Remember Suburpia???
Bill Markut
Brady...but sorry no recipe...
GLF wrote in message <36E73938...@worldnet.att.net>...
>
>Does anyone remember Suburpia sub shops?
>They had the BEST sandwhiches.
>
>Does anyone have a recipe that comes close to duplicating the original?
>
>I grew up in Milwaukee but I'm now exiled in Ill-annoy and lately have
>become nostalgic for the great taste of home.
>
>G
>
GLF
Kirstenfg
I remember--there was one on 76th and Bluemound and now it is a Credit Union
and a Subway. For a while it was a Video store, too. I used to hang out there
after school--boy was I ever cool back then!! LOL
Kirsten
Kirs...@aol.com was Oogi...@webtv.net
badg...@webtv.net
the Gold Coast Sub shops in Milwaukee.
I ate there, It taste just like Suburpia to me. They have the same menu
just different names.
I know of 3 Gold Coast Subs shops. One on 59th and Burham, 27th and
Howard and one on south Packard Ave across from Ladish.
taz...@yahoo.com
came around here now, though, otherwise we'd be sunk when it came to sub
shops. *This is just MY opinion of sub shops...don't mean to open a bag
of worms here... :) *
I wonder what happened to them???
GLF wrote:
>
> Does anyone remember Suburpia sub shops?
Melissa Morrell
Never ate there, but maybe I will...
Back to lurking
Melissa
St T
>
> Someone told me that the old owner either opened or sold the recipe to
> the Gold Coast Sub shops in Milwaukee.
>
> I ate there, It taste just like Suburpia to me. They have the same menu
> just different names.
> I know of 3 Gold Coast Subs shops. One on 59th and Burham, 27th and
> Howard and one on south Packard Ave across from Ladish.
Isn't there also one on East North Ave? Down between Farwell and Oakland?
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DrHarsh
the onoins they had and the oil.mmmmmmmmmmmmmmI have been all over town
and have found nothing that even comes close to Suburpia.
Regards,
Ps: to bad on the Ill-annoy thing
GLF wrote:
>
> Does anyone remember Suburpia sub shops?
> They had the BEST sandwhiches.
>
> Does anyone have a recipe that comes close to duplicating the original?
>
> I grew up in Milwaukee but I'm now exiled in Ill-annoy and lately have
> become nostalgic for the great taste of home.
>
> G
--
邢 唷��
Cybernanc
>I remember those! They WERE the best subs...I'm really glad that Subway
>came around here now, though, otherwise we'd be sunk when it came to sub
>shops. *This is just MY opinion of sub shops...don't mean to open a bag
>of worms here... :) *
Both Suburpia and Subway are GROSS in my opinion. That soft, soggy bread makes
those sandwiches taste awful! Cousins makes THE best subs in Milwaukee!
~~nancy~~
In a controversy, the instant we feel anger
we have already ceased striving for the truth,
and have begun striving for ourselves. - Thomas Carlyle
David Ritz
On Thu, 11 Mar 1999 10:51:55 -0600, "mmorrell" == Melissa Morrell <mmor...@csd.uwm.edu> wrote:
: On Thu, 11 Mar 1999 badg...@webtv.net wrote:
:
: > Someone told me that the old owner either opened or sold the recipe to
: > the Gold Coast Sub shops in Milwaukee.
: >
: > I ate there, It taste just like Suburpia to me. They have the same menu
: > just different names.
: > I know of 3 Gold Coast Subs shops. One on 59th and Burham, 27th and
: > Howard and one on south Packard Ave across from Ladish.
mmorrell: There's also one on E North Ave between Farwell and
mmorrell: Prospect, I believe. Never ate there, but maybe I will...
IIRC, this is the location of the first Suburpia. Its certainly
the earliest I remember.
Cousins and Suburpia coexisted for several years, prior to
Suburpia's transformation into Gold Coast
The earliest Cousins I can recall is still open on the west side
of Farwell, just south of Brady Street.
mmorrell: Back to lurking
mmorrell: Melissa
Hi, Melissa. I'm glad you chose to put in an appearance.
