{"id":8969,"date":"2016-03-29T11:42:49","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T16:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=8969"},"modified":"2016-03-29T11:42:49","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T16:42:49","slug":"nationwide-arbys-reuben-sandwich-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=8969","title":{"rendered":"Nationwide – Arbys Reuben Sandwich Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

I clearly remember my first visit to an Arby\u2019s, it was in the area of Minneapolis surrounding the U of M, and at that time, they had a glass enclosed \u201coven\u201d in the middle of the dining room where the \u2018roasts\u2019 were cooking (at least that\u2019s what I remember).<\/p>\n

Arby’s was founded in\u00a0Boardman, Ohio, in 1964 by Forrest and Leroy Raffel, owners of a restaurant equipment business who saw \u00a0a market opportunity for a fast food franchise\u00a0based on a food other than\u00a0hamburgers. They chose the name “Arby’s”, based on\u00a0R. B.<\/i>, the initials of\u00a0R<\/b>affel\u00a0B<\/b>rothers. (That\u2019s funny, I \u00a0always thought it stood for \u201cRoast Beef\u201d).<\/p>\n

The Raffel brothers opened the first new restaurant on July 23, 1964. They initially served only roast beef sandwiches, potato chips, and soft drinks.<\/p>\n

Today, Arby\u2019s is one of the \u00a0largest fast food franchises (in the US), with over 3,000 outlets, and a smattering of shops overseas as well.\u00a0 The majority was purchased by a private equity group in 2011, with less than 20% being held by the folks at Wendys, who had owned it in toto, since 2008.<\/p>\n

There haven\u2019t been that many innovations at Arby\u2019s over the years;\u00a0 one exception was the addition of the \u201cFresh Market\u201d sandwiches which seem to be popular, and I have maintained since they were introduced, that Arby\u2019s onion rings are the best in the fast food, and maybe fast casual arena.\u00a0\u00a0 They are a bit spendy, tho.<\/p>\n

We went to Arby\u2019s as a cheap and quick solution to needing our St. Patrick\u2019s Day corned beef fix, as they were offering a bogo on their Reubens, no coupon needed.\u00a0 The Arby\u2019s Reuben is a good value at the bogo price (around $3 each), but I don\u2019t know if I would be inclined to pay more.\u00a0 I\u2019m not the type of fast-food consumer that goes for premium menu items.<\/p>\n

Arby\u2019s Reuben is corned beef, swiss, kraut, and thousand island dressing on toasted marble rye.\u00a0 Note \u201ctoasted\u201d and not grilled, as most Reubens are prepared.\u00a0\u00a0 I doubt many consumers would object.\u00a0 They also offer the Rachel, a \u201cMidwest\u201d\u00a0 version of the Reuben which substitutes turkey for the corned beef, .(most places a \u201cRachel\u201d substitutes pastrami for the corned beef, and slaw for the kraut)\u00a0 If you are really bold, you can get a half and half at Arby\u2019s.\u00a0 Turkey and corned beef?\u00a0 Not for me, but you might like it!\u00a0 Extra hungry? Ask for the double stack, which doubles the meat portion at an additional cost.<\/p>\n

How was it?\u00a0\u00a0 Good for what it was, especially when you compare it to a $27 sandwich at a Manhattan deli!\u00a0\u00a0 I do admit it was a lot better grilled, as I took half home and did that later.<\/p>\n

The bogo was an LTO for St. Patrick\u2019s Day, but the Reuben is on the Arby\u2019s menu for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n

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I clearly remember my first visit to an Arby\u2019s, it was in the area of Minneapolis surrounding the U of M, and at that time, they had a glass enclosed \u201coven\u201d in the middle of the dining room where the \u2018roasts\u2019 were cooking (at least that\u2019s what I remember). Arby’s was founded in\u00a0Boardman, Ohio, in… Continue reading Nationwide – Arbys Reuben Sandwich Review<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,34,25],"tags":[514,1075,1343,3108],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8969"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8969\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}