Have you been to Bari? Want to know how the two compare. Have heard very good things about Graziano's but haven't gone. I know they use the same bread as Bari.

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You're a pisser. You know why you'll never see Kaner at Bari ? Its located too close to the corner

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

have not, but those I trust like them both. Graziano's can be slow at lunch time crunch. Once in a while I walk over there at lunch. Bari is just a bit too far.

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Submarine Tender, Forest Park
Found myself in the neighborhood yesterday and enjoyed lunch there for the first time in 14+ years .... BG Fries* delightful, too.

(* - Butter & Garlic)


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Fontano's

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Bari delivers (so does Graziano's).

I have had them both. I like both but I think Bari is a clearly superior product. They are just better in every facet from bread to meats. If they were far apart, I could see going to Graziano's when in the area. However, they are so close that a trip to either is the same, so I would always go with Bari.

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I'll take a hike up there sometime when the boss is away. I hear they have the best gardiniera in town.

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You have it all wrong. Marconi makes the best garden diner......gingerraria.....gardenia sauce

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

As always, the dolphin's culinary taste is impeccable. As he says, Bari's stands one or two steps above Graziano's, which is nevertheless a reliable sandwich shop. They also have a great selcection of olives, cheese, pasta, etc.

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Subway

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Would you concur that these people saying things like Jimmy Johns and Subway are off their rocker? I mean, for like $1 more you can get such a better product.

BTW Alpine Deli on North Ave, Elmwood Park is a sleeper.

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Bari and Graziano's use the exact same bread, delivered from the bakery next door to Bari.

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Yeah, I try not to eat at any national chains. Local places are always more interesting to me and almost always represent a significant improvement in quality at roughly the same price as the big chains.

I haven't been to Alpine in a couple of years, but I remember it as being good. When I make it to that area, my favorites are typically Riviera Dail (Belmont/Harlem) and Nottoli Brothers (a little further north on Harlem).

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This.

Also, Rammy's Sub Contractors in Elk Grove and Wheeling. Their pretzel bread is awesome.

http://rammyssubs.com/

nottoli brothers is GOOD.

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I actually do really like them.

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so I took a 30 minute hike to get a Bari Italian sub. 12 inches, just the way I like it.

$6.00 is a steal for the size of this thing. bread was kind of stale though, it HAD to be yesterday's bread. I was there early around 11:00.

generous meat cheese, could have used more giardiniera & oil and vinegar given the bread situation.

The sandwich was really huge. I feel like a python that just ate a feral pig.

Good stuff, but I'll place my vote for Graziano's. More orderly, more giardiniera, more oil & vin, no stale bread.

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I don't think anyone's favorite should be Subway. Jimmy John's has a sandwich called the gargantuan, which is pretty solid.

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there are two kinds of people in this world:
those that appreciate good food and those that don't.

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I believe the word you are looking for is "who".

Subway is pretty disgusting, but Jimmy John's or Jersey Mike's are not terrible, especially if you don't have one of those higher end places near you.

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Great call on Rammys.

If you are in the Lombard area I HIGHLY recommend Frankie's Deli Yorktown. They make the single greatest deli sandwich I've ever had. Turkey and Bacon with Provolone, mayo and awesome giardinerra. I still find a way to hit that place up to and from Chicago. Frankie still works there. Been doing it since 1964.

http://www.frankiesdeliyorktown.com/

There are those who know that a period goes inside the quotation marks and those who don't.

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Bob O Rino's on Central between Addison and Roscoe, east side of street. Pretty good stuff

Apparently I was wrong about that. Period always goes inside the quotes even if the punctuation at the end is not part of the quoted section.

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Wrong. Check your Chicago Manual of Style.

EDIT
Actually we are both kind of wrong. See chapter 6.56

Proper use would call for single quotation marks, but a period after.

Interesting. That is virtually the only instance the period is ever outside the quotation marks.

EDIT 2
Chapter 6.66 Words as Words
Words used as words should be italicized, not quoted. Quotes are usually reserved for foreign translations (6.56 again).

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The style book tried to make me buy it. I generally don't ever use italics. If writing for a newspaper or magazine they generally don't use italics. It might make sense in a book though.

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I only write on message boards, so these issues usually don't come up unless someone starts questioning my grammar skills in a discussion about sub sandwiches.

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There's no "u" in color, this is America!

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POTBELLY BECAUSE ITS CHEAPER THEN SUBWAY.