Avenue Subs

While MooTime down Orange Avenue does one thing perfectly with hand-rolled cones, Avenue Subs sprawls across breakfast burritos, dinner subs, and a cooler full of Mexican sodas and hard-to-find chips that make it feel more like a corner store than a sandwich counter. That's the point. This is Coronado's go-to spot when you need fuel without the ferry crossing — a bodega-style shop that's been loading up the Coronado sandwich (turkey, bacon, avocado, the works) for long enough that locals just call ahead and expect it done right.

The salads earn their own reputation: enormous, legitimately two-meal affairs that cost less than a cocktail at the Del. It's the kind of place where portion size isn't an accident — these are navy-town servings, built for people who actually need the calories. The breakfast burrito runs keep the morning crowd rotating through, and the outdoor seating makes it easy to post up with a sandwich and the kind of imported Jarritos flavors you won't find at the usual island spots.

Fair warning: the Philly cheesesteak is a landmine. Reviews are consistent and brutal — they use ground beef instead of steak, which is the kind of shortcut that doesn't fly even at these prices. Stick to what they do well: the Coronado, the chicken bacon ranch, anything where they can pile on the fix-ins and toast it properly. The staff runs this place like they know your name, because after a few visits, they do.

Parking is Orange Avenue standard — street spots or the public lot a block over. Peak lunch gets crowded, but takeout moves fast. It's not trying to be a destination; it's trying to be the spot you hit twice a week because it's there, it's cheap, and the turkey-avocado-bacon combination hasn't let you down yet.