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"One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined
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Steve Bukosky
>I remember those! They WERE the best subs...I'm really glad that Subway
>came around here now, though, otherwise we'd be sunk when it came to sub
>shops. *This is just MY opinion of sub shops...don't mean to open a bag
>of worms here... :) *
Oh come on now! There is no comparison. Subway is the absolute
worst! No.. I take it back. They are better than a K-Mart sub that
has been wrapped in plastic for a day.
For a great sub, take the time to look up a Chocolate Factory.
Freshly baked bread and great meat.
Steve Bukosky
sbuk...@execpc.com
http://www.execpc.com/~sbukosky/
GLF
Thanks for the responses! I'm definitely going to check out Gold Coast Subs next
time
I journey behind the Cheddar curtain. Gold Coast was the name of one of Suburpia's
sandwiches so the connection to the original owner seems logical.
As I recall, Cousins bought out Suburpia when they came into Milwaukee. Didn't
want the competition, I guess. Cousins subs are ok, in my opinion, but
completely
different from Suburpia so any comparisons between the two are meaningless.
Subway, on the other hand, is (are?) awful! I'd rather eat at McD...., no I take
that back.
G
Cybernanc wrote:
> In article <36E7D93A...@yahoo.com>, taz...@yahoo.com writes:
>
> >I remember those! They WERE the best subs...I'm really glad that Subway
> >came around here now, though, otherwise we'd be sunk when it came to sub
> >shops. *This is just MY opinion of sub shops...don't mean to open a bag
> >of worms here... :) *
>
Joe McCarron
#1 - The secret to the Suburpia sub was in the 'seasoning' which at the time
I worked for "burps' was manufactured in plant on Fon du lac ave I think.
Each sub had it's individual spice. After seasoning, all subs were coated
with 'peanut oil.'
#2 - The owner, founder and driving force behind Suburpia was "William F.
Foley' otherwise just known as Will Foley. He was good friends with (at the
time) one Bob Reitman, now of WKTI but back then he worked for WQFM and WZMF.
#3 - The Suburpia warehouse was also on Fon Du Lac Ave and was managed by
'Brad Fons'. It was there that the bulk meat and chesse were delivered and
sliced up for delivery to the shops. Also, and this may be of some interest,
it was there that they adapted the process of shredding lettuce, soaking it
in a vitamin C solution and spin drying it. It retarded 'rust' or browning on
the lettuce. Tomatos were delivered directly to the shoppes and sliced there.
The onions were orginally reconstituted from dry. When "Tom Barbian' was GM
at Suburpia, he switched over to 'real' onions.
#4 - Cousins bread is good but in it's hey day, no one could beat the
Suburpia bread baked by "Ziggy' at the bakery on Forest Home Ave. Ziggy (I
forget his real name) was a full-time culinary teacher at MATC and also
managed the the bakery. Don't forget, besides subs, Suburpia also sold some
excellent brownies.
#5 - Will Foley was a very charismatic man. You either liked him or hated
him. Always full of energy and ideas. Unfortunately, while he hired some very
capable people, he also had the poor sense to hire, a few for lack of a
better phrase, people who "took advantage of him." That was Suburpia's main
undoing. However, Suburpia's last hurrah came as they attempted to become a
delivery service, much like Domino's later became. For those of us who were
employed there at the time, it was called "Project Normandy."
#6 - The orginal commercial tapes (Get two friends to join you in a sandwich)
featuring a yet unknown talent (John Belushi) were taken...Ok, ripped off,
from the corporate office on Water street. I seem to remember Will getting
rather PO'ed about it. Chis B (I'd rather not get into that) claimed to know
nothing about it. *g*
#7 - The Original Suburpia was salami & bologna and was the only sub without
mayo. The Gold Coast was imported polish ham. The Miles Standish was
processed turkey. The Davey Jones (not from the Monkees) was tuna, the Rubin
James was corn beef and the Cattle Baron was roast beef. ---- Unknown is the
fact that 'burps' had also developed a very delicious "gyro sub" and were
just about to put it on the menu when the "distibution powers" of gyro meat
(who did not like Will's counter-culture image) blocked any wholesale meat
supplies to "Irish Enterpises", the comapny Will started that owned Suburpia.
