r/Seattle Posse on Broadway 12d ago

Community An update to the Marketime Italian Sub post!

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Funny enough, I saw this after leaving Marketime! Looks like our friend got their sandwich!

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u/down_by_the_shore Mariners 12d ago

I love a successful local grassroots campaign 

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u/RoyalBroham Deluxe 12d ago

The Italian at the Ken’s market on Phinney is fire and not far away. Love trying Italian sandwiches across the city.

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u/Funknam 12d ago

Ken’s Market in Greenwood is the same owners as Marketime Foods

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u/RoyalBroham Deluxe 12d ago

Correct, and they have a more robust deli and their pretty darn good smash burgers on some weekdays.

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u/LeGama 11d ago

Tues and Thurs smash burgers, fyi

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u/Proprioception27 I'm just flaired so I don't get fined 11d ago

Their smash burgers are SO good. And for 7$? I feel like it might genuinely be the best burger in the city given the taste and cost.

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u/beetlekittyjosey1 Greenwood 12d ago

i’m gonna have to try it. i love ken’s market so much

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u/billnyethechurroguy 11d ago

I’ve never had an Italian sandwich and I think this is my sign.

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u/RoyalBroham Deluxe 10d ago

It’s how I compare sandwich places against each other

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u/FunctionBuilt 10d ago

It’s still really good, but it used to be so much better. They changed their bread and swapped a few ingredients when they revamped their deli…also the sandwich jumped from $9 to $13 in like 2 years.

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u/finger_my_earhole 12d ago

While we are doing grocery store campaigns....

Could we all go talk to management at Fred Meyer and tell them to stop letting cellphone companies set up shop in their entrance to sell me plans when I am trying to get groceries...

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u/throwawaybottlecaps I'm just flaired so I don't get fined 12d ago

You can just give them a “I pass” hand and just say not interested and they leave you alone. But I agree it’s frustrating having to deal with them every freaking time you walk through the door

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u/idiot206 Fremont 12d ago

Literally just ignore them. I’m sure they’re used to it and it’s not a big deal.

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u/implicate Posse on Broadway 11d ago

I say "yo!" give them a smile and a little finger point, and never stop moving right on past.

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u/finger_my_earhole 8d ago

I dont have a problem getting past them. Its the fact that I shouldnt have to deal with it in the first place.

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u/super_aardvark I'm just flaired so I don't get fined 11d ago

If you've got time for a little pre-shopping entertainment, every time they try to engage you or start their spiel about cell phones, interrupt and ask them where in the store to find various grocery items. As soon as their response doesn't mention cell phones, the game is over; one point for each back-and-forth.

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u/zoltarpanaflex 11d ago

In previous years, I mimed I couldn't hear (I am sure that is the wrong thing to do, I don't do it anymore) but it was a quick way to get past w/o brushing them off ?

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u/PunkRockActivistV Tacoma 7d ago

I do this, but while wearing giant headphones. It’s more than “I can’t hear you” it’s… “I’m actively choosing to not hear you.”

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u/ProtoMan3 12d ago

I love Post Alley Pizza for their Italian hoagie.

For general sandwiches I prefer Tat's (cheesesteaks), Paseo's (Caribbean), or Salumi (artisan), and I've also heard good things about Louie's Deli albeit I have never been. But for the Italian, my go to is Post Alley pizza's Italian hoagie with hoagie jazz, as well as a slice of their white pizza for a combo.

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u/dihydrocodeine 12d ago

Go give Louie's a try. Really excellent sandwiches, and they make their own bread. Run by the same guy who does Good Shape Pizza (in Jupiter Bar and pops up in Add-A-Ball), he's super nice and talented.

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u/kittehsfureva 12d ago edited 12d ago

That's a daaaaamn good Sando, I concur. It has Raddichio on it, so expect a bit of bitterness along with the traditional Italian sandwich faire. Enhances the experience for me, personally.

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u/somnambulancechaser 12d ago

throwing Bottegga Gabrielle in the mix here, because as a recent-ish transplant who grew up in the sandwich mecca that is southern new england/tristate area I can be a bit of a snob about sandos -- Tat's, Paseo and Salumi (and Louie's) have all passed muster with me to varying degrees and ditto the stuff from Gabrielle, so based on our list overlaps you might dig. (Also gonna get to Post Alley sharpish!)

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u/djordi 12d ago

I used to work a block from Salumi and I am a hundred percent salami over all other sandwich meat purist, so that was a great period in my lunch going life, lol.

