In Oklahoma City's inner core, you have a variety of corporate sandwich chains to choose from, but only one local spot has had the guts to survive the fast-food climate for more than forty years – Neptune Submarine Sandwiches.
The only remaining location from a once burgeoning chain, this relic from the 1970s is cozily nestled at the intersection of NW 33rd and Classen.
Back in the mid-1990s, I would walk the cold and decaying streets of OKC over to Neptune when cutting class, trying my best to get there before the lobby closed at 3pm – a protective measure they implemented in the 1990s to curtail a spate of armed robberies.