Potbelly Sandwich Shop with Colt Cabana

"Potbelly Sandwich Shop with Colt Cabana" is Episode 267 of *Doughboys*, hosted by Mike Mitchell and Nick Wiger. "Potbelly Sandwich Shop with Colt Cabana" was released on September 3, 2020.

## Synopsis

Colt Cabana (AEW, *Art of Wrestling*) joins the 'boys to talk Juggalos, seafood, and Potbelly Sandwich Shop. Plus, a celebrity booze edition of Slop Quiz.

## Nick's intro

George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.: an obscure name, but his invention is a household one - the rotating cylindrical amusement known as the Ferris Wheel. A civil engineer by trade who dreamed of an attraction that would tower over Gustave Eiffel's similarly-eponymous Eiffel Tower, Ferris assembled enough investors to debut his invention at the 1893 World's Fair in the Chicago neighborhood of Lincoln Park\*.

Not to be confused with the band, Lincoln Park is one of the oldest and most well-known sections of the Windy City and the Ferris Wheel became one of its most well-known sons; as did another Lincoln Park institution founded over 80 years later, a sandwich shop that originated within an antique store.

In 1977, the owner of said store, Peter Hastings, in a bid to boost his retail business, had the idea to serve sandwiches toasted in an antique stove as a way to entice and entrance customers. But the sandwiches proved more popular than his antique wares, drawing crowds lined up to nibble on his warm filled rolls.

And in 1997, entrepreneur Bryant Keil purchased the concept, growing the single location into a chain, though keeping the antique stoves as a signature trait.

Today, with nearly 500 locations, this sub shop that boasts a secret menu that rivals SoCal's beloved In-N-Out and that anomalously serves both Coca-Cola and Pepsi, has proved to have a fantastical following in the Second City and beyond.

George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. died in obscurity of typhoid just two years after his wheel's spectacular debut, impoverished due to litigation over its profits, but today, Lincoln Park's own Ferris Wheel remains in the public consciousness, along with its sandwich-shop neighbor named for another antiquated invention, the potbelly stove.

This week on *Doughboys*: Potbelly Sandwich Shop.

[\**The 1893 World's Fair was actually held in Jackson Park.* - ed.]

## Fork rating

	+ Potbelly hot peppers, bacon
* Chili
* Zapp's Hotter 'N Hot Jalapeno chips
* Zapp's Bar-B-Que Ranch chips
* 1/2 Italian sandwich
	+ extra hot peppers
* A Wreck sandwich
* Pizza Sandwich
	+ extra hot peppers, onions
* Vanilla Topped Shake (small)
* Banana Topped Shake (small)
 Mike Mitchell
* Zapp's Voodoo Heat chips
* Potbelly Whole Pickle
* Craft Your Own Mac & Cheese
	+ (no toppings added)
* 1/2 Italian Sandwich
	+ toasted, extra provolone
* 1/2 A Wreck sandwich
* 1/2 Pizza Sandwich
* OREO Cookie Topped Shake
 Colt Cabana
* Classic Tomato Soup
* Mediterranean Chicken sandwich
	+ no feta, no cucumbers
	+ extra pickle, extra chicken
	+ thin-cut wheat
* Vanilla Topped Smoothie
* Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie

## Slop Quiz

In this segment, Nick presents a food-related exam and Mitch and the guest compete to see who gets more questions right.

For this episode, the theme was 'Celebrity Booze'. Nick presents a celebrity and the answer is whether their personal brand of liquor is either a beer, wine, or spirit. Bonus points for naming the type of spirit.

Mitch and Colt tie!

## Quotes

**Colt**: Oh, you would hate Leonardo DiCaprio.

**Nick**: It's probably the worst part about 2020 for me.

## The Feedbag

My question is what's your ideal tortilla chip shape?

## Related Episodes

* DD. TakeOver: Chicago
* DD. or Nothing
* DD. WWE Cook-off and Biggie Feedbag XII
* 255. Chili's 2
* 267. **Potbelly**
* DD. All-Elite Podcasting: Tuesday Night Dynabite
* DD. Jingle All The Way 2
* THON21. Doughathon
* DD. All Elite Podcasting: Tuesday Nite Dynabite

## Photos (via @doughboyspod)

Pizza SandwichA WreckItalianVanilla Topped Shake and Banana Topped ShakeZapp's Bar-B-Que Ranch and Hotter 'N Hot Jalapeno Potato ChipsCreate Your Own Mac & Cheese and ChiliColt Cabana's Potbelly OrderItalianPizza SandwichA WreckZapp's VooDoo Heat Potato ChipsAriZona Iced Tea with Lemon