664332 Tue Nov 03 07:34:09 -0800 2009 11 23 Ontario (including Toronto) 0 5151723 I've searched the boards but haven't seen any acknowledgement of Jim's awesome club sandwich. (Jim Restaurant, 897 Queen East, Toronto) There are club sandwich purists out there who will debate me, but this Club is 500+ calories of soul-satisfying goodness. This has become a weekend fave for my wife and me. It's simply done, nothing fancy, but the big chunks of rotisserie chicken set it apart from the awful, pressed turkey slices that seem to be accepted today (at twice the price). Jim's club is $5-6 I've only been to Jim's for breakfast/brunch at the weekend, so I haven't tried the rest of the menu. The breakfast menu isn't special - standard diner fare. If you're in the hood, don't forget to stop at Jim's for a Club. Anyone else in my camp? Tue Nov 03 07:34:09 -0800 2009 101900 piggywiggy 1 5152359 i love club sandwiches... sounds terrific Tue Nov 03 10:40:42 -0800 2009 5151723 115105 duckdown 1 5154386 Thank you for pointing this out. I love a good, proper club done well. Wed Nov 04 05:03:12 -0800 2009 5151723 204258 Everythingtarian 1 5154409 Another good club sandwich from an unlikely source is Gale's Snack Shop, a tiny little hole in the wall at Queen and Carlaw. They make it with slices of fresh roast turkey (they roast a whole turkey every day or two, as far as I can tell), a few slices of crisp bacon, lettuce and tomato. It sells for a whopping $2.75. Add a dollar for fries. Good, old fashioned milk shakes, too. Wed Nov 04 05:17:41 -0800 2009 5151723 12124 TorontoJo 2 5154463 Eastern & Carlaw. Wed Nov 04 05:54:24 -0800 2009 5154409 62905 Dimbulb 3 5154511 Doh, yes, thanks! Fair warning to anyone who chooses to venture to Gale's -- this is not a "quaint" hole in the wall. It is the real deal. It's clean, but that's about all you can say for the atmosphere. :) The family that runs it is super nice. Wed Nov 04 06:15:39 -0800 2009 5154463 12124 TorontoJo 1 5154464 aka Jim's Best Western Wed Nov 04 05:54:46 -0800 2009 5151723 62905 Dimbulb 1 5154605 Jim's and Gale's are about one block apart, so you can do a side by side comparison. Jim's is open evenings; Gale's isn't. Wed Nov 04 06:50:12 -0800 2009 5151723 23411 embee 1 5173393 Thanks so much. Club sandwiches are one of God's greatest gifts :) Wed Nov 11 12:39:43 -0800 2009 5151723 1123682 miketoronto 1 5185593 So after reading the review about the club at Jim by SO and I decided to try it on Sunday for a late lunch. Overall we were really disappointed. While the chicken was tasty and plentiful, the bread wasn't really toasted, the bacon was over cooked to the point of being crumbly, the tomato slices were so thick they had to be removed from the sandwich so that it could be eaten and there was no cheese. While it is a cheap and cheerful local option for me, calling it awesome is a huge overstatement. Mon Nov 16 09:43:08 -0800 2009 5151723 13707 JennaBean 2 5186501 I have never been to Jim's (or Gale's) but might try the place because I like real chicken, lots of tomato, crumbly bacon and think that cheese on a Club is a terrible abomination. Mon Nov 16 14:28:58 -0800 2009 5185593 1086986 sumdumgoy 3 5187046 I think I like cheese b/c I don't do mayo and while I like tomato a third of a tomato in a "slice" makes for a rather large club and I couldn't bite it. Mon Nov 16 17:29:45 -0800 2009 5186501 13707 JennaBean