Suburpia - More than memories

RE: Suburpia - More than memories (ann peeples)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:45:30 GMT

meta99-Welcome to Roadfood!!! And if you make a trip up to enjoy Suburpia, let us know-we will join you!

RE: Suburpia - More than memories (meta99)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:05:36 GMT

I enjoyed the Suburpia subs during my college days, and for years afterward, whenever I was in the Milwaukee area. I was very sad to see that they went out of business many years ago, and overjoyed upon their return. One of the things that sets these subs apart is the incredible seasoning infused in the oil....each type of sandwich has a different mix of seasonings. This is something that no other sub chain has, or probably ever will. When you are devouring one of their subs, take note on how perfectly the seasoning matches the meat. I now live in Illinois and will soon make a road trip to once again savor that incredible flavor.

RE: Suburpia - More than memories (JRPfeff)

Sun, 11 May 2008 11:41:41 GMT

sdzn - I love your story. It is the same for my family, too. Suburpia has the only subs we eat anymore.

Jim

RE: Suburpia - More than memories (ann peeples)

Sun, 11 May 2008 09:26:38 GMT

Funny this subject was brought up-had Suburpia for dinner last night,As good as ever!!

RE: Suburpia - More than memories (MilwFoodlovers)

Sun, 11 May 2008 07:33:31 GMT

Now things may have changed, but Nino's Bakery (Menomonee Falls) used to make their bread. I always added a small splash of Maggi's Seasoning (substitute equal parts soy sauce and Worcestershire sauce if you don't have any) to the onions along with oregeano.

RE: Suburpia - More than memories (sdzn)

Sun, 11 May 2008 01:50:12 GMT

I was on my way to Mayfair Apple Store and was trying to decide where I was going to stop...I remembered Subupia was right on the way. I don't get this far east very often any more, my husband moved me out past Oconomowoc (closer to Johnson Creek). I recall the Suburpia on 27th & Oklahoma and at Summerfest, back in the day.
I just devoured a Miles Standish, I don't remember enjoying a sub so much. Soooooo Good! I got off work early a day later and had to get another, the next day I did it again when I was told there was one in Waukesha. Thank goodness the gas was killing me. I've had to get one - about 6 times in the course of a week and a half. Waukesha is getting pretty far for me too...I don't know if I can feed my new addiction with gas going up so much. Are there any plans for an Oconomowoc (Growing fast) or Johnson Creek (no subs in creek) location.
If anyone knows what the sauce is, I'd appreciate it so I can make do in the mean time.

RE: Suburpia - More than memories (ann peeples)

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:29:45 GMT

www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2005/08/29/story5.html - 109k -

RE: Suburpia - More than memories (Meggy)

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:28:17 GMT

I know more about Suburpia than I want to. This is the third incarnation of the business, always run by the same man who is a criminal. The delays are due to his involvement. He may have thought up a good sandwich...for the 70's when no one cared what went into their bodies...but he's a crazy man that doesn't pay his vendors and relies on his own lunacy for direction. He treats his employees like crap, by the way. While I am all for independent, locally owned businesses...there is something to be said for integrity and this business has none.

The food prep area is intentionally hidden from sight. I am certain there are a number of reasons why! Some things repeatedly fail for good reason. Try and ask for nutritional information, by the way. I did and got laughed at.

RE: Suburpia - More than memories (vclamp)

Mon, 24 Dec 2007 10:28:25 GMT

Thanks. It opened Thursday December 20th 2007. A fine Christmas present indeed. I stopped in Saturday night and had a fantastic dinner. There are no seats or tables at this small location. Standing room only.

RE: Suburpia - More than memories (Yada123)

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 19:13:35 GMT

Drove by Prospect & North. It is now open after 7-8 months of waiting!

RE: Suburpia - More than memories (Lcky7eleven)

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:33:34 GMT

Looks like the Suburpia on North Ave. in Milwaukee finally opened!

RE: Suburpia - More than memories (Yada123)

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:36:45 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by DavidEMartin

The Suburpia on Prospect & North closed, then re-opened under the name Gold Coast, then closed again.

The new site-- a small, non-grill sandwich shop is really the only thing that could reasonably fit in there. The problem is, with the auto traffic flow in the area, any business there is pretty much limited to foot traffic. Suburpai may be hoping that the massive increase in the surrounding medical office space will lead to an increase in hopefully hungry mouths heading their way.

And the bar crowd.

RE: Suburpia - More than memories (ann peeples)

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:56:38 GMT

My thoughts exactly, MFL.I am never disappointed with the amount of meat...

RE: Suburpia - More than memories (MilwFoodlovers)

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 06:52:43 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by sk bob

those pictures look like subway subs. WHERES THE MEAT?

The Suburpia and Gold Coast subs are not lacking in meat and bear no resemblance to Subway subs.

RE: Suburpia - More than memories (DavidEMartin)

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:58:56 GMT

The Suburpia on Prospect & North closed, then re-opened under the name Gold Coast, then closed again.

The new site-- a small, non-grill sandwich shop is really the only thing that could reasonably fit in there. The problem is, with the auto traffic flow in the area, any business there is pretty much limited to foot traffic. Suburpai may be hoping that the massive increase in the surrounding medical office space will lead to an increase in hopefully hungry mouths heading their way.

RE: Suburpia - More than memories (sk bob)

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:10:28 GMT

those pictures look like subway subs. WHERES THE MEAT?

