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Your A-List: Best Sandwich Shop
Seems you can’t go hardly anywhere in Austin these days without seeing one of the many Thundercloud Subs shops, winner, with 34 percent of the vote, of the Your A-List poll for Best Sandwich Shop.
People like to complain about what Austin used to be like, you know, before the condos and stuff. Maybe they should start using the, “I remember when there were only three Thunderclouds in Austin,” because now, according to their site, there are 26 locations in Austin, Round Rock, San Antonio and New Braunfels. I feel old.
Thundercloud made a name for itself in Austin, before the ubiquity of chain sandwich shops, by offering good sandwiches with fresh ingredients at low prices and served by friendly staff. Three decades later they are still at it, and chances are, if you’ve lived in Austin for more than three months, you’ve eaten at one. And if you’ve lived here three years, you know somebody who has worked at one. And if you’ve lived here 13 years, you’ve probably worked at one. That’s what I call an institution.
Others receiving votes
- Schlotzsky’s, 11 percent
- Which Wich, 10 percent
- Texadelphia, 10 percent
- Jimmy John’s, 9 percent
- Hog Island Deli, 7 percent
- New World Deli, 7 percent
- Kitchen Door, 6 percent
- Texas French Bread, 4 percent
Write-ins: Bambino’s, Delaware Subs, Foodheads, Gene’s New Orleans Food, Hoody’s Subs, Jersey Mike’s, Katz’s, Ken’s Subs, Tacos and More, Little Deli, McAlister’s Deli, Panera Bread, Pita Pit, Tex-Andwich, San Francisco Bakery
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By zekeaus
October 11, 2008 3:02 AM | Link to this
sadly overlooked: Texas PIcnic Company on Sabine. Yum!