Mother Rucker’s Subs Opens at 1101 Bladensburg Rd, NE

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by Prince Of Petworth January 8, 2013 at 12:00 pm 23 Comments

1101 Bladensburg Rd, NE

Thanks to @dawright2223 for tweeting the news to @PoPville that Mother Rucker’s Subs opened up Jan. 5th next door to Jimmy Valentine’s. They’re open for take out 10am – 6pm; Monday – Saturday.

Anonymous

A poor man’s Taylor Gourmet??
grr

hey, it’s better than nothing up there on Bladensburg. maybe it’ll help make things safer too
Anonymous

Sooo…only provolone. Got it.
- andy2
  
  and only cold subs
- Anonymous
  
  What’s the matter, you don’t like provolone?
  
  You could also do it like I do, and bring my own cheese along.
  - Anonymous
    
    Provolone is the only sandwich cheese I like. This is my kind of place!
new

I wish that there were more sub shops in DC. If this place is good I will go out of my way for it
- saf
  
  Have you been to Litteri’s? Or Mangialardo?
  - B
    
    Or Sun de Vich? Seconded on A. Litteri and Mangialardo’s. All of those places have better bread than Taylor.
    - saf
      
      Oh yeah. And Fast Gourmet too.
Anon

Menu looks good, but it all depends on the bread. Anyone know what their bread is like?
- Anonymous
  
  I hope its not thick, hard and chewy like the aforementioned Taylor Gourmet
- monkeyrotica
  
  They use a standard H&S soft roll. Nothing special. But they’re really generous with the meats and unlike Taylor, you won’t leave hungry or broke.
  - saf
    
    Ugh. I like the hard rolls, like at Vace and Litteri, better. Oh well.
monkeyrotica

Prego Deli across from Eastern Market does big cheap subs like these. Soup’s pretty good, too and on Fridays they serve bulgogi.
- saf
  
  Man, I had forgotten about them. When we lived on 15th St (1987ish), they had a second location on 17th St that was really good.
  - NoKethup
    
    Prego still on 17th St
    - saf
      
      Huh, I thought they had gone years ago. Guess not!
- Anonymous
  
  I live one block away from Prego and hardly ever see it open, though. I think they must close around 1pm.
  - djdc
    
    Prego on 17th did leave for a while and then came back. Wasn’t there a Subway in there in the meantime? I cannot remember dates so I won’t even try to guess.
1300blk

Stachowski FOUR MEAT Grinder. That is all.
- frickorfrack
  
  “Grinder”….a good Connecticutie”
kes

It’s cash-only, like Jimmy V’s. Which is a vast inconvenience for me despite the proximity.

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