#8 - Suburpia 'used' to be at summerfest but were kicked out prior to Bo
Black's current regime. That in itself is a very interesting bit of trivia
involving city politics and the business powers.
#9 - "Burps" also had one of the two city's only double decker english buses.
While it was a good advertising gimmick, the thing was a peice of shit. You
had to be a midget to work comfortably in it and take the word of someone who
drove it a few times, it was extremely top heavy, leaked exhaust fumes and
attracted so much attention when you drove it down the street, you dare not
go over 15 mph.
#10 - Will liked the dark wood decore of the shoppes with their orange tinted
lights, wood booths and a wall you could work behind so no one could see you.
#11 - I worked 3 1/2 years for "burps" as a manger, supervisor, consultant
and all around flunkie. Will Foley was an enigma to me. I loved him...I hated
him. Still, Suburpia provided me with some of the best fun and memories of my
life. I bolted from 'burps' just as it began to sink under the weight of the
debts they mounted trying to launch the delivery system. The copy right and
trademarks were later sold and Suburpia continued sans Will Foley who was
later hounded by the IRS and other debt organizations. ...To my knowledge, he
is trying to start up "Suburpia" again under the name "Gold Coast." I wish
him the best of luck and also msis them subs....even after eating (literally)
thousands.
#12 - I would be remiss in my recollections not to mention that while working
at Suburpia, I met Jimmy Miller who became one of my best friends, a room
mate and was a pretty darn good Milwaukee area comedian. Jimmy passed away
about three years ago of cancer. I still miss him.
Cybernanc
>#4 - Cousins bread is good but in it's hey day, no one could beat the
>Suburpia bread baked by "Ziggy' at the bakery on Forest Home Ave. Ziggy (I
>forget his real name) was a full-time culinary teacher at MATC and also
>managed the the bakery. Don't forget, besides subs, Suburpia also sold some
>excellent brownies.
Thanks for this GREAT post Joe. Enjoyed reading the history of Suburpia. Yes,
I do remember the good bread and I existed on those Brownies while attending
Marquette (there was a Suburpia on 16th St. across from McCormick Hall....I bet
they did a GREAT business there!!!)
badg...@webtv.net
Factory in the Grand Avenue Mall. It was good.
But I am still looking for a good Italian Sub in this town from a
Italian Deli.
Cybernanc
writes:
>But I am still looking for a good Italian Sub in this town from a
>Italian Deli.
Have you tried Pepino's? There are some carryout/delivery places that have
deli's in them.
taz...@yahoo.com
subs. The only reason I like Subway is due to the fact that their bread
is actually FRESH, and not hard enough to chip a tooth on, like
Cousins. Subway's "hot" subs are gross, however..
Subway just uses White & Wheat, whereas Cousins uses that hard-ass
french bread...what are they?? Serving spaghetti???
Cybernanc wrote:
>
> In article <36E7D93A...@yahoo.com>, taz...@yahoo.com writes:
>
> >I remember those! They WERE the best subs...I'm really glad that Subway
> >came around here now, though, otherwise we'd be sunk when it came to sub
> >shops. *This is just MY opinion of sub shops...don't mean to open a bag
> >of worms here... :) *
>
> Both Suburpia and Subway are GROSS in my opinion. That soft, soggy bread makes
> those sandwiches taste awful! Cousins makes THE best subs in Milwaukee!
>
taz...@yahoo.com
No thanks.
Steve Bukosky wrote:
>
> taz...@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> >I remember those! They WERE the best subs...I'm really glad that Subway
> >came around here now, though, otherwise we'd be sunk when it came to sub
> >shops. *This is just MY opinion of sub shops...don't mean to open a bag
> >of worms here... :) *
>
G. Paul Huml
on Linwood st. My Dad used to send me up there with a couple of bucks in
the early 70's to get us both subs. They were pretty good from what i
remember. Now, i would have to give Cousin's or Big Mike's Subs the BIG
THUMBS UP!! Subway is ok, but the bread is not my favorite.
