MMMMmmm.....Toasty

Quizno's is basically a glorified Subway.

10 years ago a toasted sub was revolutionary. Now it's just expected.

When Quizno's first hit the market, people stood back in shock and awe...."They can toast my sub? How!? Who knew it was physically possible?!" Then Jared realized he liked his sub toasted too so Subway copied them. So what does Quizno's have to offer that's different than everybody else?

Nothing. But we did get to watch the employees fight over the toaster.

We enter Quizno's and our first thought - this menu makes no sense. It's spread out all over the back of the wall and it's very difficult to follow. We decide what we want (I always get the Italian everywhere) and we start talking to Juan behind the glass.

Here is my next problem. The glass was created so I could see what's happening. I control the destiny of my sub. Quizno's however didn't like this idea much and they have covered up the splash guard glass with stickers so now I have to poke my head up over the glass to see the magic happen.

I made a bold move and got black olives on my sub. But, I didn't know that Juan was going to give me 534 black olives and then - one piece of cheese. One piece of cheese? What's the best part of the sub? The cheese. Luckily I was poking my head over the splash glass and I caught him and quickly said. More cheese.

Quizno's has this awkwardly large giant oven toaster in between the where your sub is made. I have no idea why they put it up front like that. The fight broke out when Juan walked to the back and stopped paying attention to our subs in the toasty toaster. The cashier noticed that our subs were started to burn and then the action started happening.

Cashier boy yelled at Juan in the back "Look what you did Juan! You just burned their subs." We then heard mumbling from Juan in the back. Cashier boy continues, "What?! You didn't know they were burning? You couldn't have stood here and watched them? You jammed two in at the same time, don't you know what you're doing!"

Although I could have watched the verbal and emotional abuse of Juan all day, I wanted to get my food and get out of this violent sub haven. I said, "Dude. It's no big deal, plus they are suppose to be MMMMM.....TOASTY." Cashier boy replied, "They are suppose to be MMM...Toasty, not MMMM...I just ate burnt bread."

Luckily for us, cashier boy was over exaggerating a bit and the bread was not too burnt. Finally we got out of their for about $10 for two small subs. We got home, I bit into 534 black olives and then decided to pick them off. The taste of the sub was fine. It wasn't amazing, it wasn't horrible it was just ok. It definitely didn't look anything like the Italian sub picture I found on the Quizno's website (see above).

I don't really think that Quizno's brings anything different to the table than Subway or Firehouse. They have become the step child to a once genius toasting idea. They only offer a couple of different bread options, their menu is confusing, it takes a long time and you have the option of getting burnt bread when a deadbeat employee stops paying attention.

Quizno's has made one smart move, they are not offering soups and salads. I won't be going back to try any, but it was still a decent idea. Firehouse and Publix are way ahead in overall taste, price and portion size. The best part about Quizno's is saying - MMMMMMmmmmm....Toasty.