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No other American sandwich goes by as many names as the sub (all over
the USA), hoagie (Pennsylvania), grinder (northeast), po’boys (New
Orleans), heros (New York) to name a few. Most have in common many
varieties of long individual breads filled with meats and/or vegetables
though some people will state as fact that some are only served as cold
will others are served as hot and there are more definitions than pizza.
It’s been many years since I had a sub from Little Italy in New York,
or a po’boy in New Orleans, but since I have been living in Fort
Lauderdale, the city of franchises, I use the Subway stores, especially
the one in the Gateway shops of Sunrise Boulevard, as the standard to
judge the various sub, hoagie, grinder, hero, etc. stores now available
in the area.
A couple of days ago I got a mailing with coupons for a new franchise
called PrimoHoagies. It’s been awhile since I had been to a ‘new’
restaurant so we figured we would give them a try after the movie. Bad
decision as it seems they were giving a free hoagie away to anyone who
signed up on their web page and they wouldn’t honor the coupons. (See
further down.)
They have 30 different hoagies in 3 different sizes which can make
for confusion and long lines, when they are free and though the lines
weren’t long there was confusion. Also, unlike Subways none of their
hoagie making items were readily visible. Along with everything else you
had to fill out the application for their web page.
In any case I
ordered the Italian Hoagie consisting of proscuitto, provolone cheese,
capicola, salami, lettuce, tomato and onions served on a sesame
roll--there was no choice of breads or condiments. The sandwich came
tightly wrapped and packed to go though we were eating it there on one
of their 5 small indoor tables. They did have some outside tables but we
don’t sit outside in August in Fort Lauderdale! Even with the mixture
of meats and vegetables it was a dry, tasteless sandwich.
Allen ordered ,and paid $8.59 for since he won’t subscribe to a web
page, a old fashioned meatball hoagie. Somehow or another they ‘lost’
his and/or gave it to someone else by mistake. Considering he had to
wait 30 minutes more, paying for a sandwich, than I did who got it free,
the manager should have picked up his check.
In any case his sandwich consisting of grated Parmesan and Romano
cheeses on meatballs and a very light amount of sauce, if any, was dry
and tasteless.
Maybe because it was opening day or mismanagement the food wasn’t up
to par so I’ll be heading back to Subways next time or, even better, for
a full service restaurant with homemade subs it will be to Big Louie’s.
By the way--maybe a sign--the adddress is 666 and the air conditioning wasn't working!
