Subway

This famous chain Subway now offers some new items - their new sliders are truly for small appetites. I was walking towards Marina City on a weekend late morning hour, and that Subway was right across the Chicago River. The restaurant is really 'sandwiched' between the lower floor of the famous parking garage of one 'corn cob' Marina Tower and another restaurant (Dick's Last Resort) on the lower level, and the views of the river and Chicago Loop from there are fantastic. The view...read full review

If this Subway was outside of Chicago, I would rate it lower, but since all fast food restaurants downtown have terrible service, I’d say their’s is pretty average. The problem I have with them is that they don’t pay attention when you’re telling them what to put on your sandwich. Sometimes there’s a language barrier, but more frequently it’s just carelessness and apathy. After they inevitably make the sandwich incorrectly while ignoring what you’re saying to them,...read full review

A Subway is a Subway, of course, but this outlet of the ubiquitous chain has two distinctive features. First, it's architecturally interesting, having been shoehorned into an oddly-shaped space beneath the parking spiral of the west tower of Marina City. Second, it actually has a view, looking over the river toward City Winery and Wacker Drive. There's even some outdoor seating on the plaza. Food? Service? Well...it's Subway.