Beach Hut Deli- True Love For Perky Meat Slingers

The Beach Hut Deli franchise is spreading its tendrils throughout the region. Is this a sign of the apocalypse? Is this the next Starbucks? Should a ham sandwich ever, ever have barbecue sauce on it? Here are just some thoughts on the Beach Hut Deli experience in no particular order:

-Fine selection of beers, many of which appear to be consumed by manual laborers on their lunch break. I sure hope they get to run large machinery after they finish off their highboy of Red Tail ale.

-Does part of the BHD franchise agreement stipulate that you are only allowed to hire comely coeds as sandwich makers?

-Is it actually necessary to wait for 30-45 minutes for your ham and cheese sandwich on a roll to be constructed by the aforementioned coeds?

-I can’t think of a better video game to play drunk than “Buck Hunting” where you get to fire a plastic shotgun at a screen full of wildlife. One more Arrogant Bastard please.

-Does it drive the old True Love patrons crazy that their hallowed ground is now taken up by perky sandwich jerks and trucker capped diners who wouldn’t know Daisy Spot if they ran over them with their Mustangs?

-Quick, name 5 places with better sandwiches: Dad’s, Italian Importing Co, Plaza Hof Brau, La Bou, Tortugas.

17 thoughts on “Beach Hut Deli- True Love For Perky Meat Slingers”

  1. I thought daisy spot was a euphamism…

    There is 1 independent Mr. Pickles sandwich shop in town on Fair oaks near El Camino. Their sandwiches are incredible. Try the L’ michelle on toasted dutch crust. The owner is kind of a sandwich nazi too, so that adds to the fun.

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  2. Once while waiting the requisite 45 minutes for my turkey sandwich at the Fair Oaks/Watt Beach Hut location, there was a kid who came in for his first day on the job. He seriously looked like he was still half asleep, had come in wearing the rumpled t-shirt he must have slept in, had the hair sticking out in every direction, and was wearing SLIPPERS (not “slippers” in the Hawaiian nomenclature meaning “flip flops”) but actual slippers with the fake fur on them. I expect a certain casual cool at such a place, but the slightest bit of effort is preferred — I just don’t want eye boogers in my sandwich, that’s all.

    Isn’t it former KWOD DJ Nick Monroe who owns the midtown Beach Hut?

    There used to be THE BEST sandwiches at a place called Marshall Grounds Cafe on J St next to Centro. It’s where Black Pearl is now (is that still there?) And of course, Greta’s. Ah, how we all miss Greta’s and all that that place represented.

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  4. 1) The surfing cow is delicious.
    2) If your smart: you call in your order an hour before you plan on going, that way, when you get there an hour later and it still isnt made, they rush it and it only takes a half hour. Saves 15 minutes!!
    3) I prefer to refer to it by my self created nick name: Hooters Deli.

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  5. 5 places with better sandwiches, off the top of my head:
    -my kitchen
    -my last kitchen
    -the one before that
    -my mom’s kitchen
    -2 pieces of bread and leaves fresh off the pile

    hard hittin snark from back east (i’m in West Orange, NJ right now)

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  8. Hooters Deli HA! hilarious. Good sammiches though, I think I did hear a drunk Australian guy at the mid-town one.

    I think it’s funny that the Mr. Pickles shops all name their sandwiches differently. You could have one heckuva Mr. Pickles treasure hunt. Find me a “L’MICHELE” a “Shrek” and a “Cougar”.

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  9. Pickles on fair oaks and el camino is INDEPENDENT. They have different recipe’s than the rest of the Pickles shops. All the other pickles shops are franchise or corporate and are crap. None of them serve thai soup.

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  10. Bon Air Deli. Just a few blocks from Hooters Deli, and the sandwiches are way cheaper too. Their hours are kinda short though. And no one as mentioned The Bread Store?!?

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  11. Beach Hut’s sandwiches are great, but the service at the midtown location is horrendous!! The counter girls are incredibly rude — especially if you don’t fit their idea of “cool,” which apparently means stoned and minimally dressed. I’m pretty sure one called me a b**** when I asked for my credit card receipt, even though the cute boy who was in line after me got his with a smile. It’s not worth going back with all the other good places nearby.

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  12. Wow sounds like supersonic had some terrible service at the midtown location, which i find completely rare!!! Ive never been to such a place that is consistantly full of happy patrons on a regular basis. Everytime I go to beach hut, I am greeted happily by the staff, as well as the familiar faces of beach hut lovers. Since Nick Munroe left, service time has stepped up. Ive never had to wait more then 5 minutes for my sandwich, and I am a girl, not a cute boy. Perhaps miss supersonic is a “b****”, tho i highly doubt one of them said that. And by the way, i have had every sandiwich on the menu and would eat there every day. Yum. so stop hating you little emo tru love junkies.

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  14. Man, Ace’s comment reminds me of the time the Little Emo Tru Love Junkies opened for !!! at The Loft…what a show! I could have used a deli sandwich after that show if you know I mean…

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  15. yeah nick monroe used to own the one downtown on j street. he was great, right? yeah. now hes a nobody though.

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  16. yeah, the girls that work at the midtown location can be rude. but they are pretty damn cute. request your next sandwich on the garlic cheese sourdough bread, but make them toast it. it’s amazing. or if a short japanese girl by the name of tiffany is working, ask her to make you sliders. she’ll charge you three dollars for the best sandwich EVER. if you like fruity drinks with a punch ask for a pomegranate cider with a splash of eye of the hawk. shit’ll get you hammered and it tastes like juice. and as for the owner, nick monroe hasn’t owned it for three years. it’s now owned by a dude named kerner.

    cheers, bitches.

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