Head West Sub Stop

Review Date: March 11th, 2014 The place where I learned that I don’t like Hellman’s Mayonnaise. Mayonnaise seems to be such a controversial condiment. It has its fair share of lovers and it has its fair share of haters. There seems to be no middle ground. Personally, I like it when it can compliment a meal but too little and it does nothing and too much floods out the other flavors. Head West was suggested to me when I was first putting together my travel list in 2011 by my friend Annalyn. She said it was the best place to get subs in Springfield. I took her word on that and decided to check it out on one of my first trips to the city of Abraham Lincoln. I wasn’t sure what to expect from Head West. The name and logo gave me a few different expectations but I don’t think what it is and what I expected aligned very well. The restaurant was heavy on the greens and purples from what I remember. Like something you would see in New Orleans. Seeing as this was forever ago, I don’t really remember what I got but I do remember the fatal mistake I made. When I unrolled my sub sandwich and I was presented with some mayo packets, I added them to my sub to the level I thought was appropriate. I was naive. I was young. I didn’t know better. It took a few bites for me to realize that I don’t like Hellman’s Mayo. Not one bit. Sadly, I did too good of a job when I added it as it was evenly spread across the whole sandwich. Bite after bite, I tried to tell my brain that it was good. It was delicious. It was not the worst thing I had. But in the end, I had to admit it was nasty. The sub itself was really good and the Jones Soda washed everything down rather well. This was my first time having a Jones Soda and that was far from disappointing. After choking down the sub, we made our exit. I have forever cursed that mayonnaise for ruining my sub on that day. On the bright side, I would be willing to go back and try a sub again. As I said prior, the sub itself was great. It was just marred by that awful goop called a condiment.

We come here specifically over fast food on road trips to Chicago. The chicken at this location tasted like rubber and the bread was not the magic it has always been at the other locations. Also, zero appreciation for the older man who was training a young man expressing his unsolicited political views to us. We wanted to pick up our sandwiches in peace.

Good experience when I came in. This is one of the many Headwear shops that we have and the quality shows in this establishment as well. The only thing I have against it is its location. This store is located pretty far off the main road so you either have to Google for this store, see it in passing when you go to a neighboring store, or see it by dumb luck. But regardless they deliver quality sandwiches and desserts every time I go in so I am happy to support this local business and would highly recommend it.

Alex was AWESOME, I forgot my mask and called. Alex had just cleared the lobby and offered to bring my food out to me. I went ahead and came in to chat, he said if there was ever any confusion to just call and ask. EXCELLENT customer service. As a former employee I’d expect nothing less, Head West in Springfield will always be my go to sub shop!! UPDATE: Just got home with Italian on whole wheat add black olives… SOOOOO GOOD.