Joey Donato writes:
Hey this probably isn’t a big news story. But a new Subway and their $5 footlongs opened up at 42nd and Stone Way just yesterday. I live right next to it, so it’s a big deal to me.
Never was much of a fan of Subway, myself: too much fluffy air bread, too little food. To the extent that I ate fast food sandwiches, I thought Quizno’s did a decent job. But that’s just me.
(Sign in photo is from the Internet, not Wallingford, sorry)
Wish it were a more tasty eatery.
I drove down Stone today but didn’t see it…is there a sign? Which side of the street?
It’s pretty standard for Subway. Weirdly, the guy behind the counter is very rude. I wouldn’t expect this for a new restaurant. I’ve been in twice and gotten him both times and made us feel like it was an inconvenience that we were there, and just kind of slopped everything on (moreso than normally at Subway lol). Another guy in there who was mopping was super nice on the other hand! Strange.
I encourage Wallyhooders to choose local restaurants and coffee shops that serve healthier, “real” food. (How about a sandwich from Eltana — just a few blocks further down Stone Way?) Or at least consider the ingredients used by Subway. Since their bread currently has azodicarbonamide, I wonder what else is in their food?
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-02-06/subway-removing-rubber-chemical-from-bread
I’m also disappointed and surprised by the return of Subway to our neighborhood. Seems especially odd at the bottom of a fancy apartment building. I suppose the rents are so high though, the average local business can’t afford it. Much like what’s happening to many people in our neighborhood….
I believe it’s more than just the rental rates. The people who manage these properties, like the people who own them and the people who design them, are no more local than Subway, and it’s more natural for them to deal with the corporate world. I talked to someone in one of the newer buildings at 45th & Stone, he had to essentially pretend to be part of a chain in order to be an acceptable tenant. It’s great that Eltana managed to score a good spot there in the “Prescott” – but for another perspective on the future of Stone, see what else the Prescott has going on. Those weird little spaces, down stairs below grade, where there may or may not be any sign that you’d be welcome to climb down and find out what they’re up to? “Live work”, brought to us by our city council non-representatives and DPD to relieve the developers of the need to provide genuine retail type street front space. Look at newer development in Fremont for an idea what kind of street front business you can expect, and expect worse, as the game is tilted more towards the developers’ fast buck every year.
I honestly like Subway – when I’m way out in the weeds somewhere and I need food, a veggie foot-long with everything might be the best I can get by a long shot, and that’s how I see that Subway on Stone – like many things on Stone, it isn’t so much for us who live there. But the thing with bread additives is grim – I’ve already had a hunch that miracle bread chemistry, including enzymes that aren’t required to be reported at all, might be triggering some of the gluten issues, and for me, I’d like to avoid any bread-like substance that can survive for more than a couple days without going stale or moldy like real bread would.
You are very eloquent Donn! Thanks for the thoughtful and thought-provoking reply. Agreed that Fremont and Wallingford and getting ‘commercialized.’ (I still cringe every time I see that Chase bank of the corner in Fremont — argh!)