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Snarf’s delivers quality sandwich

Overshadowed by the Starbucks and Chipotle across from Reinert is SLU’s personal subshop, Snarf’s Sandwiches, that serves as a nice reprieve from dining hall and BSC food with their wide array of subs and ice creams.

The moment you walk into Snarf’s you begin to mellow out.  Classic rock plays over the speakers, the pastel metal chairs pop against the modern gray interior, and the workers greet you with a smile and a how-do-you-do.

The sub menu is divided into two categories, eleven regular subs ($5.25-$9.25, depending on size) and ten speciality sandwiches ($7.65-$9.75) all with your choice of white or wheat bread.  With every sandwich, you get the option of mayo, mustard, hot peppers, onions, lettuce, tomato, pickles, seasoning, oil, sprouts and mushrooms.  You can also get extra meat, avocado, bacon, portobello and artichoke, but these are $1.50 extra apiece.

We decided to try one regular item and one speciality item.  We first went with the classic Italian, because if a subshop can’t make a decent Italian, then there’s not much hope left for them.  We got the five-incher with wheat and put almost everything on it.

Honestly, it was just okay.  It wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t the best ever either.  The wheat bread was toasted perfectly, and the ingredients didn’t compete with each other either, which was a plus.

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The speciality sandwich we ordered, the prime rib and provolone on white, was a slamdunk, however.  Naturally, we didn’t put any of the extra ingredients on it, and neither should you.  The prime rib was cooked expertly and the provolone was totally melted from the warm meat.  This sub I would recommend to anyone, it was truly delicious.

After our sandwiches, we tried out some of their desserts that everyone was raving so much about.  We got two scoops of birthday cake ice cream ($3.00) a chocolate malt ($3.75) and some of their chocolate chip cookies ($.50 apiece).

The birthday cake ice cream was good for five bites and the shear amount of sugar would start to get to you and you’d have to pass it along.  The malt and the cookies especially were excellent, which is good to know since there really is no place for shakes or cookies near campus besides Snarf’s.

The bottom line about Snarf’s is that if you’re going to go, order something from the speciality menu or go for a sweet treat.  While the speciality subs are little more expensive, they are well worth it, and the cookies are very addicting.  And if you’re a vegetarian, they have you covered as well with veggie items on both the regular and specialty menus.

Definitely consider Snarf’s in the future, though, especially if Gries food got you down.  It’s super close and pretty good for the money, probably even better than Chipotle, which I’m now going to get stoned for saying.  Shake things up one night with Snarf’s and I bet you’ll be glad you did.

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