Jimmy John’s (South Westnedge)
3116 S. Westnedge AvenueWe have become such a Jimmy John’s family. It’s the one place everyone in our family likes and it’s also a pretty solid meal.
I pick up Jimmy John’s a lot for the kids either before or after skating at Wings Event Center from the Sprinkle Road shop. I rack up a lot of points doing that and will often use them to get free sandwiches from the downtown location while I’m at work.
I was out of the office late last week for a job assignment and I realized I was really hungry. I didn’t have a lot of time and I didn’t really want to think too much about what I was doing.
I was kind of near Western Michigan University and I could have just hit up either the Jimmy John’s across from Waldo or came back downtown. But what’s the fun in that. Let’s find a new one.
I picked the Jimmy John’s on the corner of South Westnedge Avenue and Whites Road in the South Westnedge Neighborhood. The restaurant is a stand alone building in the front of the large shopping center on the corner. This is a rather large building for a Jimmy John’s but as far as I can remember, this building was built specifically for this business.
I don’t understand why anyone still goes to a Jimmy John’s and actually places an order. It’s so much easier to just use the app and set it for pick up. I do that 100% of the time and I usually just set it for drive-thru pick up but I went in this time since I was planning on writing this blog.
This location is huge for a Jimmy John’s. It’s set up like pretty much every other Jimmy John’s. There’s just so much more room.
The order counter is right in front of you when you walk in. Again, same set up as every other Jimmy John’s. The counter is right in front of the kitchen and there is a sandwich line to quickly make those sandwiches that people come in to the store and order. The menu board hangs overhead and the rows of chips are snacked neatly underneath the cash register.
There’s so much space in this lobby area that there is even a row of booths near the windows.
That’s in addition to a full dining room off to the other side of the room separated from the counter area with a half wall.
I have a sandwich I usually order from Jimmy John’s but this time I decided to do something different. I ordered the Sweet & Spicy BBQ Brisket. I mean, I like brisket, so why not?
This sandwich is then slices of brisket, cheddar cheese, a sweet & spicy BBQ shop, onions, Jimmy Peppers, lettuce, and mayo. I left the onions and mayo off but kept everything else. The sandwich was fine but it wasn’t anything really outstanding. I really like the tangy heat the Jimmy Peppers offer but I like those on other sandwiches as well. The brisket is just pretty much sliced deli meat. It was fine but not what I think of when I think of brisket. Overall the sandwich was….fine. There was nothing wrong with it but nothing that made me want to order it again.
Jimmy John’s is always a consistent go-to and I don’t think it’s possible to get a bad sandwich from them….unless they decided you need three tubs of mayo with your sliced turkey. This Jimmy John’s is one of the bigger ones in the area and it’s on a really busy corner in Kalamazoo. I don’t think I’m going to change my go-to sandwich from the Ultimate Italian but yay for me for trying something different.
