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| - This is a curious little place with really excellent subs. Dave's Cosmic Subs has been franchised to several other locations around town, but the original Dave's is in Chargin Falls, where I go sometimes for lunch.
You could say that this place has a "1960's/70's hippie rock theme", but that would be doing it a cruel injustice. This little shack feels more like an indie record store than a restaurant. It's an explosion of old rock paraphernalia and concert posters, including some glorious old concert photos of the founder Dave himself, in full rock regalia at the microphone in front of dozens, and perhaps even hundreds, of rabid fans. (If there existed any pictures of me in tight white spandex pants circa 1978, they would have been destroyed in a small fire a long time ago. Dave chose to display them at his restaurant. We clearly have different opinions about the aesthetic properties of spandex.) Dave himself is usually present at the Chargin Falls store during lunch hours, brooding behind the counter. He is something of a character. You can just sense his rock 'n' roll frontman ego and charisma still quietly at work. He can be very friendly, or he can be a total wise-ass. (Whatever...it's his store...he can do what he wants.)
I'm not sure what kind of musical talent he was, but Dave certainly has a talent for making some damn fine subs, with high-end ingredients, creative sauces, and these wonderfully hard and crusty sub rolls. The service is lightning fast. There's not much room to eat here except for a pair of cramped, graffiti-riddled seating areas, so plan on taking your sub to go.
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