# You just ordered a club sandwich. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 17, 2006, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-ordered-a-club-sandwich/364843 "2006-07-17T13:13:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-ordered-a-club-sandwich/364843/41 "2006-07-18T03:30:30Z")
But again, by ordering a TUNA club you’ve forfeited all rights to any expectations. That’s just. . . wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-ordered-a-club-sandwich/364843/42 "2006-07-18T04:19:36Z")
[The Free Dictionary](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/club+sandwich) says nothing about bacon; just “various meats”, two or three slices of bread, tomato, lettuce and dressing. Although the thesauras on the same page specifically says three slices of bread. [Merriam Webster](http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/club+sandwich) says three slices of bread, with two layers of meat, lettuce, tomato and Mayo. No bacon listed. [All Words dot com](http://www.allwords.com/word-club%20sandwich.html) says three slices of bread with two fillings. [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_sandwich) says frequently three slices of bread, and traditionally with bacon, but not always. I’m going to have to say that bacon is not required to be a true club sandwich. However, I’m also going to say that before I eat it, I want bacon on there! mmmm open face club sandwich ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-ordered-a-club-sandwich/364843/43 "2006-07-18T11:48:04Z")
[QUOTE=PunditLisa] So, Trunk, did the waitress throw on some bacon or was she content to just argue with you about it all night? [/QUOTE] She brought me a plate with three slices of bacon and didn’t charge me extra. The thing is, I’ve ordered this same sandwich a million times. The bar actually has a whole “club sandwich” section. They have a “Hopkins Club” a “Loyola Club” a “UMBC Club” etc. Local college names, dig? And, I’ve had a few of them and they always have bacon. One of them, for instance, is a fried-fish filet club sandwich. There’s a roast beef club. A turkey club, obviously. Maybe a chicken breast club. Like I said in the OP, I DIDN’T declare, “it’s a club sandwich, of course it has bacon”. I did tell her, “this particular sandwich always has bacon”. So, I’m guessing that it’s a function of whoever was cooking in the back. I guess I made it 34 years without ever having to ask, “does the club sandwich come with bacon” but from now on. . . ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-ordered-a-club-sandwich/364843/44 "2006-07-18T13:22:09Z")
[QUOTE=Trunk] I guess I made it 34 years without ever having to ask, “does the club sandwich come with bacon” but from now on. . . [/QUOTE] It’s always hard to participate in the crumbling of our society. It’s like having to ask a resturant that’s having a Friday all you can eat perch fry if they have malt vinegar first, because more and more of them don’t. Buncha savages in this town… ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-ordered-a-club-sandwich/364843/45 "2006-07-18T16:49:06Z")
A turkey club better have bacon, and a chef’s salad without meat is just a house salad. If the menu just calls it a “club sandwich” then the menu had better specify exactly what is in the sandwich, _including_ whether they think mayonnaise is assumed or automatic (I hate mayo, so this assumption riles me). The only thing you can assume with a club is that it may come with 3 slices of bread - nobody ordering a sandwich is going to complain if there’s extra bread. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-ordered-a-club-sandwich/364843/46 "2006-07-18T23:22:22Z")
I recently found out that if it ain’t got no bacon, it ain’t no club. hh ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-ordered-a-club-sandwich/364843/47 "2006-07-19T16:11:27Z")
If you order a club sub at Subway you get roast beef, ham and turkey, no bacon. You can order bacon extra but 😕 . Actually it’s quite good but it’s not a club sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-ordered-a-club-sandwich/364843/48 "2006-07-20T15:51:14Z")
All this talk of turkey and bacon made me crave a club sandwich from the deli next door. Turns out the \*\*don’t even have \*\* bacon! Their menu lists a “Zesty Clubhouse”: _Ham and turkey, Swiss and cheddar on white toast or wild rice bread with lettuce, tomato, mayo and tangy stoneground mustard._ Granted it’s a small menu at a deli that claims to be “Naturally Good”, but absolutely nothing has bacon in it, on it, or with it. I mourn. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-ordered-a-club-sandwich/364843.md?page=2)