Subway at Kroozin on Gosling

I stopped into the new Subway at the Kroozin convenience store to see what they were like. It's the first time I've been to a Subway since they started advertising freshly sliced meats. When they say freshly sliced, they don't mean like Jersey Mike's where they slice in front of you. The meat was pre-sliced and displayed attractively in the bins on the counter. They had a slicer on the counter that was quite clean. Better than when it was shipped in sliced and separated with paper.

I had a roast beef sandwich and chips, which were both as good as Subway always is. The chocolate chip cookies were as usual also. Subway is now offering footlong dessert and side items, so I tried a pretzel. It was decent, nice and salty, but the warming process made a few chewy spots. The restaurant was clean and ready. Service was prompt and polite. Can't say anything really stands out, but if you're there and want Subway it's fine.

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Thyme 2 Dine Streatery

This food truck recently moved from Florida to the Plaza de los Food Trucks behind the Gosling Express. We've been there a couple of times.

The specialty of the truck is lobster. They have Connecticut (warm) and Manhattan (cold) versions of the lobster roll, a Big Texan with lots of extra lobster, and lobster mac and cheese. I've gotten the medium lobster roll and the lobster mac and cheese.

The medium roll is a nice portion on a toasted bun with a dill pickle. The lobster I got was fresh and tasty, chewy as lobster should be but still tender. Beautiful flavor, they do not mess it up. The lobster mac and cheese is fine, not so much lobster but the client didn't mind that.

They have an option to upgrade from chips to fresh-cut fries, which I did, but you should do that being aware that it's not possible to make fresh potatoes crisp on the first fry (maybe if you thoroughly burn them, I guess). Places that make great fries, from McDonalds to fancy restaurants, cook them twice. They must be frozen in between and cooked from frozen to have a crisp exterior and tender interior. I don't mind limp and greasy fries (it's a nostalgia thing), so I went for them.

Lobster is pricey stuff, the lobster rolls are market price and that evening for a medium that was $34. The truck has other items at a variety of price points, including crawfish, burgers, and a split beef hot dog for $9. Service is enthusiastic. Hope they do well.

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Smallcakes

 I saw this place near Barbarossa Coffee and stopped in to check it out. I had a scoop of their homemade cookies-and-cream ice cream, and took home a chocolate creme cupcake and a set of pupcakes.

The ambiance is very bright and inviting--pinks and rainbows everywhere. Very comfortable for sitting and hanging out, and they have books to peruse while you enjoy your snack. The single restroom is one of the very best I've been in--decorated much like the dining area, and immaculately clean.

The ice cream is quite delicious, but that doesn't say too much since the stuff in tubs in the grocery store is too. But you can taste the special richness of the homemade ice cream, and I just enjoyed knowing that it was made on site. Their cookies and cream mix has just the right level of sweetness, with thick veins of cookie.

The chocolate creme cupcake was very cute. It's a riff on the Hostess cupcake, dark brown with a squiggle of white icing across the top and a creme center. I dug in later that day. It's a very good cupcake, for me it hit a little sweet-on-sweet though. As a dessert I personally would want to split it four ways.

My dog loves the pupcakes, of course, because he is in no way a picky eater. It's a whole lot of dog treat and you can only buy them in packs of 4. Am giving a couple to my larger dog friends next door. Such a cute place, easy to recommend.

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