From The Past: January 25, 2007
I ate something tonight that I promised myself long ago I would never eat: A Quiznos Sub
It was nothing against the restaurant itself; it was their commercials. I no longer see them on TV, so maybe other people found them unappetizing as well.
They used to show these characters called Spongmonkeys in their commercials. I thought they looked like dead, bug-eyed hamsters. They sang, danced, and in general, looked gross. So, when I thought of the subs, I thought about eating dead hamsters. I couldn’t help it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuPTZWhz46M
These days, they have delicious looking sub sandwiches on their commercials, so Kevin suggested we try them. Since I hadn’t seen a dead hamster for a while, it was safe for me to eat there.
It was actually a very good Italian sub and the restaurant was bright and clean. If I’m in the mood for a sub again in the future, I’ll go there.
*UPDATE* (2023) Quiznos didn’t last long at all in Winchester. In fact, I don’t think they have any locations in our area at all. I 100% blame those horrible commercials.
Those things are pretty gross looking! I guess I went to Quizno’s before I saw the commercials. I loved that place. They had this really good ‘red wine’ vinaigrette I’d ask for on the side. I always got Sun Chips too.
I saw an interesting video on YT about what happened to Quizno’s. From what I remember they expanded too quickly and didn’t train the franchise owners and managers very well… something like that.
O-M-G!!! Those commercials are terrifying. We had one that didn’t last long either!