OT: WaWa
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10 years you would be right to be excited about it. The last 5 years a steadily decline. Their hoagies once one of the best are just average. Got very expensive too.
No in the beginning they were special. Now agree way overrated. Gas is cheap however.
I wouldn't say their hoagies were among the best, but good as far as the average sub chains went. Their automated ordering system, on the other hand, was ahead of its time.
Quick Check subs/sandwiches have surpassed Wawa in recent years.
Agreed. A few years ago one opened near me and it is not even as good as my local Quik Chek which I eventually went back too. Way over-hyped for something so mediocre.
Uh oh, now you've gone and done it....border war to ensue! TH v. PR? Is there a central NJ?
Aside from a few stops in Wildwood years ago, I didn't go into any Wawas until they expanded north in recent years
I think that might have been the first Wawa I ever went to as well. Also, my first time to Subway was one located on Lincoln Hwy/27 in the mid to late 80s. My dad worked in the area for a few years (and dragged my brother and I to his office once in awhile) otherwise I'd have no reason to be in the Iselin area.
I think WaWa means YawnYawn in some native tongue. Not a big deal.
It was part of a small shopping center on the corner of Oak Tree Road and Magnolia. Sometime around 2000 it became a Krauszer's, now the whole building is Patel's Cash & Carry, which was one of the other stores in the shopping center back in the day.
Nah it was too small for that and Wawa was only one of the businesses there.
Wawa does one thing very well, it strives to get you in and out of the store, for example if I got less than 5 minutes to spare to get my coffee before I go to work, I'm going to hit up Wawa before I hit up Quick Chek. The latter there could be 10 people in line and they still won't open a second register.
wait, people are suggesting that subs from Wawa or Quickcheck are actually good food and taste good? I understand if you are driving and in a hurry, it might be easy and acceptable to get one. However, even the very best subs from Wawa or Quickcheck are much worse than most local sub shops ... unless of course, you think Burger King makes good hamburgers
Good point, but the newer QCs have 3 or 4 self checkout registers.
The lottery line can get long though.
Both Wawa and QC coffee is good IMO
But I prefer QC. The one in Byram is usually on point
I don’t like the coffee in the big vats. I liked it better when it was in the glass coffee pots
JMs is better than both of them, not even close
Oh for sure. The hierarchy of subs is as follows, from worst to best:
Subway, Blimpie
Wawa, Quik Chek
Jersey Mikes
Local sub shop (think Tastees)
Legit Italian delis
JMs is damn good for a chain. It's better than most of the mom and pop shops!
There is a convenience store nearby that uses the glass pots.
I've never tried it though
My one correction would be the "top" local sub shops are better, definitely not all.
Agreed. And Jersey Mikes can be better than the mediocre sub shops.
To get a decent sub you have to order extra meat and cheese. Otherwise it's just jam packed with lettuce and tomato and they call it a hoagie. They used to be really good but now suck. Though I still like their coffee.
Don't know where they got their pastries, but I liked the apple fritters and jelly donuts. Plus the one in Columbus on Rt 206 always carried the north Jersey newspapers.
If it’s cheap it’s good if not cheap than it’s not good. That is what you get from thread.
