Subway Vs. Blimpie?

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I admit I'm more sympathetic to Blimpie, and frankly like their sandwiches better. I'm a little mystified at the omnipresence of Subway when Blimpie seems to come closer to a traditional sub-shop sandwich and the bread is even better, "fresh baked" or not. If both are in the strip mall, which do you go to?

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Blimpie for me... sadly they have not done well in my hometown of Calgary, Canada. There used to be 5 stores in town, now I think we are done to 1... in a city of 1,000,000 people! 

Sad to see well over 100 Subways listed here, 1 Blimpie.

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I'll take Blimpie. Subway sandwiches all taste the same. At least the Blimpie Best is a decent stab at an Italian sandwich. But I don't get the odd individual frenchfry maker machine. It's one step above those Japanese frenchfry vending machines. 

Don't see the point in baking your own bread if it has less flavor than cardboard and has that weird butt smell.

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Subway is a bit better, but Quizno's schools them both!

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Battle at the basement. 

I love the Blimpies sweet roasted peppers and buy them in the jar.

I then take them home and make my own sandwich and put the peppers on them.

So Blimpies by a Peep or a Pep.

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For a regular sandwich, Blimpie's wins by a lot. The meat and vegetables seem much fresher and the bread is a lot better too, even though Subway pushes their bread so much Their only downside is that many of their stores in NYC tend to be dumpy. However, Subway meatballs are great.

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It's hard for me to judge, because I grew up going to one of the first Blimpies, in Bayonne, NJ (I think the first was in Hoboken?) and it was a regular deli, with a meat slicer, where they cut the filling for your Blimpie Best to order.

Now I see one in a Hess station and shudder. . .

I like the chicken parm sub at Subway. Other than that, I don't really care for either. I don't mind Quizno's, but does it seem to be really overpriced? I get a small sub and drink and chips and somehow always end up spending more than $7. (And this is in Fla., not NYC.)

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I used to not mind Subway much, until they put a Subway in the lower floor at my university's student centre. The Subway Smell (some claim it is the bread, others say it's a mixture of mushrooms and moisture) has slowly pervaded to fill one half of the lower floor with its odour. For some reason, this year it got immeasurably worse to the point where it is painful to walk through that part of the building.

Because of the smell, and the smell alone, I have avoided Subway for quite a while now. Some friends who visit Subway often say they don't notice the smell but I just can't stand it.

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Blimpies way, way better than Subway; not even close. Not in the same universe.

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Blimpies, IMHO are better, but I am biased. Until Subway gets rid of Jared and issues a public apology for inflicting him on us I won't go near one!

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Hmmm...I like both places. I don't like Quiznos but I think it's due to the staff at our local one. 

I too notice the Subway smell...I can smell it on my hair after I leave. I still like Subway though.

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Wow, one of the oldest zombie threads to get re-animated recently!

No matter; I've never had a sub from Blimpie, but it would have to set a whole new standard for awful to be worse that Subway. I cant think of any place, big or smal, chain or local, slow or fast, at which I've had worse food.

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I love blimpies. I was born and raised in NY and you more so ran into blimpies then subway so I grow up off of "the b sandwhich" then I moved to VA where there were no blimp ones in site but I have found my love once again in tampa FL

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In the 8 years since this thread started, there's been a LOT of sandwich chains opening, offering a decent alternative to either Subway OR Blimpie: Capriotti's, Earl of Sandwich, Firehouse Subs, Jersey Mike's Subs, Jimmy John's, Potbelly Sandwich Works, Schlotzsky's, Togo's. I'll still go out of my way to find a nice mom & pop, but when I'm trapped on the interstate or stuck in some strip mall somewheres, it's nice to have an alternative to the Subways I'll never set foot in.

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As far as I know there's only one Blimpie in hawaii. Near the airport. If I don't have time to visit the local Storto's sandwich shop I totally choose Blimpie over Subway. 
They used to have a Blimpie near the university, but that got eaten by a steak plate chain.

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I love Blimpie. I grew up riding my bike with my friend during summer breaks with my $3.14 to buy my favorite sub. There is no longer a blimpie at that location, among a couple other local locations have left and it is a bummer. What I dont understand is that Subways "eat fresh" motto is so well known, yet thier meat is not even sliced in front of you... I just... ???? and i swear Subways produce is rarely fresher looking than Blimpies! Lastly, Blimpies pickles are far better.

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