Downtown Sandwich & Ice Cream

This place has a large variety of tasty sandwiches to choose from, but the real show stopper is the tacos. They serve the best tacos outside of Mexico, and have the greatest secret hot sauce. Some people come here just to buy the hot sauce itself. The building itself isn't to far from a marina in lake Michigan. As the name would imply, they do serve ice cream here year-round. You can usually get some normal flavors, but you can also get some more unique ones. Overall a cozy, causal, family friendly atmosphere with great food, snacks, and a good view of lake Michigan.
7 years ago (26-02-2018)

Solid place for subs, and a wide variety of ice cream. Favorites: the cheese steaks are great, and surprisingly (for a sub shop) the tacos are really enjoyable. Bright, sunny atmosphere, and friendly employees.
7 years ago (25-02-2018)

I checked out the Downtown Sandwich Shoppe while on vacation with the family in northern Wisconsin. While there's a lot to like, the experience was far from perfect. Things I liked: * I loved the building where the restaurant is located. It is a century old red brick building with painted tin ceilings across the street from the marina. It's not your run of the mill sub shop. * They serve Cedar Crest ice cream (a personal favorite) in homemade waffle cones. * The cheese curds were a hit with the kids. Lots of cheesy goodness without too much breading. * I really enjoyed the fish taco. Slathered with tartar sauce, it was far from authentic, but it was a generously portioned fish filet, crunchy on the outside and moist and flaky on the inside. Just writing about it has me craving another. Things I didn't: * I've seen better organized Chinese fire drills than how the order counter was operated. The person taking the order seemed confused at times and sure enough, one of the sandwiches was incorrect. The order taker didn't know the prices of the menu items, so he had to look at the board for each item he entered an item into the cash register, making the checkout process painfully slow. * Avoid the lemonade unless you are a die-hard fan of watered down Country Time powdered mix. To their credit, they allowed me to exchange it for another drink. In a setting like this, it would be nice to have lemonade with actual lemon in it. * The soft taco supreme was a pretty pedestrian ground beef taco overwhelmed by your typical Taco Bell-esque toppings. * Things like sticky chairs and tabletops were a disappointment. I didn't see anyone cleaning off the tabletops while we were there and it showed. * The kitchen seemed short staffed. The wait for our order was around 15 minutes for a lunchtime order on a Saturday. Overall verdict: despite some service issues, this is a much better option than a Subway or Cousins. It's a fantastic venue with excellent ice cream and a fish taco to dream on.
7 years ago (20-01-2018)

As good as they come. Plenty of meat without too much bread. Wide and thick sandwich. I recommend the #16.
7 years ago (24-01-2018)

My favorite place to eat. Hands down best cheese curds ever. The tacos are my favorite. I have been eating here for almost 20 years. I bring all of my friends and family to experience their greatness.
7 years ago (17-12-2017)