# What is your favorite Grinder? ('Sub' for those westerners out there) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 14, 2004, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-grinder-sub-for-those-westerners-out-there/255096 "2004-07-14T16:29:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2004, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-grinder-sub-for-those-westerners-out-there/255096/21 "2004-07-15T11:19:57Z")
> [@FaerieBeth](#): > > … and yes, if you don’t start eating YOUR pickle within the first few bites of sandwich, I will ask “you gonna eat that pickle?”. > > FB At which point I will snap at you, “Yes, I’m saving it for last!” Touch my pickle and you lose a finger. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2004, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-grinder-sub-for-those-westerners-out-there/255096/22 "2004-07-15T12:14:58Z")
> [@PigBoy](#): > > Allow me to be the first to post a link to the relevant Harvard Dialect Survey map: > [http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~golder/dialect/staticmaps/q\_64.html](http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~golder/dialect/staticmaps/q_64.html) > > It’s “sub” to pretty much everyone in the U.S. except a few of you East Coast wackos. > > I don’t have a favorite to contribute. Sorry. That’s a great map. “grinder” should extend up into Maine a little more. I notice that “italian sandwich” is in Maine. I’ve heard that, but it’s more just like “italian”. Like, “I want to have an italian for lunch.” Anyway, mine: meatball sub, and it’s not even close. I prefer numerous small meatballs to 2 or 3 large meatballs. Also, Baltimore is a terrible town for subs. I think it’s because they all get their rolls from H&S Bakery which isn’t a good sub roll. I could get a better sub in smalltown, Maine than I can get in Baltimore. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2004, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-grinder-sub-for-those-westerners-out-there/255096/23 "2004-07-15T12:37:25Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > Also, Baltimore is a terrible town for subs. I think it’s because they all get their rolls from H&S Bakery which isn’t a good sub roll. > > I could get a better sub in smalltown, Maine than I can get in Baltimore. It is not! You need to find a single-location mom & pop-type pizza and sub place, and they’ll have good subs. We go to Maria’s in Parkville, on Joppa Road. Great subs and pizza. There’s also a place called Season’s, at the corner of Old Harford and Joppa that’s very good. Safeway also has some good subs and sandwiches, made to order. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2004, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-grinder-sub-for-those-westerners-out-there/255096/24 "2004-07-15T12:57:07Z")
Well, those places are kind of “county” to me. They probably don’t use H&S as a supplier, though. If I’m out there, I’ll hit “Mastellones” or “Pastores” for bread & meat & cheese. There are some sandwich places in the city: you can get a great Rueben at Lenny’s. But in Hampden, for example, or Charles Village, even Fell’s and Fed Hill, all the subs are the same, and pretty low quality for being in a city. In CV, you might as well go to Eddie’s. Their sandwiches are all right. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2004, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-grinder-sub-for-those-westerners-out-there/255096/25 "2004-07-15T13:04:46Z")
I have never heard the word “Grinder” attached to a sub in my life. What a weird term. It should be illegal. Now, a couple of subs I like are shaved steak with green onions, BBQ sauce, and tomato; and a good ol’ ham and cheese with tomato, onion, and lettuce, slathered in mustard. And make 'em piping hot. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2004, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-grinder-sub-for-those-westerners-out-there/255096/26 "2004-07-15T13:20:11Z")
Where I grew up (Westchester/Putnam cty in NY) we called 'em “wedges”, I guess that’s one of Harvard’s “other” terms… Put me down for a Italian Combo wedge with hot peppers and dressing, from the local deli, thanks. FTR, I don’t think of a cheesesteak as a sub or a wedge or a hero, it’s a **cheesesteak** , completely different. ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2004, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-grinder-sub-for-those-westerners-out-there/255096/27 "2004-07-15T13:37:32Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > Also, Baltimore is a terrible town for subs. I think it’s because they all get their rolls from H&S Bakery which isn’t a good sub roll. > > I could get a better sub in smalltown, Maine than I can get in Baltimore. Then you’re going to the wrong places. There are good sub shops all over Baltimore. ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2004, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-grinder-sub-for-those-westerners-out-there/255096/28 "2004-07-15T14:59:14Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > At which point I will snap at you, “Yes, I’m saving it for last!” > Touch my pickle and you lose a finger. > > 😉 Makes a note: People who try to take **BiblioCat** ’s pickles draw back bloody stumps. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-grinder-sub-for-those-westerners-out-there/255096.md?page=1)