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An underwhelming National Sandwich Day

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As planned, I headed to Subway on Sparks Street for National Sandwich Day. I expected a busy restaurant, but if there was a lot of customers, it didn’t feel like a special day. Indeed, there was no real signage or advertising for National Sandwich Day at this Sparks Street outlet. Where is the pride? Now, many had seen the TV ad, or read about it online. But many in lines weren’t aware. Subway is the world’s largest submarine sandwich franchise, with more than 42,000 restaurants in over 100 countries and more than 3,000 restaurants in Canada. Yet, they can’t promote their own Holiday! That said, the Sandwich Artist at the order counter was pointing out the promotion to some puzzled customers. Buy a sandwich, get another one free! (Or, buy a footlong for the price of a 6 inch. Not as good of a deal.) I took their currently featured sandwich,…

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Dinosaur, I’m baaaaaaack!

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I know, I was just there, but we had to stop somewhere for lunch on the way back from Buffalo, didn’t we? So we did!  Dinosaur Bar-B-Que welcomed us for lunch. It being Monday, the place was not as busy as it had been on Saturday. But it was still very busy. We sat down in a corner, a little tired from the week-end, a little anxious to get home. We looked at the menu quickly.  Ribs were ordered, Fried Green Tomatoes too. I went for the BBQ Prime Rib Smothered Sandwich. Then Patrick ordered the Bacon Cheeseburger. That’s when it began: “How would you like your burger?” our server asked. “What?” replied Patrick. “How would you like it cooked?” “What?” “How would you like your burger cooked?” “Cooked?” That when I intervened: “Yes, cooked.  Rare, medium-rare, you know? Cooked.” Patrick still looked confused, but ordered medium-rare.  His confusion is…

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