OT - The Death of Quiznos - OT

Botch

When I moved here 24 years ago (!!) I stumbled into a sub shop called Quizno's, ordered their toasted Italian sub, and it became my favorite sammich.  Every time I was in Salt Lake City, I made sure to eat there.  Soon, they opened a couple more places locally, and I was happy.  
More recently, they've mostly gone out of business.  I couldn't figure that out, the sammiches were SO much better than, say, Subway.  Just this morning this video appeared on EweTube, and it filled out the story; a combination of corporate greed and some really bad advertising (I remember those "sponge thingies", hadn't seen the others, ick!)  
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGVWinAEGoo
 
We now have locally a couple "Firehouse Subs", and "Jersey Mike's", which are both much better than Subway, but they still don't match the Quizno's toasted Italian Sub.  Bother.  

stlcharcoal

Capriotti's is where its at......cant wait until I'm in vegas in a few weeks for a Capastrami!  They have a few locations in the midwest, but none within 4-5 hours of STL.

Gulfcoastguy

I guess kept and gluten free did them in.

Battleborn

stlcharcoal said:

Capriotti's is where its at......cant wait until I'm in vegas in a few weeks for a Capastrami!  They have a few locations in the midwest, but none within 4-5 hours of STL.

Capriotti's is the best! The Bobby is my go to.  Enjoy your time in town @stlcharcoal

The Cen-Tex Smoker

That ended a lot darker than I expected. Yikes.

Yno

About the only thing I liked there was the horseradish sauce. Put enough on and you couldn't taste the lousy sandwich. I only went there a couple times when a group of coworkers went out for lunch and I couldn't persuade them to go someplace decent.

Lvnthedrm

Love a good italian sub. Tried quiznos once. I just prefer mine fresh...not toasted. Am a big fan of Jersey Mikes and if your ever near baltimore check out John's deli. Their italian sub is crazy good.

YEMTrey

Was never a big fan of quizno's. Barely a step above Chubway IMO.

Jersey Mike's is where it's at.  Fresh and delicious!!

littlerascal56

We had 2 Quiznos here (1 by college, 1 by interstate).  Both made the best sandwiches I ever had!  College kids preferred cheap tacos, so that Quizno closed 8 years ago. We got a Jimmy Johns and 2 Subways, so last Quizno closed. Sad you can’t get a decent sub here now. The nearest Quizno is now 100 miles west of me.

nlovold

I love DiBellas and Jersey Mikes.  There is a Capriottis here in Indy right by my office that I’ve tried a couple times but I didn’t like as much. 

stlcharcoal

nlovold said:

I love DiBellas and Jersey Mikes.  There is a Capriottis here in Indy right by my office that I’ve tried a couple times but I didn’t like as much. 

I always stop there when I'm passing through Indy.  I've talked several times to the brothers that own that place.  My other place in Indy to go to is Papa Roux.

Battleborn said:

stlcharcoal said:

Capriotti's is where its at......cant wait until I'm in vegas in a few weeks for a Capastrami!  They have a few locations in the midwest, but none within 4-5 hours of STL.

Capriotti's is the best! The Bobby is my go to.  Enjoy your time in town @stlcharcoal

The Italian and Philly is good too......can't think of any of them I don't like.  I'll just be in town about 36 hrs for SHOT Show.  Not sure where else we will eat yet--so many choices.

sumoconnell

Most sub shops are having a hard time, in Austin the nasty sholtzky's are finally closing.  I actually like Jersey Mike's and not had much Quiznos.  I prefer local for subs.. in Austin we have Tucci's Southside, and I thought I'd hear Amato's from @fishlessman

Skiddymarker

We had a Quiznos, it was always busy, yet for some reason went out of business, maybe I now know why, thanks for posting. Tim Horton’s tried the same heavy handed corporate crap and the franchisees revolted, seeking public, the customer, help. 
Locally we have a couple of private donair shops which have branched into subs. We support the local guys. 

Our local Safeway has a deli counter. They used to make sandwiches which cost less than the deli meat they put on the sandwich. once Sobey’s bought Safeway, that ended. Sobey’s greed is probably why we discovered the local donair/sub shop. 

Botch

Hmm, there are a couple Capriotti's in SLC, may have to visit one soon.  

JohnEggGio

Lvnthedrm said:

Love a good italian sub. Tried quiznos once. I just prefer mine fresh...not toasted. Am a big fan of Jersey Mikes and if your ever near baltimore check out John's deli. Their italian sub is crazy good.

Only a few miles from my office - will make a point of trying their Italian sub.

RockyTopDW

It was like eating a crouton sandwich.  Terrible

Jstroke

Gotta admit, local places here are good and in the older neighborhoods still pretty active. The quality is almost always better. Not the cheapest, but you get what you pay for. Suizies Subs/Pizza is a typical walk-in. No tables. But they do a 16” Italian that is unreal. Not the safest neighborhood after dark. But for lunch it is the go-to.

Dobie

Publix Boars Head double meat, done.

deadlyfrog

Subway will soon be following Quiznos, at least in my area. Jersey Mikes kicks butt with some delicious hoagies. Always fresh and have Swiss cheese as Subway still does not!

cookingdude555

Botch said:

Hmm, there are a couple Capriotti's in SLC, may have to visit one soon.  

I live near the one here in west valley. It’s good. 

Hub

Dobie said:

Publix Boars Head double meat, done.

Every Publix sub I have ever gotten came on hard bread.  I've yet to be able to get one of their subs on soft bread.  Same in your area or no?

Dobie

Hub said:

Dobie said:

Publix Boars Head double meat, done.

Every Publix sub I have ever gotten came on hard bread.  I've yet to be able to get one of their subs on soft bread.  Same in your area or no?

It has a crust to it but not hard

DoubleEgger

Hub said:

Dobie said:

Publix Boars Head double meat, done.

Every Publix sub I have ever gotten came on hard bread.  I've yet to be able to get one of their subs on soft bread.  Same in your area or no?

Get the wheat bread 

Lit

Publix chicken tender sub is hard to beat 

StillH2OEgger

Not sure if it's a chain found outside of Vegas, but we've also liked "Earl of Sandwich" when we visit.

Yno

There is a California chain called Togo's that started in San Jose in the 70's. It has always been my favorite place for subs. I went to Jersey Mike's once and spent too much time on the toilet afterwards. Never been back.

thetrim

JJs is great!

Toasting an Italian sub should be a capital offense.  

Gulfcoastguy

Locally the best is Poboy Express. My favorite is their Steak Bomb with grilled steak and fried shrimp. But their shrimp, crab cake, pepper steak are great also.

Dobie

Here is the local favorite 

Gulfcoastguy

A poboy with crab cakes, Mayo, lettuce, and cheese is known locally as a Vancleve Special.

DoubleEgger

Dobie said:

Here is the local favorite 

Soon it will be fish and chips