Sunday Brunchies and Crunchies: Holidays with and to
Earl of Sandwich!
9 October 2011
This just in! In my most recent trip to Earl I
discovered two bits of amazing news regarding every Disney theme
park fans favorite sandwich shop! First, we'll get the deliciousness
down to get you ready for the second bit of news as many readers
around the world may not have to kick themselves for making
themselves hungry for reading this at home.
Now offered for the autumn and upcoming holiday
season, the Earl of Sandwich offers a limited edition sandwich
special: the Holiday Turkey sandwich. I am a sucker for Thanksgiving
food; back in college, I lived for the days my dining hall would
randomly offer evenings of thanksgiving-esque food, loading my plate
full of Turkey, mashed potatoes, and stuffing. Imagine my surprise
and delight to see not only was Earl of Sandwich offering a new menu
item, it was made up of some of my favorite foods of all time. Just
in time for Canada's Thanksgiving, Earl offers a special version of
their Turkey sandwich: hot, fresh slices of Turkey, with stuffing,
zesty cranberry sauce, seasoned mayonnaise, and warm gravy. It's the
American Thanksgiving and the British Immigrants first feast all in
one sandwich.

As a limited offering sandwich, The Holiday Sandwich uses a 'Today's
Special' sticker
I know, it sounds a bit alarming as each ingredient
is typically enjoyed separately at the Thanksgiving dinner table,
but I must say it probably knocks the Hawaiian BBQ off the top of my
favorite Earl of Sandwich sandwiches list. This sandwich is a
tantalizing concoction of all my favorites. The herb seasoned
stuffing and mayonnaise compliment the sweet, tangy cranberry sauce.
Another great factor of this sandwich is a part of eating many tend
to overlook: the temperature. Earl is so famous for its sandwiches
because they come hot right out of the oven, and with the Holiday
sandwich especially, the warm roasted turkey and gravy help create
the toasty, homey feeling of a Thanksgiving or even Christmas dinner
in every bite. Needless to say, I was quite satisfied with this
special sandwich and though it was sad to see mashed potatoes
missing from this feast, in retrospect its inclusion would have been
a poor choice. So if you're lucky enough to get to Downtown Disney
this autumn season, make sure to grab Earl's special Holiday
sandwich!
For most of the world, many are not lucky enough to
make weekly trips to Earl of Sandwich as for the past several years,
only those in London, New York City, Las Vegas and Walt Disney World
had this ability. That list is soon ready to change and many people
around the country will be happy to hear that the Earl of Sandwich
franchise is slowly making its way around the nation! New table
tents (the little plastic things with ads at fast food places) at
the restaurant advertised the latest offerings such as the Holiday
Sandwich and the new Ice Cream sandwiches, but the best one was the
list of Earl of Sandwich locations!
Earl has been popping up in airports terminals
across the country as well as shopping centers and cities. Current
Airport locations include one in the Midwest (Detroit Metro
Airport), and three on the East Coast (Boston Logan International
Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport, Philadelphia
International Airport). Florida locations include the Downtown
Disney Marketplace, International Plaza, and Bay Street (Tampa), The
Mall at Wellington Green (Wellington), and Fort Drum Service Plaza
(Florida's Turnpike). In Nevada there is one at the Planet Hollywood
Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. New York City has an Earl of
Sandwich at 1290 6th Avenue. Texas is lucky to have 4 within the
state in Blanco, San Antonio; DeZavala, San Antonio; Park North, San
Antonio, and The Shoppes at First Colony, Sugar Land. Disneyland
Village in Paris just opened an Earl and of course there is the
original in Ludgate Hill, London.
The best news was that more locations are opening
soon, proving that the Earl of Sandwich franchise is truly taking
off, and why wouldn't it? They created the sandwich! Florida will be
opening a new location in the Town Center at Boca Raton. In the
North East, NYC gets another location at 90 John Street, and Boston
gets its first Earl at the Boston Commons. The best of all is for my
fellow New Jerseyans as NJ gets its second Earl of Sandwich location
(first was in the Newark airport) at Atlantic City! Atlantic City
(or AC as we call it) has been seeing a resurgence as a vacation
destination this past decade with new outlet malls, revamped and
remodeled casino resorts, and an overall clean up of the area, Earl
of Sandwich is truly the perfect addition as the former seashore hot
spot returns to its former glory.
So there you have it! Hopefully an Earl of Sandwich
will make it to a shopping center, tourist destination, or major
city near you as new restaurants open to delight the sandwich crowds
across the country. Jared, Ronald, Wendy and friends better watch
out; the British are coming!