Just my $0.02 on the subject. I like these "remember ..." threads, brings
back alot of fond memories of the Milwaukee are. I haven't lived in the
city of Milwaukee for 10+ years, but do get back for visits.
Paul @ work
GLF wrote in message <36E73938...@worldnet.att.net>...
>
St T
>
> I remember a Suburpia close to UWM near Downer and Kenwood, i think it was
> on Linwood st. My Dad used to send me up there with a couple of bucks in
> the early 70's to get us both subs. They were pretty good from what i
> remember. Now, i would have to give Cousin's or Big Mike's Subs the BIG
> THUMBS UP!! Subway is ok, but the bread is not my favorite.
Hm. I thought there was a suburpia on Locust and Oakland where the Subway is
now. Downer and Linnwood isn't commercial now, with the Newman Center and
houses on the corners.
I was never crazy about suburpia, prefering cousins all the time. Cousins is
the BEST hangover food, as I found when I lived near the one on Oakland and
Locust, back when it faced Locust with the jukebox.
G. Paul Huml
>I remember a Suburpia close to UWM near Downer and Kenwood, i think it was
>on Linwood st.
After some "brain drain", i think that the name of the street that Suburpia
was on was Hampshire (one block north of Kenwood off Downer). I don't know
what caused that name to _jump_ into my head, i also remember a bike shop
next door or very near there, "Rainbow ....". If anyone remember's or
better yet, knows, lemme know. I hate it when i get something stuck in my
mind (like an old song) and can't remember what the heck it is:-)
Paul @ work
St T
OH YEAH. It was down in that area where Cafe Caffeine was, wasn't it? Rainbow
Jersey moved over to Capitol in Shoewood, and then another bike shop came and
went and moved to Murray and Locust, where that cute little family grocery
used to be.
Elizabeth Martorell
>
> In article <23748-36...@newsd-113.bryant.webtv.net>, badg...@webtv.net
> writes:
>
> >But I am still looking for a good Italian Sub in this town from a
> >Italian Deli.
>
> Have you tried Pepino's? There are some carryout/delivery places that have
> deli's in them.
G. Paul Huml
i'll have to drive down there and wander around. It would be fun to bring
back those childhood memories.
Thanks again,
Paul @ work
St T wrote in message <36E96325...@uuwm.edu>...
luxor09
cybe...@aol.com (Cybernanc) wrote:
> In article <23748-36...@newsd-113.bryant.webtv.net>, badg...@webtv.net
> writes:
>
> >But I am still looking for a good Italian Sub in this town from a
> >Italian Deli.
>
> Have you tried Pepino's? There are some carryout/delivery places that have
> deli's in them.
>
> In a controversy, the instant we feel anger
> we have already ceased striving for the truth,
> and have begun striving for ourselves. - Thomas Carlyle
I don't like Pepinos.
Linda
>
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luxor09
badg...@webtv.net wrote:
> I have to agree with Steve. I had a sub last week at the Chocolate
> Factory in the Grand Avenue Mall. It was good.
>
> Italian Deli.
>
I like the subs that you can get at teh Chocolate Factory too.
St T
>
> Thanks.... I was hoping that my memory hadn't totally gone:-) Some year,
> i'll have to drive down there and wander around. It would be fun to bring
> back those childhood memories.
Well, actually, it's going to be a little weird. Depending on what decade you
were down there:
Brubakers is now a pizza place. The people who owned Brubakers moved over to
port washington, where they serve some mighty nice Indian food.
The former Follett's books was a craft store and now is a Panther Books.
The former drug store turned into a Wendy's and is now closed.
Around the corner, I think Cafe Caffeine may have both spaces that were the
Suburpia and the bike place, but i'm not totally sure.
Dave Rasmussen
> G. Paul Huml wrote:
>>
>> Thanks.... I was hoping that my memory hadn't totally gone:-) Some year,
>> i'll have to drive down there and wander around. It would be fun to bring
>> back those childhood memories.
>
> Well, actually, it's going to be a little weird. Depending on what decade you
> were down there:
>
> Brubakers is now a pizza place.
sodas.
