# What do they call a footlong in France? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [August 23, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-they-call-a-footlong-in-france/1022421 "2025-08-23T23:21:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-they-call-a-footlong-in-france/1022421/41 "2025-08-26T00:59:50Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > How do the prices and the service compare? There are places around here that make absolutely amazing sandwiches, but they cost three times as much as Subway and you’ll wait for 45 minutes if it’s a busy time. > > Personally, a footlong hasn’t been a meal for me since I was in high school, but when I get Subway, I’m usually with someone else, and we split it. Or if I’m alone, I’ll eat half for lunch and then half for supper. This is New Jersey. There is a good deli every 10 feet. Never much of a wait. But I’m in a less busy part of the state. It may change when I move. As for price I don’t pay that close attention. It’s certainly not shockingly more. You do get a hell of a lot more product. Growing up this was my favorite place. This is where we would go the day before a school trip to get lunch for the next day. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uxFPpuQctok/maxresdefault.jpg "Obama's Tastee Sub Shop Visit") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxFPpuQctok) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2025, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-they-call-a-footlong-in-france/1022421/42 "2025-08-26T01:00:49Z")
I never thought ordering half a sandwich was economical. So I’m cheap. Now you know. 1/2 always goes home. But I always have a cool bag with me. We don’t all live in Jersey or some large urban area with sub shops, delis and bodegas or every other corner. If you’re aware what you’re ordering you shouldn’t be shocked. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-they-call-a-footlong-in-france/1022421/43 "2025-08-26T01:16:56Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I will grab a Subway sub every now and then when it’s convenient. The school I taught at was next door to a Subway. I’d get a footlong, load it up with so many veggies that it was healthy, and ask the “sandwich artiste” to cut it in thirds… Voilà: lunch, on-the-way-home snack, and dinner! But if I were anywhere near a good deli, or France, I’d go with the local fare. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2025, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-they-call-a-footlong-in-france/1022421/44 "2025-08-26T01:26:06Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > And unlike Subway, there isn’t a mass of lettuce – it’s mostly meat, cheese, and sometimes tomato. You know you can get whatever toppings you want on a Subway sandwich, right? If you think they add too much lettuce, you can tell them to skip the lettuce. > [@pulykamell](#): > > I don’t think the tuna salad is made of anything but tuna. Well, it’s tuna salad, so it’s also made of mayonnaise and maybe celery. And I think that the proportion of tuna to the other ingredients might be lower than one might typically expect. But the tuna is still real tuna. It’s hard to imagine what they might replace it with that’d be cheaper. > [@Loach](#): > > As for price I don’t pay that close attention. It’s certainly not shockingly more. You do get a hell of a lot more product. True; a corned beef sandwich from Joe’s Deli is enough for at least three big meals. Three big, very delicious meals. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2025, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-they-call-a-footlong-in-france/1022421/45 "2025-08-26T11:08:03Z")
> [@digs](#): > > But if I were anywhere near a good deli, or France, I’d go with the local fare. As a person who chooses restaurants more-or-less at random when on vacation (we have to eat seconds after my wife decides she’s hungry), I can attest that there are many mediocre local restaurants in France. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-they-call-a-footlong-in-france/1022421.md?page=2)