Mr Submarine

Ok so the place is kinda shabby not going to lie. The inside eating space is small and not that well maintained but the subs are AMAZING. The Mr. Submarine original cold cut hits the spot each time. Super inexpensive but great subs I usually split a side order of fries and two drinks for under 12 dollars. It’s so good I drive from the suburbs just to get it sometimes.

They’re always understaffed and takes them hours to make a sandwich. It’s not rocket science just throw the ingredients on boom boom you’re done, shouldn’t take longer than seconds. I had to walk out a few times because of the long wait. 3 stars because sandwiches are good but service is lacking

This was the worst experience ever. The lady making the food was so rude and gave us the wrong order. Instead of fixing the problem she tried arguing with me and kept yelling even when I walked away. Plus she over charged. So make sure you check your receipt. I will never go there again. Rude, over charged and waited a long time for our food.

Great place. Had the gyro and wings with fries. The veg was fresh and the fries were piping hot and crisp. Parking is an absolute nightmare though as there are 5 – 6 businesses in the plaza but only 15ish spots.

Had desi chicken Philly. It was delicious. Good memories also…

Mr Submarine has been around forever and is one of the longest running sub shops in the Chicago area. They classic combo is still just as good as it was when I was a kid growing up in the Rogers park area in the 80’s. They always add just the right amount of cheese, meat, oil and veggies. Give them a try if you haven’t already.

Your usual Mr Submarine. I’ve been here a couple times, and it is classic. Holds up adequately to the Mr Sub standard. Bread is great. Sandwich flavorful. Workers are cleanly, gloving up after ha fling money, before prepping food. The big downfall for this location is parking.
My usual picks are the turkey sub and seafood salad. Be prepared for oil and onion breath. Hahabut they are pretty good

They remodeled and are much cleaner now. They jacked prices up a bit, but who hasn’t over the years? I still dig this place.

This place has blue All-​Sport in the soda fountain. Thats all you need to know.

Fast forward seven years since I last reviewed this place. Nice turnaround, guys! Apparently they shut down for two years while they revamped everything.
Turkey sub (everything on it, hot) was DELICIOUS. Craving one right now as I type…

Seems like ideal block for a sandwich/​beef place, so I was pretty psyched when they re-​opened. Looks like I get the honor of the first review since.
After waiting 20 minutes for a single customer, enjoyed some prison-​quality meat on a slightly-​above-​room-​temperature corned beef, made by a guy that looked far more miserable than the average sandwich shop employee. All while a second was pulling out masses of black/​grey slop from a disaster of a kitchen right behind him. Food, cleanliness, morale, service, all need a lot of work if this spot isn’t going to just close right down again.
One star for cheapness, location, and kind of an interesting menu — I think we paid $ 7 for two big subs?

This Mr. Submarine has been closed forever and it doesn’t seem like their doing any renovations or anything.
Does anyone know if this Mr. Submarine is going to open again?

Don’t let the look keep you away! The place looks dated but I do not go there to look at architecture. I go for the sandwiches. The portions are generous compared to newer chain sub places. The staff is very helpful and courteous!

This place is a go to place when you want a sub. This is not subway where you get one slice of meat. they jam pack the sub w meat. the bread is always fresh. I ordered fries and he filled up my bag full of fries also. Customer service is great. the guy behind the counter was cordial. speedy but yet efficient. the food taste so good. The only downside was i ordered a fruit punch drink and it was really bad. it tasted like the machine lol and tis why the 3 stars

Trying to find a good sandwich on the North side, I tried Mr. Sub. It was ok but not great.

Don’t let the sunbleached photos dissaude you from eating here. Its best to take your sub and get out, since the place is run down, but its in my top 5 best subs ever. And i eat a LOT of subs.

It’s 2 am. You’re feeling the effects of one too many beers (sadly for me that’s only about three), and then you realize you never ate dinner. Not really that big of a deal, except that I’d like to keep drinking.
What’s a girl to do?
Grab an equally ravenous/​tipsy friend and cross the street to Mr. Submarine!
Look, it’s not the prettiest of sandwich shops… it lives in a strip mall on a somewhat bleak stretch of Lincoln. But at this time of night, there’s nothing more beautiful than an ‘open’ sign. And they serve hungry imbibers like me ’til the wee hours: 4 am on the weekends!
The food… my guy pal had a gyros sub (sounds scary, but he liked it) and I went with the classic turkey: lettuce, cheese and some special sauce. Didn’t taste anything too ‘special’, but that may be attributed to the liberal dousing of oil and vinegar. Yikes!
Still pretty good though… and the chow served its purpose: I was able to drink one more beer following my sustenance transplant. And that was all I needed.

Good deal here. I got a regular size hot roast beef sandwich, chips, and a 16oz drink meal. It was yummy. I would return again.
There isn’t a lot of seating so I guess most people get it to go. There are maybe like 3 tables.

Yeah it’s cheap. And the place looks really crappy: dirty tables, crappy signs and décor, sticky here and there… But it’s a really great place for cheap subs especially if you’re going late at night. My personal favorite is the roast beef which for whatever reason is REEEEEEEEEEEEEALLY good. Some sort of crazy trade secret maybe but either way, tasty. (Warm or cold, I prefer warm.)
I’m a night owl and often looking for someplace to eat (if you haven’t noticed) really late. They have more non traditional sandwiches as well as your basic turkey type subs. I’ve heard a lot of bad crap about the people who work there but maybe they’re not going late enough because I’ve run into both a man and a younger woman who work there and both were really nice, hooked up the sandwiches with a LOT of meat and didn’t seem like total jackasses like some people have said. I mean mind you this place isn’t PACKED with customers or anything but there’s always some little hole in the wall where either way the person serving you can’t wait to get you the hell out of there. I mean, I’ve had even some really shitty asshole service at Susie’s too, but either way it’s good food. (At both places)
Not a place to sit down and relax on a lunch/​dinner date but all the better then that you can take it to go!

In my never-​ending quest to locate hidden gems I gave this place a shot despite my better judgement. wow.
The place is filthy, the tables all have gang tags scratched into the tables, the menu pictures are black & white, circa 1988. The guy working was anti-​social and looked like he longed for the sweet embrace of death. Believe it or not, this is not a deal-​breaker with me yet.
We put in a to go order (no way we were eating there) which only included sandwichs because their fryer was «down» and so consequently half the menu was unavailable. Okay. It takes about 10 more minutes to get the subs (there was no line or any other orders). We get back home & sandwichs are not only wrong but there’s barely any meat even.
This place is cheap, and always empty for a reason. Steer clear & spend the extra $ 5 & 15 minutes to go to Suzie’s and be satisfied.