>The people who owned Brubakers moved over to
> port washington, where they serve some mighty nice Indian food.
Out of business end of 1998. Next door to kopps.
>
> The former Follett's books was a craft store and now is a Panther Books.
>
> The former drug store turned into a Wendy's and is now closed.
>
> Around the corner, I think Cafe Caffeine may have both spaces that were the
> Suburpia and the bike place, but i'm not totally sure.
yes.
St T
> >The people who owned Brubakers moved over to
> > port washington, where they serve some mighty nice Indian food.
>
> Out of business end of 1998. Next door to kopps.
NOOOOOOO!! That was the only restaurant most of my family could eat at
together!!!! SAY IT ISN'T SO!!! My sister, the vegetarian, my parents, the
informal/casual/hamburger types, and me, the low-carb person, we could have
all eaten there and been happy!!! NOOOOOOOOO!!!
We'll never eat together again!
G. Paul Huml
(3400 Blk)., right across the street from what we used to call Downer Woods.
I remember that drug store, Riegelmans (spelling), spent many allowances in
there!! Most of my extensive baseball card collection came from that
store:-) We lived there from '65 to '76, i only remember the 70's. In '76
we moved into Shorewood, parents wanted a better school system and to get
away from a busy Downer Ave.
I remember the bookstore, saved a few allowances and bought a cool
"streaking" t-shirt there, was my mom pissed:-)
Paul
St T wrote in message <36E982EA...@uuwm.edu>...
>Well, actually, it's going to be a little weird. Depending on what decade
you
>were down there:
John G Dobnick
> Someone told me that the old owner either opened or sold the recipe to
> the Gold Coast Sub shops in Milwaukee.
Gold Coast it is! I've been to the one at 59th and Burnham.
(Went there because of the name -- the "Gold Coast" was Suburpia's
ham and cheese sub.) And yes, it was the same old familiar
recipe.
> I ate there, It taste just like Suburpia to me. They have the same menu
> just different names.
> I know of 3 Gold Coast Subs shops. One on 59th and Burham, 27th and
> Howard and one on south Packard Ave across from Ladish.
As for the person who was lauding "Subway".... Ick!
They have got ot be the worst excuse for a sub in the world.
(I actually ordered a Subway sub....... once.)
Stale bread. Miniscule amounts of "filling", and that stupid
little "vee" they cut in the top of the loaf to stuff the
filling into. Sheesh! Talk about chintzy!
Now take, for example, Cousins Subs! Now _there_ is a good sub!
(I prefer the tuna sub myself.)
--
John G Dobnick (Tuna) "Knowing how things work is the basis
Information & Media Technologies for appreciation, and is thus a
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee source of civilized delight."
j...@csd.uwm.edu ATTnet: (414) 229-5727 -- William Safire
Joe McCarron
was next to a laundomat) Where the FIRST Suburpia was located was across 16th St.
(now a parking lot) was across from McCormick (What were you doing at an all-male
dorm?...LOL) The first Suburpia to serve beer/wine was between 16th and 17th and
Wells and had a stone motif....The Suburpia around UWM was on Hampshire.....There
was also one on Prospect & North (Where an auto place is/was)....Lexington - off
the Port road, KK & Potter, 27th & Euclid, College & Packard......they also had
shoppes in Madison.
Cybernanc wrote:
> In article <36E9187B...@idt.net>, Joe McCarron <joem...@idt.net> writes:
>
> >#4 - Cousins bread is good but in it's hey day, no one could beat the
> >Suburpia bread baked by "Ziggy' at the bakery on Forest Home Ave. Ziggy (I
> >forget his real name) was a full-time culinary teacher at MATC and also
> >managed the the bakery. Don't forget, besides subs, Suburpia also sold some
> >excellent brownies.
>
> Thanks for this GREAT post Joe. Enjoyed reading the history of Suburpia. Yes,
> I do remember the good bread and I existed on those Brownies while attending
> Marquette (there was a Suburpia on 16th St. across from McCormick Hall....I bet
> they did a GREAT business there!!!)
>
Cybernanc
writes:
>As for the person who was lauding "Subway".... Ick!
