Jerrytimes Member Username: Jerrytimes
Post Number: 147 Registered: 04-2007
| Posted on Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 5:35 pm: | |
Anyone here been to Ernies in Oak Park? The BEST sandwiches made fresh. I hadn't been there in a year or so since I don't work out that way anymore, but I stopped by today. |
Pgn421 Member Username: Pgn421
Post Number: 743 Registered: 02-2005
| Posted on Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 6:31 pm: | |
YEAH BABY! iexcellent sandwhichs!isnt that what he says all the time? yeah baby!? |
Rjlj Member Username: Rjlj
Post Number: 614 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 7:45 pm: | |
Ernies is great, I need to go back soon BABY! |
Uptown Member Username: Uptown
Post Number: 8 Registered: 03-2008
| Posted on Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 8:39 pm: | |
I live right down the street from Ernie's. The "love spice" is like crack. You get addicted to his sandwiches, but also to just having a simple or complex conversation with him. He is the neighborhood sage. In our current times, that is a dying breed. I've been going there for about 13 years now. Any times that I've needed advice, he is there. It makes the sandwich taste just better. I have my entire office at work hooked on his sandwiches. We drive from Southfield every Friday to get them. |
Rsw Member Username: Rsw
Post Number: 2 Registered: 07-2008
| Posted on Friday, August 01, 2008 - 6:57 am: | |
This place sounds good, though I've never been there. Where exactly is it in Oak Park? Thanks in advance... |
Everydayislikesunday Member Username: Everydayislikesunday
Post Number: 371 Registered: 12-2004
| Posted on Friday, August 01, 2008 - 8:00 am: | |
I grew up on Pearson, right down the street from Ernie. I've been going there for about 20 years, probably longer. Great guy, great family, great place! |
Uptown Member Username: Uptown
Post Number: 9 Registered: 03-2008
| Posted on Friday, August 01, 2008 - 8:19 am: | |
RSW, Ernie's market is located on Republic and Pearson, just on the Ferndale/Oak Park border. He is in a quaint, nondescript building. Nothing on the outside of the store says he makes sandwiches. You need to go in and ask. "He'll hook you up baby!" It is truly one of the last "mom and pop" stores left in the Metro area. The interior hasn't changed in quite a long time. The walk in beer fridge will impress, as will the deli counter. The little wear spots where hundred of people have leaned on the counter to watch him work, pretty cool. It's like the wooden hand rails on the Gemini @ Cedar Point. You get a feel for all the generations of families, people who have all come and gone. Ernie has always been there, making an impression on them all. Here is a yahoo link about his store: http://local.yahoo.com/info-16 243469-ernie-s-market-oak-park |
Steelworker Member Username: Steelworker
Post Number: 1117 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Friday, August 01, 2008 - 10:50 am: | |
Oh yeah ive been to ernies great place good price. |
Stromberg2 Member Username: Stromberg2
Post Number: 94 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Friday, August 01, 2008 - 12:57 pm: | |
How does his sandwiches compare to Eph's or Mudgies? Sounds like I gotta make the drive. Stromberg2 |
Steelworker Member Username: Steelworker
Post Number: 1121 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Friday, August 01, 2008 - 1:11 pm: | |
one type of sandwich, three different sizes. |
Jerrytimes Member Username: Jerrytimes
Post Number: 148 Registered: 04-2007
| Posted on Friday, August 01, 2008 - 5:27 pm: | |
Just get the Big One. 5 dollars of fantastic sammich!. |
Kid_dynamite Member Username: Kid_dynamite
Post Number: 630 Registered: 06-2007
| Posted on Saturday, August 02, 2008 - 1:22 pm: | |
On your recommendations, I just swung by Ernies. Jesus, what a frggin gigantic sandwich for $5. Very good. Ernie is quite a character. |
Stromberg2 Member Username: Stromberg2
Post Number: 95 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Saturday, August 02, 2008 - 1:28 pm: | |
What are the meats he puts in it? Not a corned beef fan, but anything else is cool. Stromberg2 |
Kid_dynamite Member Username: Kid_dynamite
Post Number: 631 Registered: 06-2007
| Posted on Saturday, August 02, 2008 - 1:39 pm: | |
turkey, salami, and I'm not sure the third one. |
Uptown Member Username: Uptown
Post Number: 10 Registered: 03-2008
| Posted on Saturday, August 02, 2008 - 2:10 pm: | |
