MenuPirate:Miami

Below are a few quick reviews of some local independent sandwich shops.

Sub Serious

Located centrally in downtown Coral Gables, Sub Serious offers dine in and delivery service (Very Quick, by the way) to the downtown Coral Gables area. The place has a large menu including salads and other items to break away from the “Sandwich & Chips” model. This place kind of became my default lunch location for a while since they were they only shop that would deliver to my old office, plus their online ordering system is incredibly helpful in getting large lunch order or even regular orders out of the way quickly and brought to you accurately. I recommend the Hot Turkey Sub or Steak and Mushrooms.

Hungry Bear Sub Shop

Great Sub shop. Similar subs to Sub Serious and other indy sub shops but the bread really sets this place apart. Sub Serious’s bread can get soggy if your big into lettuce, tomatoes, etc. but the bread stays crisp here. Hungry Bear has 3 locations;

3399 NW 72nd Ave # 112, Miami, FL - (305) 592-2515
10521 SW 109th Ct, Miami, FL - (305) 595-8385 (Across from MDC Kendall Campus)
10408 Taft St, Pembroke Pines - (954) 704-8800

I’ve only been to the SW 109 ST location across from MDC, in a shopping plaza tucked away behind the Shell Gas Station. Great spot, big lunch time location for MDC students. The shop itself is very small and offers no indoor seating so be prepared for take out or you can take a seat outside on a few picnic tables.

I have a few others I’m gonna follow up on but let us know a bit about your favorite local sub shops… always looking for a new place to grab a sub.

1. Tom’s Cheese Steak - Lake Tahoe (Ok , not in Miami but Best I’ve had so far.)
2. Flannigans (Looks real nice next to their fries too.)
3. Hungry Bear Sub Shop (SW 102 ST Across from MDC)
4. Miami Subs (I’m Cheap, what can I say?)
5. Tell us yours!

We started this several weeks ago, where we would take a night out of the week to get fat and make rounds at all the local ‘restaurants’ in search of the best croqueta. Different from wine-tasting, we don’t merely take half a “crocket” and mush it around in our mouths - no sir - we eat one or two the way they’re supposed to be eaten, and with saltine crackers to boot! Right now my count is at about five (recent): La Palma, Latin America (red road.), Karla Bakery, La Carreta (bird road.), and Sergio’s; that is in order of preference.

Each breading, meat, size and texture is different (though the saltine crackers usually remain the same, hah) so I encourage you to go out there and find the best croqueta for you! An immediate goal for the MP team is to go on a bike/croquet touring ride, biking and scarfing down warm croquetas at the same time - what could be better!

Tell Us YOUR Favorite…