For sub chains, Jersey Mike’s is the way to go. Mr. Goodcents is a close second. > [@Morgenstern](#): > > Seconded. It’s far superior to any other. Capriotti’s uber alles. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-craving-a-sub/778633.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-craving-a-sub/778633.md?page=3)