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| Post by The Grumpy One |
Potbelly Sandwich Shop
(Restaurant Chain) 7049 Arundel Mills Blvd #103
Hanover, MD
So I decided to start blogging again, mostly because 1. I have a lot of time on my hands because I am moving/on vacation. 2. Because I am moving I have a lot of new places that I am trying out. Now even though I am moving from Hawaii, not a foreign third world country, there are still a lot of new chain restaurants that started in the last three years that we didn't have there (they don't even have a Olive Garden in Hawaii.)
So I start off with a new one to me... Potbelly Sandwich Shop.
So from the sign, and something I thought I heard from someone, I thought this was a BBQ Restaurant. That's why we were going to skip it and go to Chipotle (which we have also never been too) but it was so loud in there that the second we walked in, the boys started covering their ears, so we walked out and were happily surprised to find out that Potbelly was a sandwich place, since we just needed a quick light lunch before we hit the Aquarium.
As I walked in, I knew it was one of those "Classy Joints" from this picture on the wall. You know it is one of those ice breaking questions that make you think, would you vote for Curly, would it be better or worse with him in office, would his campaign slogan be "NYUCK NYUCK NYUCK, WOOOOHOOOOHOOOHOOO" and what does that really mean?
Anyway, so we get to the menu, and usually each sandwich chain has their own cute little names to go with the theme, you know like Firehouse subs has the red engine. This place has exotic names like...The Hammie, Meatball, and Pizza Sandwich...O.K., so they have to work on the names, but they still get cool points because next to the register is a big jar of pickles.
So I decided to get the only one that was named after something besides the ingredients that make it, and I ordered "A Wreck" its salami, roast beef, turkey, ham, and swiss cheese.
One thing that I will give to the staff...boy were they efficient, and they weren't rude, they were just such a well-oiled machine, I was a little scared of what was happing, they were like creepy twins that didn't even have to talk, they just telepathically told them stuff as they passed the sandwich to the next station.
We paid at the front like any sandwich shop and then found a seat to enjoy my Wreck.
All I can say is...WOW!!! Obviously they took the time to make creative names for the sandwiches, and used that time instead on learning "Dark Magic" that makes a normal sandwich taste like a magical food prom in which you are both the homecoming king...and queen.
My wife enjoyed her sandwich, the boys liked my wife's sandwich, all was going well...until I realized... No one was eating the sandwich we got for the boys...the Pizza Sandwich.
There is no way that everything could be so awesome except for their sandwich...I mean even the sour cream and creole onion chips were good...so I decided to take one for the team and try the sandwich my toddlers rejected....WOW!!! but not the good kind. It was horrible, like really horrible, like the Dark Magic was made to make you the homecoming king and queen...but in the bad way (and if you think long enough, that does make sense.)
Now this is the weird part and why I know that magic is involved...I have no idea why I hated it. My wife even asked me as I ate it what was bad about it, no idea...just that gut feeling that something was wrong.
So overall, great food (except the pizza sub)...I would tell you how the "Dream Bar" cookie was, except the wife wouldn't share so that is probably a good sign. Great service at the one I went to. Good prices. And 1 dollar pickles from a jar. Definitely somewhere I will try again.
Anyway, so we get to the menu, and usually each sandwich chain has their own cute little names to go with the theme, you know like Firehouse subs has the red engine. This place has exotic names like...The Hammie, Meatball, and Pizza Sandwich...O.K., so they have to work on the names, but they still get cool points because next to the register is a big jar of pickles.So I decided to get the only one that was named after something besides the ingredients that make it, and I ordered "A Wreck" its salami, roast beef, turkey, ham, and swiss cheese.
One thing that I will give to the staff...boy were they efficient, and they weren't rude, they were just such a well-oiled machine, I was a little scared of what was happing, they were like creepy twins that didn't even have to talk, they just telepathically told them stuff as they passed the sandwich to the next station.
We paid at the front like any sandwich shop and then found a seat to enjoy my Wreck.All I can say is...WOW!!! Obviously they took the time to make creative names for the sandwiches, and used that time instead on learning "Dark Magic" that makes a normal sandwich taste like a magical food prom in which you are both the homecoming king...and queen.
My wife enjoyed her sandwich, the boys liked my wife's sandwich, all was going well...until I realized... No one was eating the sandwich we got for the boys...the Pizza Sandwich.There is no way that everything could be so awesome except for their sandwich...I mean even the sour cream and creole onion chips were good...so I decided to take one for the team and try the sandwich my toddlers rejected....WOW!!! but not the good kind. It was horrible, like really horrible, like the Dark Magic was made to make you the homecoming king and queen...but in the bad way (and if you think long enough, that does make sense.)
Now this is the weird part and why I know that magic is involved...I have no idea why I hated it. My wife even asked me as I ate it what was bad about it, no idea...just that gut feeling that something was wrong.
So overall, great food (except the pizza sub)...I would tell you how the "Dream Bar" cookie was, except the wife wouldn't share so that is probably a good sign. Great service at the one I went to. Good prices. And 1 dollar pickles from a jar. Definitely somewhere I will try again.
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