Quiznos Subs may file Chapter 11

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Fred Stiening

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/restaurant-chain-quiznos-reaches-debt-restructuring-pact-but-ch-11-bankruptcy-still-possible/2011/12/23/gIQAnlQPEP_story.html

There was one of these about 1 block from me.  I ate there one time.

Anyone have any Quiznos stories?   I have some opinions, but don’t want to telegraph them 🙂

Dive Dive Dive!

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8 Responses to Quiznos Subs may file Chapter 11

  1. prboylan says:
    December 24, 2011 at 12:09 am

    So American women didn’t go for the Quiznos “five dollar foot-long” ad pitch? Perhaps size doesn’t matter after all! 🙂

  2. Parrott says:
    December 25, 2011 at 12:03 am

    more good economic data obviously. Joe Biden must have endorsed Quiznos and gave it the kiss of death. The one in Christansburg Virginia closed in July. They actually had a ‘hot chick’ crew there at one point and it was worth going there just for that ! I just bought a bag of chips one day, LOL.
    The one in Short Pump Virginia is still open. I think Newt ate there, but cannot confirm.
    parrott

  3. TheChairman says:
    December 25, 2011 at 12:00 pm

    About 10 years ago or so, a gal I was dating insisted on eating at Quiznos. She said it was ‘the best’. I had never been to one, and had my doubts for other reasons.

    Well, my first clue was when I ordered a turkey sub, and it clearly had been grilled on the ‘ham’ side of the grill… in fact, they probably did not have ‘sides’ or segregate the pork/ham from beef, turkey, etc. If you know anything about Muslim or Jewish dietary rules, this is a big no-n0. I’m neither, but their reasons for it are sound.

    My second clue was when I got ‘rumble guts’ an hour later… not a good afternoon.

    Stopped seeing the gal shortly afterwards, but decided perhaps it was all just bad luck so (about a year later) I tried a new Quiznos near my place in Phoenix. Same result.

    “Fool me once…”

    As far as national chains are concerned, my preference has always been for Subway.

    Good riddance Q.

    • Art Stone says:
      December 26, 2011 at 4:34 am

      Back around the time this one opened, Quiznos was running really heavy promos about some sub made with prime rib eye meat… The “special” sale price was like $8, but it sounded good.

      My memory is the Sub itself was okay, but not sure it was worth the price.

      Problem #1) They sell Pepsi. They made that choice back in 2004. Not a deal killer if the food was otherwise interesting, but not a good starting point.

      Problem #2) The attitude. I got the same feeling going in there as when I used to go to the bookstore and take a Rush Limbaugh book to the checkout. The guy was probably a Yale student wearing jewerly on his face and the attitude to match it. He didn’t want to be there, and he didn’t want a customer to cause him to work and I certainly wasn’t up to his standards as a person.

      Problem #3) is a higher level problem. Subs / Heros / Grinders / Hoagies are a working class food, with mostly an Italian origin – the kind of neighborhood I grew up in. They’re food you eat with your hands. Sloppy is not good. They are not an elegant food intended for upscale people who are not price conscious. They’re something a steel worker with a high calorie need might take in his lunchbox to the mill. You don’t eat them with knives and forks on a china plate.

      The sandwiches subway sell are mostly basic (although they’re starting to slip down the same slope). When I order a sub, I don’t expect or want Red Wine Vinaigrette, Rosemary Parmesan bread, Guacamole… The most “things” a place has as ingredients, the less turnover there is and things get stale.

      The most non-sub sub I see on their menu is the Harvest Chicken

      “Honey-Dijon chicken, grapes, apples, dried cranberries, cucumbers, pumpkin seeds, spring mix lettuce, and Acai Vinaigrette”

      Really? Can I get arugula on that? Sign me up.

      • TheChairman says:
        December 27, 2011 at 3:09 am

        Perhaps #3 is a local attitude back east; I’ve known millionaires and ‘upscale types’ who eat at Subway in Phoenix/Scottsdale…

        FWIW, Quiznos subs do seem to be messy and greasy (toasted), whereas Subway features’cold’ (soft) subs… though I prefer their hot meatball sub. Subway bakes bread/buns fresh in the store.

        • Art Stone says:
          December 27, 2011 at 9:07 am

          oh, that’s one of those little secrets. The really rich drive around old beat up station wagons and wear ragged jeans. It’s the fake rich with more debt than they know how to deal with that drive the BMW’s and flash all the fake jewerly.

    • Parrott says:
      December 27, 2011 at 1:07 pm

      >”My second clue was when I got ‘rumble guts’ an hour later… not a good afternoon.”

      LOL, I hear you brother! a Burger King Whopper tried to kill me once.
      One night at 4am it was sheer terror. That was in 1996. Have not had a whopper since then

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