Earl of Sandwich is returning to the Downtown Disney District at Disneyland Resort

Phroobar11 hours ago

Just put in a In & Out food truck and the lines will be longer than ROTR. Maybe there will be a lightening lane for In & Out?

Stitchon16 hours ago

Downtown Disney's specialty shop selection has always been pretty mediocre. lululemon and Nectar are interesting choices, but they beat more unremarkable Disney-owned shops. Nectar in particular is interesting given how Basin didn't last.

BalooChicago4 days ago

We had to stop so we could order a royal with cheese.

TP20006 days ago

The only time I went there for sports was for the US Open or maybe Wimbledon, usually when my nephews were younger and got bit by the family tennis bug. (We aren't a very talented family on the courts, but darnit if we don't look great while doing it!) But your point is valid, regardless of which sport a person is into. ESPNZone also served as a respite and getaway spot for many Dads who were often spending a fortune on their Disneyland vacation and needed to take a short break from the endless Princess Parades, $12 Mary Poppins cupcakes, and soaring Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boutique bills. That they couldn't just get a restaurateur, any restauranteur, to refurbish it a bit out of its 1990's look and reopen it as a massive sports pub seems like a huge mistake on their part. I bet there's a story there. 🤔

mickEblu6 days ago

I mean really the Dodgers are out here winning the World Series and starting 8-0. The Lakers got Luka. LA has two football teams now. World Cup is here next year. Olympics here in 3 years. And we turned a giant sports bar into Lululemon, boba and bath soaps? It was always slammed. The only reason they shut it down was for the hotel they were planning that got cancelled IIRC.

Vegas Disney Fan6 days ago

It is a weird decision, ESPN always seemed busy when we went, we’d often eat and drink there just to watch games. I get that ESPN zone technically isn’t a thing anymore but how hard would it be to hire an outside management firm to run that one spot as a one off? Should have been reopened years ago exactly as it was.

mickEblu6 days ago

Lululemon, vegan bath soaps and Boba? That’s what’s going into the old ESPN zone? 😴💤 Sorry, wouldn’t a giant sports bar with huge screens, burgers and buffalo wings be better?

Vegas Disney Fan6 days ago

We’ve vacationed at DLP 3 times and that McDs is always packed like sardines, they must make a fortune. I think Disney Village was smart to put the more expensive dining options near the park entrance and the cheaper options further away, you can get cheap food, you just need to pass a half dozen restaurants on the way, which probably encourages a lot of people to stop and give them a try. If they did convert ESPN to fast food, along with the new Earls location, I think you’d still get plenty of people stopping at the sit down restaurants along the way. Not sure I’ll ever forgive Disney for getting rid of King Ludwig’s, by far our favorite restaurant in all of DLP.

truecoat6 days ago

I went to Wendy's for the first time in years, and their chicken sandwiches are the victim of shrinkflation. They used to have chicken breast on these sandwiches, and now they are compressed chicken patties. That price didn't change, though.

TP20006 days ago

Pot roast sandwich, you say? This thread has convinced me to head down the hill tomorrow to my local Culver's for lunch. I'm still relatively new to Utah, and Culver's is still relatively new to Utah too, so I'm way behind the curve on this whole Wisconsin cuisine craze. I'm going to really buckle down and try and catch up, I promise! 🧐 Oh, and Go Badgers! .

Disney Analyst7 days ago

I like Wendy's, especially when they have the Portobello Mushroom Melt released! Always fresh beef, never frozen, fresh cut veggies, nice juicy square patties! I'd probably rank them: Triple O's A&W (Canada's version is it's own company, much different, and far better then the US variant) Wendy's Burger King McDonald's

ajrwdwgirl7 days ago

As a Wisconsinite I do agree that Culver's has good burgers and frozen custard. I do find the burger to bun ratio as just a bit to much bun for me, so I usually order a double. The pot roast sandwich is pretty good too.

TP20007 days ago

Yes to Braum's! I discovered them in the 1990's when work would take me to Oklahoma City often. One of the best ice cream parlor's I've ever been to, and great food and burgers too! I forgot how much I used to enjoy them, so thanks for the memory!

PiratesMansion7 days ago

I liked Wendy's a lot more before it was $16 for a combo meal (I know, same could be said about a lot of other fast food places now), but eh. SoCal's certainly not missing out because you don't have as many Wendy's as Ohio does. There must be at least a few of them in the area, as I remember stopping at one for breakfast a few years ago somewhere in the LA area, lord knows why. There was a Wendy's right across the street from my high school, and there were MANY days of staying late for extra curriculars and eating there, and as a result, I probably never need to eat Wendy's ever again. A Frosty is good now and then, but even so, it's been years and I don't feel like I'm missing out. I'm thrilled (and shocked, actually) that Culver's has made it that far west, but I don't know if I would go so far as to call them the best fast food restaurant. Their fries don't do a whole lot for me, and their frozen custard in my view is inferior to places like Freddy's or Andy's. They DO make a great burger, and I love their root beer, which is the ONLY root beer I seek out nowadays. I appreciate that they don't give out typical ketchup packets at the drive thru, but instead in containers that are actually conducive for dipping. I like their product enough that they are my preferred burger joint if I'm on a road trip. Still, if given the choice, I prefer Portillo's. In terms of underrated burger chains, I feel like Braum's has got to take the cake. They take vertical integration seriously and make everything at one farm in Oklahoma, and they refuse to build restaurants outside of a couple hundred mile radius as a result. Because they make everything in house and aren't beholden to suppliers, etc in the same way other restaurants are, their food is not only high quality, but cheaper than average. They also make delicious ice cream, which is not only high quality but also about the cheapest ice cream you can find now. If you haven't tried Braum's, you can certainly find them in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, or in Ozark, MO ~30 minutes away from Silver Dollar City, at the same exit as Lambert's.