Ham, Turkey, Salami, and on some special occasions, Corned Beef. You gotta get in real good with Ernie, and he might pick up the Land O Lakes Cheddar. Dear god does it make that sandwich absolutely heavenly. A very creamy cheese, and also insanely expensive. Ernie likes to mix up the cheeses he puts on the sandwiches. You always get a yellow and a white, but they vary. I think that is what makes it so interesting of a sandwich, is the differing and subtle tastes that you get. No sandwich is really ever the same from week to week. Plus, let's face it: Ernie himself is what makes that sandwich. Indeed, he is quite a character. A showman really. You are smiling after you leave his store. You can see people try to fight it if they are a first timer, but they can't help it. You can tell they just had something added to their life that they never had before they walked in there. Pretty cool and rare to have someone like that around, and freely give that life experience away. |
Melody Member Username: Melody
Post Number: 240 Registered: 11-2007
| Posted on Saturday, August 02, 2008 - 2:17 pm: | |
I had Ernie's once, and it was delicious. Suzy from WRIF turned me onto them (it's near the station). They're always closed by the time I get near there, though. |
Uptown Member Username: Uptown
Post Number: 11 Registered: 03-2008
| Posted on Saturday, August 02, 2008 - 2:28 pm: | |
Ernie usually closes up shop for the day around 6pm, depending on the time of year. As it gets into Winter months, he closes up show a little earlier. He is mainly a lunchtime store, and from the commercial businesses and with Ferndale High being a few blocks Southeast, he gets the most of his customers during the rush. He usually opens 10am-6pm Weekdays, and 10-5pm on Saturday. Closed Sunday. |
Gazhekwe Member Username: Gazhekwe
Post Number: 2440 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Monday, August 04, 2008 - 7:47 pm: | |
I went there today, first time, and it is awesome. I loved the place, and the show. I got a $5 sandwich in a hoagie roll, and it was plenty big enough for my guy and me to split for dinner. Very messy and wonderful. Ernie is so friendly and welcoming, it's got to make any day better just to go in there and get a sandwich. Today it was turkey, ham and salami with Swiss and Colby, and every day is different. I was only the second visitor to admit finding out about the place from this forum. |
Jerrytimes Member Username: Jerrytimes
Post Number: 149 Registered: 04-2007
| Posted on Friday, August 08, 2008 - 1:05 am: | |
Did you tell Ernie that I posted about him here? This week I need to go again and I think I'm going to introduce my wife to his place. She's not too into sandwiches, but I think his could sway her. |
Richard_bak Member Username: Richard_bak
Post Number: 253 Registered: 04-2008
| Posted on Friday, August 08, 2008 - 7:33 am: | |
Been a few years, but yeah, great samwich and nice guy. Reading this thread reminds me I gotta go back (I'm on the other side of town). How come the good guys are always named Ernie? Same reason all roofers are named Earl, I guess.... |
65memories Member Username: 65memories
Post Number: 602 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 1:43 pm: | |
I stopped by Ernies for the first time today. And it will not be the last time. Ernie made...for $5.00...a great sandwich for me....I couldn't finish it in one sitting. Even more so, it was worth the money just to talk to Ernie and listen to him tell me the history of the place. As already noted, it is like going back into time. "Yeah, Baby!" And Ernie is such a great guy. As I was leaving, he kept calling me back to show me this little bit of history or tell me another story. I will return...the 15 minutes in there brightened my day. And Ernie was impressed to know that he's been mentioned on this forum. By the way, if you go to Ernie's and are satisfied (money-back guarantee) or already frequent the place, please vote for him for Best Sandwich Shop on ClickonDetroit.com (WDIV). Go to the left side of the site and click on where it says Vote 4 the Best, then go to Cheap Eats, then click on Sandwich Shop. Find the picture of Ernie's Market (on the 2nd page of entrants) and vote. Ernie is currently in 3rd place, only 2% behind 1st Place. He is doing well against some better known establishments. Anyway, I will be back to Ernie's. Thanks to this site and Jerrytimes for clueing me in. |
Richard_bak Member Username: Richard_bak
Post Number: 303 Registered: 04-2008
| Posted on Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 2:21 pm: | |
"Vote for Ernie!" I like that. And I did. |
Spitcoff Member Username: Spitcoff
Post Number: 161 Registered: 03-2004
| Posted on Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 3:09 pm: | |
used to go for lunch in high school all the time. Havent been in years |
Lizaanne Member Username: Lizaanne
Post Number: 110 Registered: 06-2007
| Posted on Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 8:41 pm: | |
Oh my gosh - ERNIE'S! I haven't thought about that place in 20 years or more! I used to go there all the time when I was in high school at Ferndale High, we would walk there and get a sandwich or some candy and walk back to school. Wow - I absolutely have to go there now!~Liza |