I had never been to Ernie's. Having been a former Mountain View High School Bruin, I know that this is almost blasphemous to say, but it's true. Well, we received a coupon in the Value Pages mailer so my husband and I decided to go and try it out. I was pleased to see that it's still the Mountain View hangout that it was during my day (even though it wasn't my hangout then - my friends went to Wendy's.) We went at noon on a weekday and the place was packed, but we were still able to find a small table in the back where we could fit our baby's car seat with relative ease. I was surprised at how quickly they got our food out! Even though the place was hopping, we had our sandwiches in a little over 5 minutes wait time.
I got the Slider sandwich. It was served hot with grill chicken, mozzarella, and marinara sauce. It was DEE-licious. The marinara was very fresh and light with big chunks of tomato. It tasted so fresh that I wondered if it was made in house. The chicken was tender and sliced thin to make the sandwich easier to eat. (I hate it when restaurants throw a huge chicken breast on a sandwich. You get ten bites that are all chicken and then the rest of the sandwich is just bread.) I was very impressed by the Slider. I will definitely purchase it again.
My husband got the Slam Dunk sandwich. It was a cold turkey sandwich with avocado, swiss cheese, lettuce, tomato, honey mustard, and oil and vinegar. He was not particularly enthused. He thought that the turkey was nice and moist, but the sandwich overall was somewhat soggy (should've grilled the bread) and was overwhelmed by the flavor of the vinegar. He also felt that there was an insufficient amount of avocado. There were only two small slices for the entire 6" sandwich. He was unable to taste the honey mustard because the vinegar was dominating the sandwich so heavily.
Although we only sampled a small portion of Ernie's fairly vast menu, our overall impression was that the hot sandwiches were MUCH better than the cold ones. (A fairly good rule of thumb and most sandwich shops, I think.) The service was good, the atmosphere was fun, and the ingredients were of excellent quality. I don't know if Spencer and I will go back without a coupon ($8 is a lot for at 12" sandwich), but the next time the Value Pages come in the mail, we will definitely be taking a trip back to Ernie's.
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