1st Place: Erbert and Gerbert’s
2nd Place: Acoustic Café
3rd Place: Jimmy John’s

Hold the cucumbers! Maybe it’s that special storybook-based menu, the interior decoration (seriously, where else can you ordered a “Bornk”?), or that one of the two Eau Claire stores resides smack-dab in the center of Eau Claire’s Water Street district, but Erbert and Gerbert’s came in first for the best sub/sandwich shop in the area, now two years in a row. The Acoustic Café came in second, what with that wide selection of hoagies in three sizes, great downtown locations, and providing a stage for local and touring performers of all types. And Jimmy John’s came in third, maybe for their specialty subs, the rock ‘n roll that fills the Brackett Avenue store, or their witty anecdotal interior decor. – Tyler Griggs