Roly Poly offers a wide variety of sandwiches in a warm, friendly atmosphere.
On a cold, fall day in October when it decided to snow, I found my stomach growling and my body shivering. After deciding that soup and a sandwich would be the best choice, I drove over to Roly Poly located at 1903 Post Road.
As I parked and walked into the shop, I immediately felt warmer, both my body and my heart, as I was greeted by genuine smiles and an abundance of friendliness.
After looking at the long list of sandwiches divided into fourteen varieties of sliced chicken, twelve of turkey breast, seven roast beef and steak, six ham and smoked pork, five tuna salads, eight vegetarian options, and in addition to all those sandwiches, eight salads and a soup of the day, I was exhausted. Not only was there a huge choice of sandwiches to choose from, but you could have your sandwich hot-pressed or cold, or make your own! It seemed to me that I was in sandwich heaven.
I decided on a hot-pressed pesto chicken sandwich and started to sit down when the woman behind the counter began telling me how it was Roly Poly’s one year anniversary.
“Sept. 25 was our one year, so a year and a couple months now,” said Maria DeFelice, an employee at Roly Poly, who possessed the type of happiness that seemed contagious and had you smiling along with her.
An already fun and cozy atmosphere, along with 61 menu options to choose from, Fortunato Surace, the “Chief Executive Sandwich Dude” at Roly Poly (as he is referred to on his business card), let me in on a little secret on how he intends to improve his shop even more.
“I just emailed the guy about the StagCard,” Surace said, “I can’t imagine it’ll be more than a couple weeks.”
So even though this place has great food, a great atmosphere, welcoming employees, and a future option to use your StagCard to pay for your meal, why does it stand out among other sandwich shops in Fairfield?
“Well, I would say what makes us stand out is the freshness of the product, the ease in which you can order, [we’re] very customer friendly, and we make it very easy for you,” said DeFelice.
I nodded my head in agreement. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see Surace nodding his head as well.
“I think this is the sandwich shop on steroids,” he said. “We don’t have just chicken salad, we have basil chicken salad. We have things other sandwich shops don’t have.”
Laughing at the humor of the “Sandwich Dude,” I grabbed my sandwich to go, said goodbye and as I walked out and down the stairs lined with pictures of avocados and other delicious food, I heard DeFelice give me one more reason why they really are the best.
“We’re a team here, the ‘Fairfield Team’, right Fort?” DeFelice said to Surace, who had stopped preparing yet another delicious concoction for a second and laughed.
“I agree with whatever you say,” Surace said.
The hot-pressed chicken pesto sandwich.
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