Critic's Review
Today I felt like an Italian sub. The Urgent Care facility next door is closed, so the parking lot here is like a ghost town.
Inside, chairs are up, distancing signs are up.
2 workers in masks behind the counter.
I ask for an Italian sub with the works; banana peppers on the side. But I still had to tell the girl each item that I wanted.
Mustard, Mayo, Pickles, Onions, lettuce and tomato, oil and vinegar. She'd half built the sub when I had to remind her that I wanted mustard and mayo. I also reminded her I wanted banana peppers on the side.
She clearly was an amateur. The regular dude was there, but I got the trainee today.
Smiley Bag and white paper. Nothing fancy here.
Their white bread is really white. Does anyone really want an Italian Sub on wheat bread? Why would anyone eat wheat bread now that we know that it's just as bad for you as white bread but doesn't taste as good?
Fairly tight, but you could see the issues. When you order both mayo and mustard, mustard should go on one side and mayo on the other. You don't just squirt both of them onto the lettuce. Amateur hour.
She also put banana peppers on the sandwich. Usually when you ask for them on the side you don't want them on the sandwich. Amateur hour.
On the positive side, the ingredients were good quality. Crisp lettuce, fresh meats. Good pickles. Decent tomatoes.
Despite the mish-mosh construction, this sandwich delivered the burst of flavors I was craving. A satisfying lunch for $7.
Conclusion
Premo is easy to miss; if it wasn't for their Open neon sign I would have thought they were closed. I've never gotten anything other than an Italian sub here; it just doesn't seem like a hot sub place to me. I've had more than 1 good sub here, which I can't say about too many places. And it's the only sub shop downtown.
Review 12/18/17
Sometimes you feel like a sub; sometimes you don't. Today I felt like a sub. And when I have a sub, I only order an Italian sub. Because that's what I like.
I hadn't been to Premo's in a while, and it was on the way home from Publix. If you've driven by you know that the Cigar place closed down and they're building an Urgent Care medical center here; with only a few parking spots this place is going to be a nightmare; are they hoping everyone comes by bus?
I ordered a small "Italian" sub, mustard no mayo and banana peppers on the side, because that's what I always order.
Nobody in the place at 3p, so the sandwich dude gets right to making my sandwich.
They have one of those POS systems where you have to touch the screen to say "No Tip" after they run your CC. Luckily I didn't have to sign with my finger. $6.52.
I open it up and something seems wrong. Good GRIEF, there's jalapeo peppers on the sandwich. There's no jalapeo on an Italian sub.
No green peppers and they put jalapeos. And black olives. I never got black olives before; they're always an optional add on.
Jalapenos out, banana peppers in.
I ate half of the sandwich and it just didn't pop. The flavors didn't line up. The mustard, the pickles and the meats all need to be lined up with every bite. I surmised that the yellow mustard they used wasn't good enough, so I put some spicy deli mustard on the 2nd half, and it was a bit better.
But overall a disappointing sandwich. The tomato was mushy and tasteless. Nothing like the first sandwich I got here, when I suggested the Premo's might be the best place in town.
No More.
Review 12/31/12
I hadn't been to Premo's in a while, even though it's the closed sub shop not named Subway to where I live. I was running errands today and didn't have time for lunch, so I stopped in to pick up an italian sub.
They were just starting to put stuff away, but they said they could make me a sandwich. I went for the large size this time; the small size is 6" and the large is 9". The large is enough for a lunch and a snack for me.
The last time I was here I remember thinking that the guy who made my sub was pretty smooth, but this time it seemed like it was assembled quite randomly. One thing I noticed was that they didn't have good tomatoes. They'd cut the bad parts out but they didn't look ripe.
They use Boar's Head cold cuts and the sandwich was a good size. It wasn't as good as the last one I got here; I'm not sure why. But it's as good as any other place in this area. I'd certainly recommend it.
Review 9/1/2010
Ive passed Premos 100s of time and never really considered going in. Why? I guess it just made me think of Premio Sausages. I thought it was a chain. Its really small. It just didnt seem important. But a friend of mine tried it out the other day and recommended that I try it.
They have 2 sizes, the Premo which is 6 inches and the Big, which is 9 inches. I was in the mood for 6 rather than 4.5 (Id only eat half of the 9) so I ordered an Italian Premo with the works.
Now Im not really a big sub guy and If given the choice between a sub and a bowl of pasta Im taking the pasta every time, but this sub was simply outstanding. Overstuffed and bursting with flavor, good Boars Head meat and cheese and nice, soft bread. I dont give subs 5 stars, but this was pretty close. And for $5.75 its a great value as well.