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| - I visited Earl's once right after they opened just to check out the place, but I didn't buy or eat anything. Then a few coworkers and I ventured in for lunch after seeing Wilson from WCCB talk about how awesome their banh mi is. I've been looking for a solid replacement since Peculiar Rabbit took theirs off the menu, so off we went.
We got there around 11:30 on a Friday, and the place was starting to fill up. I ordered my sammich, grabbed a number, and took a seat. My coworkers' ordering took a little longer, but all the staff were incredibly nice.
However, they accidentally made me TWO banh mi sandwiches, and I didn't get to keep the extra, but I was okay with that after I tried mine. It certainly wasn't anything like the one I had at Peculiar Rabbit or Yummi Banh Mi Truck. It was more like a shredded, pulled pork sandwich, open-faced on two pieces of long, chewy bread with no jalapenos. One of my coworkers also got it, and we both had to give up trying to eat it like a regular sandwich because the shredded pork was piled so high and the bread was so tough. We just grabbed some forks and ate the pork off the top. It was also a little pricey for what you got, and the only side options the fella behind the counter told me about were broccoli/cauliflower mix and something else that didn't sound too appetizing. I went broccoli/cauliflower and got perhaps two tiny florets of each.
Overall, I'll give Earl's another try because I like its intent with being able to order food to eat there, food to go, groceries, wine, and provisions, etc, but I definitely won't get the banh mi again.
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