Tahoma, CA 96142
(Lake Tahoe-ish)
(530) 525-7411
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When anyone tells you that you can't get a good sandwich outside of the Philadelphia area, you should believe them. Time and time again, I am let down by poor imitations and this is just another example of why you should NOT ever go into a sandwich shop outside of the Northeast corridor with high expectations. Unless you're setting the bar at Subway.
I hadn't realized this before setting out to eat at PDQ, but it's a Wisconsin-based chain with shops mostly in and around Madison and Milwaukee with one outpost in California - right on Lake Tahoe. I guess that's why the locals are none the wiser - it looks and feels like a good old fashioned mom-n-pop deli.
It's deceiving, yes. But when the views are this breathtaking, who really cares what you're eating, right?
Wrong. I always care what I'm eating. I took my two sandwiches up to the top of the peak and by the time I sweat out most of the previous night's booze, I was ravenous and couldn't wait to get down on some mouth-watering pesto bread filled with turkey and cheese.
But the bread was bland and the thick slices of turkey must have been sitting out for who knows how long. If your deli meats aren't sliced fresh to order (and you don't see a deli slicer on premises - hindsight is always 20/20) then there's no reason to ingest it.
They are big sandwiches, so it's a pretty good value, but when you can't even taste the cheese, mayonnaise or the pesto in a pesto themed bread, you're better off chewing on some cardboard for free. The bread was soft, almost like white Italian sandwich bread, which is probably why they're getting a one cheesesteak rating (I was hesitant in giving any).
Everything I mentioned above goes for their jalapeño cheese bread and roast beef. More thick-cut, old and flavorless deli slices surrounded by regular white bread and some old tomatoes and romaine.
I really wanted to like it, but after discovering the PDQ convenience store chain, it's nearly impossible to say anything good about these sandwiches. Yes, I may have made a mistake in choosing this as a blog site...
Obviously it's a long way from Wawa (and even Sheetz), so until the rest of the country can figure out how to combine gas stations and fresh & tasty sandwiches, I'll just stick to what I know.
2 comments:
Take my picture off plz.
I respectfully disagree. How can a phoodie give a fair review of a sandwich, after purchasing a sandwich, driving for 20 minutes, hiking for for another 15-30 minutes, (depending on road construction) only to review it as being old and warm? Also you mentioned that you had been drinking the night before. Maybe you should have skipped the sandwich and the hike, and caught a greasy, hangover killer, breakfast fest, that could have soaked up the alcohol. I feel that your review is unfair for two reasons. The first is what I just mentioned (the length of time that it took you to eat the sando, and then saying that it was warm and old). The second reason it is unfair is because they do have a slicer on premiums, you just didn't stretch your head or your iPhone around the corner of the deli counter far enough to see it.
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