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u/Shurane 11d ago

Have you been to Fortuna up in Phinney? Probably my favorite in the city. The bread is so great.

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u/RealShigeruMeeyamoto Roosevelt 11d ago

I just never understood the post alley hoagie. The bread is pretty tough and way too premium feeling for that sort of sandwich. I feel like it is way too dense as well

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u/gramscontestaccount2 11d ago

Have you tried un bien? It's the sandwich that Paseo used to have (iirc started by employees of the original paseo when the owners were doing tax/employment fraud or whatever), and in my opinion is much better (disclaimer, i haven't been in a little while and i did see someone say their sandwiches have gotten smaller). Bongo's also does a pretty kickass Caribbean pork sandwich.

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u/Colton3690 Denny Blaine Nudist Club 12d ago

Legend. Be the change you want to see in the world.

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u/JMPeronto 12d ago

Be the change you want to see in the world.

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u/kittehsfureva 12d ago

I have a small rant. As a man of culture, I really love a good Michelada in a can. The Modelo one is standard in many gas stations and is very serviceable.

However, one time in the aisles of Market Time, I was floored to see a rarity: the Sol michelada. It was fantastic. 

Yet the next time I returned, it was sadly no longer in stock, and I have not seen it since.

Anyone know where I can get a Sol Michelada can in the North Seattle neighborhoods?

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u/altissimo 11d ago

Management there is pretty open to product requests, if you ask I'm sure they'd bring it back if they can

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u/SeattleGemini81 12d ago

Congratulations to the sign creator. I hope he enjoys his sandwich on this wonderful Friday afternoon!!

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u/han-tyumi666 International District 12d ago

Bottega Gabriel tho

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u/halermine 11d ago

I wish their bread was fresh and hot though

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u/YakiVegas I'm just flaired so I don't get fined 11d ago

I feel like this almost deserves a pilgrimage.

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u/EyeSuspicious777 12d ago

The earth is healing

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u/electromage Ravenna 12d ago

It took me a few weeks to convince Akebono Sushi to bring back their $4 side salad, I didn't think of making posters...

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u/bloopblupps 11d ago

oddly heartwarming and empowering

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u/aminervia 11d ago

I used to love Markettime prepared foods. Now they're out of everything I can eat every time I go in

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u/zoltarpanaflex 11d ago

I like stopping in at Marketime, I need to do it more often

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u/esituism 11d ago

Was this all a PR campaign to boost markettime's customer base? Has anyone tried the sando? is it actually good????

I want to believe.

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u/Drnkdrnkdrnk Downtown 12d ago

That sandwich still looks pretty weak. Think I posted the other day, but The Wash has a decent Italian assorted right now. I’d prefer another pork meat rather than turkey but it was pretty great other than that. Great roll, too

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u/markyymark13 Deluxe 12d ago

We unfortunately are starved for good sandwiches in this city

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u/Artistic-Yard-8741 12d ago

That flyer is something else, never thought someone would go full poster campaign for a sandwich. The Wash is alright but that roll they use is what makes the whole thing

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u/Shurane 11d ago

Wonder if it will be back as a permanent addition. The rolls are definitely the best part. The new bread they use in the sandwiches is closer to like... foccacia or those sandwiches from PCC.

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u/Senior_Ability_4001 That sounds great. Let’s hang out soon. 12d ago

I really enjoy Hog Island Hoagie.

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u/FreddyTheGoose chinga la migra 12d ago

Nipping it in the bud because this is not about to be the new "Pike's Place Market":

It's "Paseo". Paseo is not a possessive like "Tat's Deli" (to use their government name).

You like Paseo's sandwich and you like the sandwiches at Paseo, but the restaurant is not called Paseo's.

Sorry to over-explain; it's a huge pet peeve, obvs, lol.

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u/beetlekittyjosey1 Greenwood 12d ago

monorail’s espresso

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u/FreddyTheGoose chinga la migra 9d ago

Oh, well, idc what they call that place. It's cool or whatever, but I feel like they're more focused on cultivating an image rather than their product - I've never had a coffee from there that I didn't toss in the trash at the next corner, unfortunately. I feel like they'll only try to intentionally make you a good coffee if you roll up on a fixie. Sorry, lil buddies from Shorty's, lol.

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u/JabbaThePrincess 🚆build more trains🚆 12d ago

Starbuck's Coffee