Posts Tagged ‘potato’
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Price: $0.99; paid – $0.00
Promotion: Subway Get Smart sweepstakes, instant-win game
Location: 6843 N. Lincoln Ave., Lincolnwood, IL 60712 (map); phone: (847) 329-8134
Rating: 3 out of 5 – acceptable
I like entering online contests, but some sweepstakes are clearly more giving than others. I was lucky to win more bags of these Flat Earth Baked Veggie Crisps from Frito-Lay than I knew what to do with (thanks, CAG), and the winning e-mails just began to form daily in my inbox like the evening dew. It had been a while since I’d stepped foot in a local Subway sandwich shop, but I knew I was in for trouble when the person working there had never seen my winning redemption e-mail before. Fortunately, the deeper inspections, personal-information taking, and management consultations would come after this initial trip, freeing me to enjoy some free veggie crisps after a brief and relatively pleasant round of counter confusion.
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Price: $4.49; paid – $2.50 per
Promotion: coupon; buy 1, get 1 free (only discounted $3.99)
Location: 3141 S. Ashland Ave., Chicago, IL 60608 (map); phone: (773) 254-9124
Rating: 3 out of 5 – acceptable
Eaten: 4 blocks away
There have been times when I’ve felt obligated to try something new, whether prompted by lowly poster or towering billboard. And then there have been those times when I was lured to sample something I wouldn’t otherwise by mysteriously procured coupon or limited-time offer. But it’s rare when my takeout proclivities are pushed over the edge by a popular webcomic. As much as possible, I prefer that my destination dining not be swayed by the musings of colorful characters (whatever the medium), but it’s hard not to feel compelled when a new menu item’s ominously referred to as “a kind of epitaph for my nation.” [The comic... for your perusal.] How could I not feel the call of duty to report on this beast myself?
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Monday, March 10th, 2008
Price: $1.69; paid – $0.00
Promotion: free with “Matt’s Monday” Arby’s Racing deal
Location: 3931 N. Harlem Ave., Chicago, IL 60634 (map)
Rating: 3 out of 5 – acceptable
You know the main attractions on Arby’s menu have traditionally been its roast-beef sandwiches, but it can be quite helpful to have attractive sideshows as well (to eke out a little extra profit margin on a full-sized order). While Arby’s apparently has a limited supply of homestyle fries and “potato cakes” at participating locations, the form of fried potato most often associated with the chain (at least for me) has been the Curly Fry. It is described as follows on the Arby’s web site: “Perfectly seasoned ringlets, fried to a golden brown and served hot make these the perfect side item to any meal.” Perfect might not be the right word to lavish on these fried ringlets, but maybe I’ve just been missing something up till now.
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Price: $2.49; paid – $1.39