David L.
Yelp
There is a lot wrong here, but let's start with the business listing.
The address is 179 Washington St in DORCHESTER, 02121 a couple blocks from Columbia St. It's only been there a few months.
I went in to get a quick bite, remembering how good it smelled in November before they opened, while they were making their own food while finishing the buildout. They moved into an existing little "pizza joint" styled place and apparently just bought the equipment.
The place is worn and threadbare, but they're on a startup budget, however, things could be quiet a bit cleaner.
A girl who could not speak English waited on me, did not understand what I as asking for, so I pointed at the item on the Dominican Sandwich specials board. She went to the back to order it, and the chef, probably about 40, who spoke typical staccato Dominican accented English asked me if I wanted cheese and what veggies, etc. I told him what to put on it and a few minutes later a wrapped sub (not what I ordered) arrived. The girl then held her hand out for the money, so I wanted to see what would happen. She did not tell me the price either in English or Spanish.
My $3.50 sandwich ended up, with no extras, costing $5.50, and she looked at me as if waiting to get caught. Instead, that $2 will cost her her job when the restaurant realizes that this is their only review and it's not happy.
The sub was okay... if it was what I ordered. When I got it home, it was SWIMMING in mayo and ketchup, but that's how Dominicans make sandwiches: mild and wet. I asked for hots but apparently there were none.
The bread was typical sub bread, slightly yeasty. The ham was normal foodservice American sliced boiled ham. Meh. The veggies (tomato, onion, lettuce) were okay. Not a well filled sub, too wet, not enough "stuff" in it. Meh.
The jerked meats in the front hot counter you can buy in meals or by container smelled good... like I remembered months ago: sweet, slightly smoky and slightly spicy.
However, giving me a sandwich that I didn't order at a price that was not on the wall and having no proficiency up front where orders are taken in a tri-lingual neighborhood (Spanish, English, Kreole) is pretty poor.
I hope they do well, but patrons really need to count their change VERY carefully.
Note: there is no cash register or receipt system. That may spell a very short lifespan for this place.
Needless to say, they don't take plastic.
