October 17, 2007: Fazoli's is Not the Place to Eat in St. Louis

Fazoli's - Find a Location

I went to the Fazoli's on the St. Charles Rock Road the other day for lunch. Fazoli's is known as Italian fast food. The menu is filled with all of the Italian favorites, like pasta, pizza, salads, and they have some sandwiches. I have not been to Fazoli's for a long time and I remember it being good. Maybe it was the location that I had wrong. There were flies all around on the inside of the restaurant, and when I see that at a restaurant it really kills my appetite. And whatever happened to someone walking around with breadsticks. I had one breadstick and I ate it right away because I thought that someone would be around handing them out. That made me mad.

I ordered the rigatoni romano, because it was a new item and the picture looked good, and a salad. It was disappointing. The salad was fine, but the rigatoni romano did not taste as good as it looked, maybe because there were flies all around inside the restaurant, or maybe because I did not have any breadsticks to eat with my pasta. But the taste was unsatisfying and I was disappointed because I wanted a really good lunch. Oh well when I go back, it will not be to this location, and I am going to order a traditional favorite.

Prices:$8.01 for a pasta dish, salad and a drink

August 28, 2007: Jimmy John's is not the Restaurant of the Day in St. Louis for Today

Jimmy John's is a sub sandwich shop that is fairly new to the St. Louis area. On the inside of the Jimmy John's there are signs that try to be funny. Jimmy John's claims to make subs "so fast you will freak." It is not hard to make subs that fast when you have no options on what goes on the sub. I used to like Jimmy John's when they first came to St. Louis, but then I thought why am I eating this when I could be eating Penn Station or the countless number of other sandwich shops which serve both hot and cold sandwiches. You can't compare a Jimmy John's to a Penn Station, Penn Station is 10 times better. I guess my problem with Jimmy John's is that I got sick of their food. It doesn't sound good to me anymore.

Jimmy John's does have good bread. That is one thing that is good about them. They also have a variety of sandwiches, but it is basically a choice between cold turkey, roast beef, ham, or salami, and if I wanted one of those sandwiches I could find 10 other places I would rather get one. Their meats are average and the toppings are the usual lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise. When I go I get the Bootlegger Club. This is a turkey and roast beef sandwich, but it doesn't come with cheese, what a rip-off. I have to ask for cheese and it cost extra.

Prices: About $6.25 for a sandwich