HeadWest Sub Stop — Restaurant in Springfield

Review Date: March 11th, 2014

The place where I learned that I don’t like Hellman’s Mayonnaise.

Mayonnaise seems to be such a controversial condiment. It has its fair share of lovers and it has its fair share of haters. There seems to be no middle ground. Personally, I like it when it can compliment a meal but too little and it does nothing and too much floods out the other flavors.

Head West was suggested to me when I was first putting together my travel list in 2011 by my friend Annalyn. She said it was the best place to get subs in Springfield. I took her word on that and decided to check it out on one of my first trips to the city of Abraham Lincoln.

I wasn’t sure what to expect from Head West. The name and logo gave me a few different expectations but I don’t think what it is and what I expected aligned very well. The restaurant was heavy on the greens and purples from what I remember. Like something you would see in New Orleans.

Seeing as this was forever ago, I don’t really remember what I got but I do remember the fatal mistake I made. When I unrolled my sub sandwich and I was presented with some mayo packets, I added them to my sub to the level I thought was appropriate. I was naive. I was young. I didn’t know better. It took a few bites for me to realize that I don’t like Hellman’s Mayo. Not one bit. Sadly, I did too good of a job when I added it as it was evenly spread across the whole sandwich.

Bite after bite, I tried to tell my brain that it was good. It was delicious. It was not the worst thing I had. But in the end, I had to admit it was nasty. The sub itself was really good and the Jones Soda washed everything down rather well. This was my first time having a Jones Soda and that was far from disappointing.

After choking down the sub, we made our exit. I have forever cursed that mayonnaise for ruining my sub on that day.

On the bright side, I would be willing to go back and try a sub again. As I said prior, the sub itself was great. It was just marred by that awful goop called...

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