Ciccio Sanwiccio

This place has opened up in the old Simply Zoup location.
You certainly can get a large amount of food here for under $ 10. I had the meatball sandwich. It was a little dry for my liking, maybe could have used more sauce.
The owner’s son was working and we had a nice chat about the business and how things were going for the new shop. He seemed like he didn’t want to be there but had the obligation to help out his family with their new business.

This place should be avoided at all costs.
Luckily, I was not subjected to the food, but I came here for lunch whilst my two co-​workers wanted to try a sandwich.
The owner/​manager was making sandwiches with one rubber gloved hand and the other hand (not gloved) holding his cell phone while he spoke in Italian for the entire 20 minutes we were waiting. He took orders in between chatting on the phone and never once put it down.
One co-​worker was given her sandwich immediately and we waited patiently for the second. Waiting… waiting…more waiting. After 10 minutes we enquired about the second sandwich. Oops. He forgot about it.
To top off the experience, both claim the sandwiches were fairly horrible. Roast beef consisted of: HUGE bun, not enough roast beef and way too much mustard.
Good thing I didn’t eat here.

Sanwiccio!
It’s lunch time. You’re at Yonge and Bloor. What should you eat?
Sushi…again?
Shawarma…again?
Greasy burger… again?
Vietnamese sub from Ginger (which are still mighty tasty)…again?
Sometimes you want something else.
Now, that something else can be a giant Italian sanwiccio!
This new location of Ciccio Sanwiccio opened up 3 weeks ago.
I’ve eaten sanwiccios at Ciccio Sanwiccio’s other location of at Yonge and Lawrence.
The sanwiccios at the new location are pretty comparable to the sanwiccios at the original location.
Sanwiccios are made with all fresh ingredients assembled right before you eyes.
I ordered the Eggplant Parmigiana sanwiccio ($ 5.50)
I hate paying for extra toppings on my sanwiccio.
Peppers $ 1.00
Mushrooms $ 1.00
Onions $ 0.50
The sanwiccio was filling and hit the spot… but still not enough stuff vs. bun for my liking.
The service was spectacular. Very friendly as they assembled my sanwiccio. They asked me twice if I wanted more tomato sauce on my sanwiccio.
I still have to try the pasta specials, when I get bored of sanwiccios.
I’d give the sanwiccios themselves about 2.5 stars.
But the service is great, and compared to other lunch places in the area, it’s a nice change… Also, I like using the word sanwiccio as many times as I can in a review.
3 stars. :)