Takeout Turkey Sandwich Taste Test

The results are in; click on the picture above to get all the juicy details.

Long story short: the Washington Post visited Subway, Quiznos, Potbelly Sandwich Works, Cosi, Corner Bakery, and Panera.

They ordered the basic turkey sandwich at each.

Although the Post, sensitive perhaps to the fact that their writers' salaries are paid by advertisers, didn't rank the sandwiches from best to worst, by reading between the lines it becomes clear that the winner was Panera.

Subway was the loser, for "gummy processed cheese and tasteless turkey."

Of interest to me: price is pretty much unrelated to quality.

Panera's ($4.99) was the fourth most expensive.

Subway's ($3.49), though, was the cheapest, in keeping with its rank.

The Post decried the fact that most of the chains used deli turkey - "thin slices of bland, vaguely turkey-fied meat."

If you want a good turkey sandwich, you go to a deli and watch them slice fresh slices off a whole roast turkey breast. Period.

My favorite turkey sandwich consists of turkey, rye bread, and Kraft Sandwich Spread. Period.

It is a distant descendant of the best turkey sandwich I ever ate, which, when I lived in LA, came from Greenblatt's Deli on Sunset Boulevard.

That too consisted of turkey on rye bread, with Russian dressing.

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