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Stacked Subs is crazy hard to find. GPS and Google Maps are worthless. Finally, after multiple drive-bys and double backs, I spotted the yellow strip mall, set back from 436 and not far from Full Sail University. On a repeat visit three days later, I zoomed past Stacked Subs yet again. I'd already been there and I couldn't find the damn place!
As I write this, Stacked Subs' exterior (and the rest of the strip) is getting a facelift. Inside, the walls are covered with posters of college icons, past and present ('Pulp Fiction,' Snoop Dogg, Jim Morrison). Up high, a tiny shelf (altar?) holds KISS action figures and the TV is playing a Jim Carrey DVD. What used to be the lit menu board is now a jumble of exposed florescent tubes, but printed menus are by the cash register.
Most of Stacked Subs' six-inch sandwiches are $3.79 and 12-inch subs are $5.99, but the foot-long meatball sub and the foot-long ham and cheese sub are always on $4 special – which beats that big chain by a whole dollar. The bread is quality, fresh and not too fluffy. Red sauce on the meatball sub is a little salty and the eight (!) meatballs are store-bought, but on the upside, the cheese is lightly browned in the oven – AND IT'S FOUR DOLLARS!
I also tried the six-inch cold stacked Italian (ham, salami, and pepperoni), the six-inch Philly cheese steak and the six-inch breaded chicken (made with sliced strips of a chicken patty). Veggies are fresh. Cheese doesn't cost extra. Sure, I'd prefer the mushrooms weren't canned, but if that's my only real gripe – and it is – that's pretty good.
For those who can't even scrounge $3.79 from under the floor mats, Stacked Subs does short order breakfast all day. Two eggs are a dollar. Two slices of bacon are a dollar. A six-inch roll is a dollar. Put it all together and you've got a $3 breakfast sub. If you can afford to go above my usual $5 Cheap Eats price cap, Stacked Subs also does gyros ($5.49), wings (10 for $6.99) and pizza (for eat-in or delivery).
Dish: The guys behind the counter aren't chatterboxes, but they're nice enough. One visit, they apologized because I had to wait for three other people to order – which hadn't even crossed my mind as an issue. On another visit, the kitchen realized they had run out of hot dogs after I had placed my order, so they offered (and I accepted) nachos with chopped chicken, even though it was $1.50 more on the menu.
Damage: Stacked Subs hits the sweet spot between quality and price. Each day, a different six-inch sub is on special with chips and a fountain drink for $5 (Monday is ham and bacon, Wednesday is tuna, etc.) If you have a Full Sail University ID, the deals are even better. Six-inch subs drop to $2.69 and after 2 p.m., a six-inch ham and cheese is only 90 cents. The only rules are that each student can only order two subs per and they won't deliver.
Decision: I had such a hard time finding Stacked Subs that I'd speculate Full Sail virtual reality savants have installed some kind of FX mirage to keep this super-cheap sandwich stand for themselves, but that would be paranoid, right? Right?
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