(Update: Big Mouth Subs closed down a few years ago. It’s been replaced by an Asian restaurant named Red Chopsticks. -Erik, May 2014)
The Place: Big Mouth Subs
Neither of us had been here before. (Edit: After reading my review, Erik informed me that he had been to Big Mouth’s before and he ate a fatty roast beef sandwich. He insists that he told me this previously, but I have no recollection of that. Oh well. -Kira, June 2006) We had stopped by a few days earlier, but they were closed. When will we learn to call first?? FYI: Their summer hours are 11am-7pm everyday.
The colors!
The Time:
Sunday, Jun 4th, 2006, around 2pm
The Atmosphere:
This place is trying way to hard to be cool. The brightness of all of the colors almost hurt my eyes, and the neon green chairs weren’t even comfortable.
The Food:
First let me tell you that this place does not have avocados. Since I love avocados on my sandwiches, this made me not like Big Mouth’s from the get go. But on the plus size, even though it seems like the portions sizes are smaller here compared to other sub places (4 and 6 inches instead of 6 and 12), they do pile a lot of stuff onto the sandwiches. I was only able to eat about 5 inches of my 8-inch Cream and Crimson (Turkey Breast, Ham, Roast Beef, Provolone cheese, Lettuce, Tomatoes, Onions and Special Big Mouth Sauce, without the tomato and onion).
The Cream & Crimson
When I asked about the “Special Big Mouth Sauce”, the lady working there said it was oil, vinegar, and Italian dressing. I just assumed she misspoke and meant to say Italian seasoning, since that would make more sense. But no, she meant it as she said it. They put oil, vinegar and Italian dressing right on the bread of my sandwich. It tasted good, although made the bread a little soggy.
While this sandwich was good, the Cream and Crimson could have been creamier and crimsonier. Our suggestion: turkey, ham, mayo, ketchup, onions, tomatoes, pepper jack cheese, sun-dried tomates, on sourdough bread. Not that I would ever eat that sandwich…
Erik ordered 2 different 4-inch subs: The Big Balls (meatball and cheese) and the Club Big Mouth (Turkey Breast, Ham, American cheese, Fresh Bacon, Lettuce, Tomatoes, Onions and Creamy Seasoned Mayonnaise, no onions). The meatball sub was extremely messy. Erik didn’t like the balls too much, but I didn’t mind them.
For dessert we got 2 big chewy cookies, 1 chocolate chip and 1 macadamia nut. As much as I love cookies, these kinda sucked. Both were the kind of chewy you seem to get by adding some sort of chemical or preservative.
I took the remaining 3 inches of my sub home, and it was soggy, but not too bad the next day.
The Service:
There was 1 woman behind the counter who took our order, made the sandwiches in front of us, and took our money. She did her job.
The Price:
For the amount of food, the prices are fairly reasonable: about $4 for a 4-inch sub, $6 for the 8 inch. They have some specials on different days of the week, too. The cookies were over a dollar each, and were definitely not worth it.
The Rest:
There really isn’t anything at Big Mouth Subs that you can’t get at any other sub shop for the same price, except that they do deliver, so I guess that’s a plus. They don’t have much parking, if any, so we had to park semi-illegally in the Jordan Square parking lot.
How Often Would I Go Back?
Every 4 months (what’s this?)
Erik and Kira Eat Bloomington 