Sandwichville

CLOSED
Tried to go there yesterday and it's all shut down.
Their website is still up with the same address, but the phone is disconnected.
Another local independent business bites the dust. :-(
I have alerted Yelp they are closed.

Good sandwiches, good prices. Can't go wrong with lunch here. Chris the owner is super friendly, and genuinely cares about his customers. They gotta start putting mustard on the cubans though!

Sandwichville is one of those places that I had long been dying to try, I finally did and I feel like I need a re-do.

They usually close at 8pm. This is fine, but every time I think of them it's after eight. Why do I feel the need for a sandwich at 8:30pm?  Anywho, my husband had gone twice without me and he really liked it. So, tonight I made a decision before I even got home from work. We were going to Sandwichville.

Unrelated Side Note: Elk Grove Village has a thing for sandwich shops. Everything else seems to close, but the sandwich shops always survive. A co-worker and myself refer to EGV as Sandwichville which cracks me up as the real Sandwichville is over in Bartlett. Moving right along...

We stepped inside and it's cute. Decor consisted mainly of lunch boxes. My hubby even pointed out a NKOTB one for the 12 year old girl in me. ;-)

There are plenty of options ranging from soup, chili, salad, wraps and, you guessed it, sandwiches!  Create your own or choose a well thought out combo. I knew what I wanted as I had investigated the menu before my arrival. Elvis the King. Peanut butter, bacon, bananas and honey. We added a side of French fries and my hubby went with a triple decker club.

Here's my take. The combo of flavors in the Elvis was good. The panini press that they used to press my sandwich was used to make other things before I came along. So, the sandwich was really greasy and had an odd taste on the outside. I think I would have been happier if they had just toasted the bread and then put on the ingredients. Pressing it made the inside really mushy and I almost lost the crispness of the bacon within the peanut butter and warm banana.

The fries were frozen crinkle cut. $1.75 to add to a sandwich. Nothing spectacular.

My husband loved his sandwich!  He was so full after only half that he gave the other half to our 15 year old eating machine.

I like the idea. And I really like signing up for text alerts. The staff was soft spoken and really didn't interact much. When I told the girl at the register that it was my first visit, she didn't react at all. I didn't expect a happy dance, but maybe a comment like you should try the... Or, we have a really popular...  It wasn't busy, so I don't know what was up with the disconnected staff.

Regardless, I will probably try it again and maybe lean toward a more straightforward option to see how that goes.