Munchies of Sutton

I used to bemoan the lack of a decent place to get bacon and/​or sausage and/​or egg sandwiches in central Sutton. Then one day I realised that I’d been walking past this van for years and often used it very drunkenly on the way home from the Royal. It’s on a pretty permanent set-​up outside Boots and, judging by the name and green colour of the van, is part of the same chain/​franchise as the excellent Munchies of the Bullring van.
By day this van provides cheap and delicious sandwiches (on a choice of normal or crusty bread). By weekend night it props up Sutton’s revellers with cheap and delicious hotdogs and burgers (with a wide variety of sauces). So whether you’re drunk or suffering the kind of hangover which is best soothed by greasy food; this is the place to head to.

‘Street vendors’, you’ll see, is the category here, which, in truth amounts, in this case, to a trailer opposite Boots. But a chemist is the last thing you’ll need: This is a great set-​up punching above the weight of your tired burger van at the footy.
While here you can’t find the standard Sutton spud — as sold by two similar ventures which could be said to roughly flank Munchies’ spot — there is plenty here to set it apart for what it does have, not what it doesn’t.
While there are hot dogs and burgers, it’s the baguettes and sandwiches which give it a relative air of sophistication. Hot fillings, including your brekkie standards, are what really helps fill in any jacket ‘tater-​sized gaps in the menu. Meal deals — not to mention queues — show its popularity, while a salad box is another example of the seemingly successful bid to take on those larger-​sized establishments which can boast literal foundations instead of, er, wheels. For all that, it would be amiss of me to not point out that the next trailer along sells pizza slices — ooh, that’s living.