Kosher Dill potato chips are one of the many varieties offered at The Great Outdoors. These,in particular, evoked a favorite memory of my dining partner's childhood.
For $0.55 more (than your five-dollar foot long), you can have an exponentially better sub sandwich and enjoy your surroundings at The Great Outdoors. Inside the walls are donned with murals of trees, tree trunk columns lining the queue, comfortable green banquets- everything evoking the feel of “great outdoors”, indoors. The only downside to this earthy, predecessor of Subway is the line; it moves pretty slowly, probably due to its drive thru operations. But it is well worth the wait.
The history lesson (because I love everything that has a story): The Great Outdoors first opened in downtown Dallas in 1973, by New Jersey native Jerry Oliverie. His mission was “to fill the authentic eastern style submarine sandwich void”. Today, there are 8 locations of The Great Outdoors around DFW and they have begun to franchise.
In a nutshell, everything tastes and looks fresh. The best part of the prep line is that you can actually see the source of all their deli meats, cheeses, and vegetables. It’s not fancy, just straightforward. The subs come three ways: Regular, Double Meat or Chef Salad. I had the Turkey, Cheese (house cheese is Provolone) on Wheat, toasted. I added lettuce, tomatoes – which were the freshest, red beefsteaks I’ve ever seen in a sandwich shop, black olives, alfalfa sprouts (Toto, I don’t think we’re in Dallas anymore, Austin maybe?) and honey mustard. They offer pickles in three ways, too: ¼, ½ and whole. I had ½ pickle and drink. The total was $8.34, not too bad for two days worth of lunch; I could only finish half.
The menu is full of many more great offerings including: “great awakenings” which are breakfast subs, some of the largest croissants I’ve ever seen, housemade cookies and brownies, and Henry’s Homemade Ice Cream, hand dipped.
These are Great Outdoors, indeed.
The Great Outdoors
6918 Greenville Avenue
Dallas, Texas
214.739.1928
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