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| - Not being a particularly big fan of sandwiches, I really only patronize one when I'm short on time, there's nothing around, or I'm following my group. I've only ever had a handful of great sandwiches/subs, with the only one standing out at the moment being the Air France lounge at Dulles (they also have killer rice pudding). Wanting a quick lunch and Firehouse being across the street, I decided to give this very well-rated chain a try. Surely they must be better than Quizno's and Subway!
The fast food set-up and ordering belies the time it takes to actually get an order. Not sure what they do, but it takes me (along with everyone else) about 10 minutes to get my order of combo #10 - Smokehouse Beef & Cheddar Brisket sub with a bag of chips and soda. Big plus - million choice soda machine, and I choose Grape Fanta this time. Love that machine. $9 for the combo, which seems a bit high but surely the sub must be fantastic. Anyway, 10 minutes later I get my sub, and my first bite is somewhat... underwhelming. Now, I thought the bread was really good - not great, but really good. And the meat and cheese inside also seemed fresh and well made. But the combination didn't quite work because the taste of the bread basically overpowered the stuff inside. It was like having really good bread... And the size was also underwhelming, causing me to question whether I should have paid $9 for this. And the biggest question of all, why did it take 10 minutes to prepare this??
Firehouse is certainly a huge step up from the two aforementioned chains, and if I'm in a hurry I will probably come back here. I'll give it a 3-star rating, but certainly with room for improvement. Maybe it's what I ordered, and next time I should try something with more ingredients in them. But before I do that, I think I'll try Port of Subs next, which is also across the street.
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