>They have got ot be the worst excuse for a sub in the world.
>(I actually ordered a Subway sub....... once.)
>
>Stale bread. Miniscule amounts of "filling", and that stupid
>little "vee" they cut in the top of the loaf to stuff the
>filling into. Sheesh! Talk about chintzy!
>
>
EXACTLY!!! Stale? It just tastes like it was made by Wonder!
Vee? The top layer is about an inch wide...how do you hold a sandwich together
that way???
Cybernanc
> Where the FIRST Suburpia was located was across 16th St.
>(now a parking lot) was across from McCormick (What were you doing at an
>all-male
>dorm?...LOL)
I said the Suburpia was across the street from the all-male dorm. But I did
attend a dance at the all-male dorm once.
Yes,
> I do remember the good bread and I existed on those Brownies while attending
> Marquette (there was a Suburpia on 16th St. across from McCormick Hall....I
bet
> they did a GREAT business there!!!)
Zen
> Now take, for example, Cousins Subs! Now _there_ is a good sub!
> (I prefer the tuna sub myself.)
Cousins is good, although for some reason, I find their bread to be a
little on the salty side.
For a really great sub, with a slightly different kind of home-made bread,
try PJs Subs. There's one on Farwell about a block north of Brady, and
another on HWY 100 in West Allis. They deliver too. I used to get subs
from the Farwell store all the time and I found them to be the best in
Milwaukee.
--
jhirsch "at" execpc.com
Hi there.
willia...@my-dejanews.com
Steve, your mentioning the Chocolate Factory reminds me that a "nuclear
chocolate" meltdown that a group was wanting to hold at one of their stores
last July to support the boycott of Nestle, the manufacturer of the "Nuclear
Chocolate" candy bar that was being sold as a promotion for the film
Armageddon! Anti-nuclear activists thought that the Nuclear Choclolate candy
bar desensitized children and adult to real nuclear dangers. Brother! I just
want a good sub. Why can't you eat anything any more without all this
politically correct garbage?
willia...@my-dejanews.com
badg...@webtv.net wrote:
> I have to agree with Steve. I had a sub last week at the Chocolate
> Factory in the Grand Avenue Mall. It was good.
>
> But I am still looking for a good Italian Sub in this town from a
> Italian Deli.
>
sy...@nospamadoptees.org
author.]
In article <10708-36...@newsd-112.bryant.webtv.net>,
badg...@webtv.net said all this really good stuff...
> Someone told me that the old owner either opened or sold the recipe to
> the Gold Coast Sub shops in Milwaukee.
>
> I ate there, It taste just like Suburpia to me. They have the same menu
> just different names.
> I know of 3 Gold Coast Subs shops. One on 59th and Burham, 27th and
> Howard and one on south Packard Ave across from Ladish.
>
>
If memory serves this old memory right, I think there was a splitting of the
original owners of Suburpia.
I think that the original Suburpia was on 7th and Wisconsin, and then on
North and hmmm Maryland?
Anyway, I also believe that "Goldcoast" was the name of their Ham n Cheese
sub. (Great sub unit if I do say so)
I remember there was a Goldcoast shoppe on W. Greenfield at one time. They
were the closest to the Suburpia shoppes in taste as far as I remember.
That shoppe also made a mean hot roast beef sub. :)
brb, gotta go sink a sub.
:)
luxor09
My granny liked their subs, too! She used to talk about an oil and vinegar
thta they would put on the sub if you asked for it. She said it had a good
spicey taste to it. Linda
us...@milwaukee.tec.wi.us
they always sell out of bread by afternoon ;)
lucybl...@gmail.com
> Someone told me that the old owner either opened or sold the recipe to
> the Gold Coast Sub shops in Milwaukee.
>
> I know of 3 Gold Coast Subs shops. One on 59th and Burham, 27th and
You forgot the one on the northeast corner of College and South Chicago Avenue/Packard Avenue in Cudahy across from the Axelson's used car lot. Where there not Suburpia Sub Shops in London, England? That is where the original shops were located as I recall and those where duplicated here in Wisconsin. By whom, I don't recall. The time of that establishment would have been the late 60s.