RE: Suburpia - More than memories (ann peeples)

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:41:31 GMT

Although we have a Suburpia nearer to our home(Hwy 100 and Bluemound) I still frequent the Goldcoast on Burnham.I hate to say it, but I think Goldcoast is better...

RE: Suburpia - More than memories (vclamp)

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:09:06 GMT

The new North Ave & Prospect Ave store should have been open months ago. THe intial opening schedule of March got bumped back because the city made them rearrange the customer traffic flow. The work is completed. It has been ready to open now for several months. They did get the small sign out front. but it looks too small to be genuinely permanent. It was political problems, not business that caused them to shut down in the past. The current problems are apparently now governmental as well.

A Chubbies has opened 2 blocks west of Prospect, and a Whole Foods is where the former Gold Coast was, so there is more competition now than when it was supposed to open.

I do remember the old Gold Coast by North Ave & Prospect Ave from the early 80's until around 2000 perhaps. Extrememly similar, but Suburpia is a bit better. The Gold Coast at 5901 W Burnham is the one that I have been to most recently.

RE: Suburpia - More than memories (Lcky7eleven)

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:57:59 GMT

Thanks Yada, I do remember that sub-shop being a Gold Coast now that you mention it.

RE: Suburpia - More than memories (Yada123)

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:39:07 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by Lcky7eleven

David are you thinking about the old sub-shop by "The Globe" on North Ave? I don't remember the name of it, but I didn't think it was a Suburpia. I could be wrong though as it went out of business a while ago. There is a new Suburpia that has been in the works now for about 6 months where the old Soup Bros used to be. Thats what I was talking about in my earlier post.

The one he is refering to was originally a Suburpia before the chain went bankrupt. It then became a Gold Coast which run by the original owner's right-hand man. The subs at Gold Coast are exactly the same. There is one on Burnham and about 35th.

RE: Suburpia - More than memories (Lcky7eleven)

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:26:20 GMT

David are you thinking about the old sub-shop by "The Globe" on North Ave? I don't remember the name of it, but I didn't think it was a Suburpia. I could be wrong though as it went out of business a while ago. There is a new Suburpia that has been in the works now for about 6 months where the old Soup Bros used to be. Thats what I was talking about in my earlier post.

RE: Suburpia - More than memories (DavidEMartin)

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:47:12 GMT

I'm ambivalent about Suburpia.

The Suburpia that used to stand on North Ave and Prospect (before it was vaporized to become a Whole Paycheck grocery and a medical building) might have had good sandwiches but the lack of customer service was annoying. You entered into an anteroom that had a menu and an order counter BUT the other side of the counter was an alcove blocking your view of the food prep area. And the alcove blocked any view of the waiting room. Which meant you had to hope some employee might take the time to wander into the alcove and see if there was a customer there. Yelling "HELLO?" never helped, suggesting a sound barrier was also in place.

The Suburpia in the Plankinton building was even stranger. Again, customer sight lines were blocked by an alcove. The windows were covered in floor-length blinds. Once the blinds were open just a bit around twilight, enabling me to peek inside. What I saw was a bunch of folding tables and computers, not a food prep area. And once when a Plankinton Bldg security guard and I were tramping along the fire steps to the rear of the Suburpia, trying to track down a leak that was threatening my bookshop's basement, the presumed manager of the Suburpia cracked opened his firedoor just wide enough to yell at us to get away from his store.
That store took months to open. Once it did so, the customer flow was maybe a couple people a day, if that. Very strange.

RE: Suburpia - More than memories (Yada123)

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:27:39 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by Lcky7eleven

They Finally put a sign up above the Suburpia in progress at the corner of North and Prospect. I can't wait for that one to open because I live so close!

Yeah, it will only be another 6 months or so!

RE: Suburpia - More than memories (ann peeples)

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:30:46 GMT

How funny-in all the years I have eaten Suburpia, I never once thought of or even realized the "burp" part of the title!!Guess it must be the impressionist artist in me-see life as I want to see it, not as it really is....regardless,they are still my favorite local sub sandwich.

RE: Suburpia - More than memories (1bbqboy)

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:56:58 GMT

RE: Suburpia - More than memories (Ort. Carlton.)

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:35:42 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by enginecapt
Subfartia.

Dearfolk,
Subfartia, so near to ya. Tee hee. Well, so fart, so goodt.
Das Est Der Subfarken, Ort. Carlton in Athens, Georgia, which is occasionally (most notably football weekends) transported to Locovania.
P. S. I don't need no stinkin' chain sub shop when I got Little Italy right over at 125 North Lumpkin Street. So dere.

RE: Suburpia - More than memories (Lcky7eleven)

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:04:59 GMT

They Finally put a sign up above the Suburpia in progress at the corner of North and Prospect. I can't wait for that one to open because I live so close!

RE: Suburpia - More than memories (enginecapt)

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 23:57:48 GMT

Subfartia.

RE: Suburpia - More than memories (Michael Hoffman)

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 23:37:14 GMT

Hey, TJ, I don't care what they put out. When they name it for an involuntary bodily function then they have hits coming.

RE: Suburpia - More than memories (TJ Jackson)

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 23:28:53 GMT

Come on MH, the answer to your question is contained in the lion's share of the posts before yours....they appear to put out a good product :-)

You silly, silly man. :-)

and now back to the subs, by all means :-)