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| - Former Arby's being slowly converted to an Arby's Plus.
I'm not kidding. The owner is the former Arby's franchisee who got tired of the business model and wanted to make some changes that Ryan at Corporate (The Office reference) wouldnt let him. So far, other than the name and signage, the changes are subtle but promising.
Menu still has most of the Arby's staples (I am told, I was and am not a frequent Arby's customer) but they have switched to bread baked fresh daily and better quality meats, and the prices have all been lowered slightly.
Notable additions include: gyros with real lamb, hot dogs, brats, pulled pork, pork tenderloin, and a build your own sandwich option. They also have regular (non curly fries) which I'm not sure if Arby's offered. The employees tell me they like the new fries better.
At the recommendation of the owner and several employees I tried a pulled pork sandwich, a reuben, and fries.
Pulled pork sandwich was either impressive for fast food or disappointing for BBQ. On the small side, but only $2.99. Both sweet and mustardy but no real smoke flavor. Really, the most disappointing thing was the appearance, it still looked like a fast food sandwich, but tasted better. Could really have benefited by being topped with either cole slaw (carolina style) or pickles.
It's been a while since I had an Arby's Reuben, but they werent kidding about the meat and bread improvements. Definitely a more substantial sandwich. Could stand for it to be a little bigger for $4.99. My biggest grievance was that the bread wasnt toasted/grilled. Isnt that a requirement for a reuben? I will definitely be bringing this up on my next visit. Maybe they dont have a grill yet. Overall I was pretty pleased with the reuben,
Fries were more substantial than the average fast food fries, but nothing too special about them.
So far they havent changed the inside decor from Arby's, and other than maybe adding more comfortable booths/chairs I hope they dont. That particular Arby's was one of the few fast food restaurants that you could sit down and eat in without feeling like the decor was designed to rush you back out as quickly as possible.
Summary: Slight step up from Arby's and regular fast food. If they can make the step less slight without raising prices I'll be a regular customer. As it stands, Madison has better deli/sandwich shops, but none cheap/convenient, especially as a westsider. I'll be watching this place with interest.
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