| As owners of an Italian Deli and Catering business, | | | | cheeses and toppings. The mentality here is "you |
| we're constantly trying to improve upon our existing | | | | create it, you name it". Simple. |
| menuand come up with new items for our lunch and | | | | Naming the "Build You Own" sub really isn't an issue. |
| catering menus. The deli and catering business is fun, | | | | If a customer wants to create his signature sub (out of |
| but it can be challenging as well. | | | | the ingredients from our "Build You Own Sandwich" |
| We are mostly known for our sub sandwiches | | | | portion of the menu), that's fine. We will glady let |
| which have garnered us a "Favorite Italian Deli" title and | | | | them create their signature sub, name it and put said |
| a mention in the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper food | | | | sub on our menu board for a week to see how well it |
| critic's column. Trying to come up with catchy or clever | | | | sells - just for fun. People like to see their creations |
| names for our sub sandwiches hasn't been easy, | | | | on the menu board. Okay, back to the task at hand |
| therefore we have taken to naming our subs for | | | | of creating their "Build your own subs". Like I said, it's |
| literally what they are: The tuna salad sub, the chicken | | | | fine when customers build their subs from the |
| salad sub, the turkey sub, the ham & cheese sub, | | | | ingredients listed on the "Build Your Own Sandwich" |
| the salami sub, the corned beef sub, the capicola sub, | | | | part of the menu: They can choose from French |
| the prosciutto sub, the roast beef sub and the veggie | | | | bread, rye, wheat, white bread, genoa salami, hard |
| sub. | | | | salami, prosciutto, capicola, mortadella, cotto salami, |
| However, four of our subs were given monikers for | | | | roast beef, corned beef, ham, turkey, bologna, |
| which aren't so obvious: Our favorite, "The Nooch" | | | | Provolone, Mozzarella, Asiago, Fontinella, scamorza, |
| Subwhich consists of Ham. Capicola, Cotto Salami, | | | | American, Swiss, sharp cheddar, Muenster cheeses, |
| Provolone Cheese, Mozzarella Cheese, Mild Giardiniera, | | | | lettuce, tomato, green pepper, red pepper, pepperoncini, |
| Lettuce, Tomato and our House Italian Dressing was | | | | dill pickles, onions, black olives, green olives, mild |
| named for our daughter Stephanie, who is lovingly | | | | giardiniera, hot giardiniera, mayo, mustard, house |
| called "Stephanooch" or "Nooch", The "Bada Bing" Sub | | | | dressing. Wow, lot's of choices to construct your |
| which consists of Prosciutto, Capicola, Provolone | | | | sub sandwich - more than enough to come up with |
| Cheese, Scamorza Cheese, Hot Giardiniera, Tomato | | | | tons of different sub sandwiches. |
| and Lettuce, The American Sub named for American | | | | We had a guy come in and ask, if we could grill up |
| lunch meats and cheeses - Ham, Turkey, Bologna, | | | | some onions for him to put on his signature sub. No, |
| American Cheese, Lettuce, Tomato and Mayo, and | | | | sorry - no grilled onions. He was going to name it |
| The Albano Italian Subs - Our "Namesake Sub" which | | | | Mike's Grilled Onion Special. Another customer |
| consists of Capicola, Mortadella, Genoa Salami, ham | | | | requested pickled "sandwich spread" to be put on this |
| Provolone Cheese, Mozzarella Cheese, Lettuce, | | | | sub. Pickled sandwich spread sub? Yet another |
| Tomato and our House Italian Dressing. | | | | asked for "just a little" sweet and sour sauerkraut |
| We did come up with the "Presidential Sub", but it was | | | | (without caroway seeds) to be put on his sandwich |
| quickly nixed by our "marketing person", (daughter) only | | | | to be named "The Sauerkraut Sub" This happens |
| to be replaced with "The American Sub". Ordering the | | | | multiple times a day. We love to accomodate our |
| "Presidential Sub", according to her, would be "sooo | | | | customers, but sometimes we just don't carry the |
| weird". And so it goes - our continuous quest to come | | | | items they ask for! You can't please everyone, |
| up with names for our delicious award winning subs | | | | however hard we try. |
| that don't sound "weird". Hmm, let's see. Our daughter | | | | There's really only one thing that matters when we |
| is a high school cheerleader. How about "The | | | | serve our customers and that is great tasting, high |
| Cheerleader Sub". Weird? Affirmative. | | | | quality fresh food, kindness, respect and good will |
| This leave us to the "Build Your Own" sub where our | | | | towards everyone. |
| customers can choose their own breads, meats, | | | | |