Join Tune-Up Man for another flavor-packed episode of At the Table as he visits Penn Station East Coast Subs in Sterling Heights. From fresh-cut fries to the stacked Hot Mess sandwich, Tune-Up dives into what makes this spot a local favorite with General Manager Aaron McColl. Don’t miss the food, the flavor, and the fun—only at Penn Station!
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00:00hey everybody what's up welcome to another edition at the table with tune up man of being sponsored
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00:10so this edition man i'm on the road right now metro parkway big beaver it's called penn station
00:16and some of my best tasting subs are at penn station so what i like about penn station man
00:20their fries ain't nobody gonna beat their fries hands down because they're so fresh
00:25cut right off the potato man i can eat these fries for days they got some of the best subs hey this
00:33sandwich right here is called a hot mess it's a version of a steak sandwich right but a steak
00:37sandwich on steroids let me tell you what's on here they got the sauteed onions the mushrooms
00:42the grilled bell peppers and the pizza sauce on white bread with mayo and mustard look at this
00:48bad boy i love that bread like a like a french baguette bread look at this man that's a hot
00:54mess that's a hot mess look at that oh my god look at that still smoking right
00:59you gotta try one of these for yourself only at penn station sub let me buy
01:02yeah i'm coming over here man how's it going buddy you see i'm enjoying myself right oh yeah
01:10so on the menu you guys got several different sandwiches talking about different ones besides
01:14the ones we have here well you've probably heard about it from one of the other customers we have
01:17an artichoke sandwich it's kind of like yeah so it's kind of like a lighter option if you're
01:21not into all the uh the meats and the cheeses and all that sort of stuff currently on special
01:25right now for this month we're promoting the dagwood which is like a uh create your own
01:29okay so you can choose the meat the cheese it's like a deli sandwich so so every month you do a
01:33special every month they do a special here at penn station so what does that lumpy special look
01:37like uh so you can choose between a small regular sandwich which is like uh think of it like a
01:43six nine or a 12 inch give or take and you get to combo that with a fry and a drink and if you
01:48depending on what size you go no matter what you can get a free upgrade to our fresh squeezed
01:53lemon i love it now lemonade is incredible everything you make here is fresh talk about
01:58the fries man that's a favorite i was asking customers when they come in they like have
02:02you tried the fries i'm of course what makes you guys fries so different it's so good and juicy
02:07and it's everything man personally i think it has something to do with the peanut oil that
02:10we use it's a really good brand but also you know it's it's it's all about quality we come
02:15here like seven eight o'clock in the morning we we hand cut all the fries fresh slice all the
02:19cheese the meat so it's all about quality ingredients right no doubt and plus too you
02:23got an option to put malt vinegar on your fries where they come from i don't know i i've personally
02:30tried it once but um i believe now i feel like we hand wore that out than ketchup yeah yes you
02:35know what you want ketchup malt vinegar with your fries a lot of people ask for malt vinegar well the
02:38malt vinegar i think is even more healthier version of of of ketchup sometimes right i think i heard that
02:42too yeah what do we have here so this would be the italian okay the cheesecake is like our uh
02:47mascot sandwich okay that way but the italian i'm selling that all day every day you can get
02:51it it's uh amongst with our other deli sandwiches you can get it done hot or cold typically people
02:56do it off the grill but if you're going to have it like later on in the day or like tomorrow's
02:59lunch i'd say get it cold this is right here what is this man that's the club oh i see the bacon
03:04right there get the bacon blt we have really good honey mustard on that a lot of people like our
03:09honey mustard honey mustard blt this right here man oh my god the teriyaki baby typically it comes
03:14with the options of uh sauteed onions and mushrooms but i'll see people throws like sauteed uh banana
03:18peppers on there yes yes my personal favorite though is actually uh anything on here we can turn into a
03:23salad or a wrap really i typically go for the uh the rabbit for the teriyaki um it's like a cheddar
03:29jalapeno flavor it's actually really nice to come out as well what separates you guys from every other
03:33sub place well i have to rotate back to the whole um fresh ingredients thing we we're doing it all
03:39all from scratch in the morning but it's also we're orientated around uh customers customer service
03:43customer relations uh separation through service so the owner man first started up in station you
03:48were telling me about 27 years ago yeah it might be even going close to 23 years back okay his father
03:53opened a penn station the first franchise open uh rochester hills uh rochester um it's on second
04:00in maine it's been there the entire time it's at the same location wow and that's where i did a lot
04:05of my training you know trying to get acclimatized over here yeah yeah and no we we own like six
04:10locations on the franchise now give me some location give me some cities rochester hall and gratiot i'm
04:15oakland township uh the most recent one uh we have one on 19 and garfield that was that's brand new
04:20within the past year or two okay we also have uh beverly hills we do have a location way out in novi
04:26and that's kind of out of the way go west go where everybody's like we have fans out west man go west
04:30and check out penn station and you know what aaron won't be at that one he's always at this one right
04:35here on a metro parkway in sterling heights that's what i love about this y'all i want you to tell you
04:39if you're ever hungry stop by so look here tune up was talking about these great tasting self sandwiches
04:45give it give it a try y'all next time you want me to come to your event your restaurant this is what you
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04:56and you're gonna get talking to you nice meeting you man i'll see you around real soon man it's my
04:59guy man from penn station penn station subs check them out y'all