Trivelli's Hoagies — Restaurant in Colorado Springs

My experience? After using an industrial sized pitchfork to scrub the 82 ounces of sloppy onions off my "PLAIN" cheesesteak, I wouldn't say it was worthy of eating at that point. I'm not one to complain, but i take my daughter to lunch to split a large PLAIN cheesesteak, deciding whether to buy her shoes for school today or feed her this $24 tower of onions with a spoonful of steak on the side...well we took the risk and got the onions. I didnt order a pound of onions with some added small portions of steak and cheese when I requested a plain cheesesteak. Not sure what this guy was hearing. For one, you dont put onions on a original Philly cheesesteak. Two, plain means plain, it doesn't mean to add a 4 to 1 ratio of onion to meat. Besides making it clear that I hate onions and my daughter is allergic to them, they brilliantly chose to grab their biggest scoop shovel out the back shed and just rained down limitless onions onto a hoagie, and maybe enough meat to feed a starving spider, and called it a $24 cheesesteak. I am still unsure if this was a big joke on me, albeit a costly joke on my end, or some prank video youtubers duping me, or if my ex was the cook in the back but this was insane. Picture below of the onions i was able to extract from what was supposed to be a cheesesteak(the onion pile is way bigger than the rest of the sandwich). Id call to fix this but we took them home to eat miles away when we noticed, so id rather write this. Ps we didnt eat this, whatever it was. Pss please visit Philadelphia to try to learn and study the way a cheesesteak is made Pss plain doesn't mean I want 40 pounds of onions...

This is my experience with this tavern when I was in the Springs area stationed at Fort Carson. In the 80s and 90s there was an Amoco station that was next to Trivelli's, but I see it is gone now. Glad to see the gas station is gone as it was run by a crooked owner named Bill. That ripped off people in the area. Hope the owner is in jail?!? With that said.

Trivelli's at the time I was in Springs until I retired from Fort Carson, Colorado in 2006 was the go-to spot for excellent hoagies and sides. The building itself is small, meaning it doesn't offer indoor dining. All orders are take out only, but there are lines at certain periods of the day and early evening. The food is worth the wait. I will miss this place as it was a place one could go for excellent food and service at a great price.

Being Trivelli's is still open in 2024 is a testament to their food and service. Since moving to Minnesota I haven't found a place like Trivelli's. Thank you for the...

I only ever write reviews when the service/food is either REALLY bad, or REALLY great...& this place is really bad. I got the Italian Chicken & I couldn't even eat it. There was SO much marinara on it that in the 3 min it took to drive back to where I was going (across the street - according to Google maps, just 350 ft. away lol) the bread was a soggy, disgusting mess. This is bad enough but the sauce was totally tasteless - literally all I could taste was chicken & (soggy, plain) bread. I could see there was cheese on it, but I guess not enough cuz I couldn't taste that at all either. My friend got the Philly Cheese Steak & said there was way too many onions on it but otherwise tasted ok (while it was hot, anyway - said it got cold quick & afterwards was just, "meh"). I wound up only eating the chicken & he only ate 1/2 of his - definitely not worth the $20+ spent, unfortunately. We definitely won't be...