Sandwiches are an American staple-- they are so simple and amazing it's hard to say no. But if your like me, you want to find a simple yet outstanding place to call your sandwich shop-- IKE'S IS THAT PLACE!
Ike's Place is a shop located in the Castro district and is extremely popular among local San Franciscans.This small establishment has grown in size and has even been featured on the popular Travel channel show Man vs. Food.
I saw this restaurant on that show and had to give it a try. One warning, be ready to stand in line. The shop is small and barely has room for the workers. I went early in the morning and stood in line for about three hours! But I will say this in their defense, it has to be one of the best sandwiches I've ever eaten. If you can withstand the wait and torture of smelling that amazing food, its totally worth it. The prices vary from about eight to fifteen dollars, but pretty cheap for the size of sandwich you get. It has an average of four to five stars on
yelp. And all the friends I have talked too cannot rave enough about it!
All their sandwiches are themed names and unique in taste. I've been there about 20 times and have tried a majority of the subs--- Ive never been disappointed! The ingredients are always fresh and the bread is out of this world! The bread is some kind of dutch crutch with a specialty garlic butter sauce slathered on. They also work really hard at experimenting on new styles of subs and flavors. My favorite subs would have to be-- Menage A Trious, Super Mario, The Cain, Jim Rome, Your favorite Sesame Character, and The Al Bundy.
I know your reading this blog and wondering why does the title say SFSU then? THAT'S BECAUSE THEY ARE COMING TO OUR CAMPUS! If you go below the Caesar Chavez center you noticed that a stall on the bottom floor is under renovation. Ike's plans to open in the spring of 2012 and should bring drowse of people onto our campus, but who cares! I'm so excited and thrilled they choose our campus instead of building a location in Oakland--- They built Ike's in Polo Alto and Santa Rosa. It should be pretty interesting how crowded and busy this establishment will be, but I for sure will be one of those people. Im bringing a cow prouder just to deal with the crowds! But if you are looking for a new sandwich shop look no further than here at SFSU. And if you cannot wait for that delicious munchy, get yourself over to 16th and Lime in the Castro district and try it out. You'll thank me later.
Sandwiches are an American staple-- they are so simple and amazing it's hard to say no. But if your like me, you want to find a simple yet outstanding place to call your sandwich shop-- IKE'S IS THAT PLACE! Ike's Place is a shop located in the Castro district and is extremely popular among local San Franciscans.This small establishment has grown in size and has even been featured on the popular Travel channel show Man vs. Food.
All their sandwiches are themed names and unique in taste. I've been there about 20 times and have tried a majority of the subs--- Ive never been disappointed! The ingredients are always fresh and the bread is out of this world! The bread is some kind of dutch crutch with a specialty garlic butter sauce slathered on. They also work really hard at experimenting on new styles of subs and flavors. My favorite subs would have to be-- Menage A Trious, Super Mario, The Cain, Jim Rome, Your favorite Sesame Character, and The Al Bundy.
I know your reading this blog and wondering why does the title say SFSU then? THAT'S BECAUSE THEY ARE COMING TO OUR CAMPUS! If you go below the Caesar Chavez center you noticed that a stall on the bottom floor is under renovation. Ike's plans to open in the spring of 2012 and should bring drowse of people onto our campus, but who cares! I'm so excited and thrilled they choose our campus instead of building a location in Oakland--- They built Ike's in Polo Alto and Santa Rosa. It should be pretty interesting how crowded and busy this establishment will be, but I for sure will be one of those people. Im bringing a cow prouder just to deal with the crowds! But if you are looking for a new sandwich shop look no further than here at SFSU. And if you cannot wait for that delicious munchy, get yourself over to 16th and Lime in the Castro district and try it out. You'll thank me later.
Ike's is definitely a great sandwich shop, but I wouldn't say it's the best. Well, maybe in the city, but within the Bay Area there are a lot of sandwich shops out there. Like Little Lucca! they have big proportion for their sandwiches. Dutch Crunch to die for. Also their spread is wicked good. Also you should try Lou's in the Richmond District. Their jalapeno spread is soooo good!
ReplyDeleteI also saw that episode of Man vs Food and the place looked really good. I was always wondering what they were going to put in that vacant spot in the food court. As great as it would be for Ike's Place to bring in a ton of people which would hopefully help lower tuition costs, I really hope that it stays just a little campus secret because that area under Caesar Chavez building is just not made to handle the amount of places the Ike's in the Castro is able to handle. If it did bring in the same amount of people it would probably extend up the stairs into the main floor of Caesar Chavez and out the door.
ReplyDeleteMy friends always talk about how amazing Ike's is and I've never had the chance to go there for myself. I'm anxiously waiting for it to open at State. I will definitely be prepared to wait in line.
ReplyDeleteWOAH! I really can't believe that they are coming to SF state. I was recently at a bar in the mission and the owner was trying to get me to come in to get a sandwich. I am not sure if he really was the owner but none the less. he was kind of creepy. Hopefully I am not forever turned off by this sandwich place. I hear nothing but good things, so I hope I can look past the weird owner.
ReplyDeleteOMG I STOPPED BY IKE's A while ago, I heard so much good comments about it and decided to go and tried one day I kept on thinking how good can a sandwiches be? It does suprised me. The sandwich is so juicy and tasty .. I don't know how to explain it. But I love it. Dispute the long line, everything in the sandwich are so good, best sandwich places I ever went to. Thanks for bringing Ike's up again. I have not been there prob. For 2 years already, def, need to go back again.
ReplyDeleteFINALLY! Good food on campus! Took them long enough to bring us a decent restaurant. This place is going to be packed 24/7, I hope they figured out a way to get customers in and out, I would hate to have to wait 20 minutes for a sandwich.
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