I had to post this because I know we’ve seen a few posts here about finding the best Italian sandwiches in Austin. And unfortunately, a lot of those places have been letdowns and also charge north of $12-$14+ a per sandwich which I think is just absolute highway robbery.
So today I was at Sprouts in RR, first time there, my usually go to is S. Lamar. These two girls were working the deli and I watched them make 2 pretty nice size sandwiches for a couple. I spoke to one of the girls and asked which sandwich should I get- chicken salad or Italian? She said the Italian is one of the top sellers and it’s really good. I put an order in as I could tell that she knew her stuff and also seemed eager to make me a really good sandwich.
I kept the multigrain bread instead of sourdough, and added mayo, sub sauce (Italian vinaigrette), extra onions and lettuce at NO extra charge. This girl took her time and made me one of the best damn Italian sandwiches I’ve ever had. Compared to the pics I’ve seen of other posts here that showed minimalistic thin slices of meat and too much bread, this sandwich had a very nice ratio of meat to veggies to bread and blew those others out of the water with respect to proportions and bang for the buck. I was really impressed.
Sure, it’s not the perfect authentic Italian sub with the crusty sub bread and various other spicy meats, but for $6.99 it more than did the job and satisfied my craving. I thanked her as she made me one very happy customer. I had a similar experience at S. Lamar in the recent past but this girl’s quality workmanship and effort was off the charts. I will definitely make the extra drive up north just for her.
Happy Italian Sandwich hunting!
by elibutton
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Wheat bread. 🤮
Can’t be mad at that deal
I’ve never been in a sprouts but am aware of them.
Do they all have delis inside where you can order sandwiches?
If so I might have to check them out because your sandwich looks fire u/elibutton
I paid $6.99 for a sweet tea at Alamo Draft House the other day 😩
Looks good! Thanks for sharing
Fuck yeah sprouts. I know this is off topic a little but, but I bought sprouts stock (SFM) about a year ago, and it’s up 141% and rising
The honey nut chicken salad sandwich also rocks
Man, I used to get these all the time back in the day for $4.99. My man at Ralph’s Grocery in SoCal would do one even better, he’d make me a 3 pound footlong sandwich with over 2 pounds of meat on it for like $6 bucks. He’d put it on the scale and show me the weight and have a big laugh 🤣 🤣
I’ve been wondering about the Sprouts sandwiches…I keep hearing about them. I live close to this location and am an Italian sandwich lover so will def check it out. I will say though, I love mayo but it doesn’t belong on an Italian! Haha
Fruit at sprouts isn’t 7 dollars. Was this a week old?
They have fantastic sandwiches!!
THey need photos like that on the billboards they are buying, I wouldn’t expect that.
I went back today (Tuesday) for another Italian at the RR location. That sandwich girl from Saturday wasn’t there. Got sourdough bread this time which I like better. That last girl gave me more onions and lettuce (I always ask for extra) than today’s visit but not a big deal because it was still really damn good. Meat and cheese portions same.
Oh BTW – BOGO Kettle Brand Potato Chips too this week. Grabbed Salt n Vinegar and Truffle Sea Salt. 2LB tub of Macaroni Salad on sale for $5 too – hot damn. Wow, kinda felt like 2006 here today.
Be Safe and Be Well
An Italian sandwich? Where?