Jimmy John's: First Experience

#5 Vito
The original Italian sub with genoa salami, provolone, capicola, onion, lettuce, tomato, & a real tasty Italian vinigrette

Seating: The coolest thing about this restaurant was the elevated platforms for the tables. They make me feel a little more private than all the open space normally would. Elevation is also pretty rare in any building, and I personally love it.

Decor: The wall decor was well chosen and either funny or inspiring. One was the poem If by Rudyard Kipling, another was encouragement to be a good father. However hot your date is, you'd be missing out if you went to JJ without looking at the walls, which have something for everyone. The patterning across the walls were the main source of color, a strong firetruck red.

Atmosphere: Staff were enthusiastic and looked like they were having fun, not working a minimum wage job. Lovely people who truly did make the subs freakily fast (finished and handed to me at the soda fountain about 30 seconds after I ordered). Had good sunlight and impeccable cleaning.

Actual Food: Eh. I like Italian flavored subs at Subway, so I gave this one a shot. The problem was too much sour vinigrette. It soaked into the bread and overrode the meat and generally kicked the flavor of everything else fantastic in this sub. I got occasional tastes of onion, but the mouthfeel for the most part was just sour lettuce for 8 inches. The salami had good taste but was minimal in quantity. My companion said that their clubs are larger and contained more meat. Guess I'll just have to try it.

Rating: The food ruined it. It was just really sub-par (ba-dum tsss). 6/10

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