Trivelli's Hoagies ~ Colorado Springs, Colorado

Latest visit: Aug 2023

First visit: Jun 2020

---1/12/23 notes

Managed to get in Trivelli's review visit early this year. Arrived just before the flock from the local high school showed. This is one of many establishments the kids descend upon, so bear that in mind if you show up around 11:30 on a weekday during the school year. To avoid sitting in a makeshift high school cafeteria (and all the bad memories that go with that), I ate the sandwich in the car. Which reminded me of the pandemic as noted below. Not so bad to do that really. In this case I couldn't decide if I wanted a meatball or Italian sausage sandwich. So I got both! They have a combo that reminds me of the old Friendly's Sub Shop (see South Jersey Subs for more about that place). Not as good of course (nothing ever has been). And... they still don't toast the sub roll for whatever reason. But I do like their meatballs, sausage, and especially the sauce. Worth coming here once in a while. And as also noted below, it's conveniently across the street from the ARC thrift shop. Yee-haw.

---5/7/22 notes

Back for my first visit in over a year. I think I was really in the mood for a meatball sandwich, and I loved every bite of this. Great sauce and meatballs. They should toast or at least heat up the bread though. Weird to have a meatball sub on a cold hoagie roll. That's the only thing keeping this lovely dive from a Silver Star.

---original 4/7/21 review

There were a handful of restaurants that the RJG discovered during the pandemic. Mostly we limited new places to drive-through windows and carryout. Trivelli's Hoagies represents the latter. Conveniently located near both an ARC and Goodwill thrift store, Trivelli's makes the perfect lunch break while doing some thiftin'. It's an old fashioned Italian styled deli, the kind you see in the older Midwest and Eastern neighborhoods in places like Chicago, Cleveland, and Philadelphia. Not much for decor, it's all about the food. Walk in, order at the counter, and a few minutes later your piping hot sandwich (or entree) is ready to be devoured. Best we can tell, this location is a recent buyout (or franchised - they have separate websites), but they have maintained the original recipes of Steve Trivelli, who still owns a location. Trivelli's goes back to 1976 (and the recipes to 1955 in Philadelphia), and is one of Colorado Springs' legacy sandwich shops. The red sauce for the meatball and sausage sandwiches are excellent, if not a tad bitter. The Philly Cheesesteaks are very good as well. Perhaps not a destination spot, but certainly worthy of a visit if in the area (which I often tend to be).

6/12/20; 11/27/20; 4/7/21 (new entry); 5/7/22; 1/12/23