I don’t usually eat at Subway because I’ve always found them to be somewhat … lacking. But I stopped into this one on a whim, and was reasonably surprised. For starters, they’ve updated the look of the store. I’ve posted two pictures of their wall art. It’s the same photos on both walls, but in very different frames. On one side they are large, frameless, turn-of-the-century-style images in bold colors. The other side has small versions of the photos in large frames with comically oversized mattes — a more modern style. But this isn’t an art museum, as I was quickly reminded by the tables beneath the art, which still had old food wrappers and mess on them. The store was understaffed for the size of the line, with only two visible employees. One was working very quickly and efficiently, and I liked that she washed her hands and put on fresh gloves after every time she stopped to ring up a customer. The other employee was much slower. I ordered the new Chipotle Chicken Melt With Guacamole after being captivated by its photo on the menu board. Overall, I thought the sandwich was good — the only exception was the chicken. Despite toasting the sandwich, the chicken was quite cold. Was it frozen when he put it in the toaster? There was nothing even warm about the toasted sandwich. The chicken is also devoid of any texture or flavor. It’s as generic as fast food chicken can possibly be. It’s worth noting that the guacamole was quite good, although the employee described it as «spicy» and I don’t think I would use that term. Overall, the highlights of the trip were the speed and attention to detail of one of the employees, plus the interesting juxtaposition of the wall art. The downsides were primarily limited to the dirty state of the store, the cold«toasted» sandwich, and the low quality of the chicken.
