Restaurant Spotlight: Pammie’s Sammies

Meet Pammie’s Sammies, a quirky and delicious casual cafe that has successfully conquered a common challenge for many amazing local restaurants: being found. In Orlando, it’s easier to find a chain than it is to find your favorite hole-in-the-wall (speaking from personal experience here).

Pammie’s Sammies’ specialty: Delicious, earth friendly, thoughtfully sourced and tastefully adventurous food. Especially sandwiches.

Pammie’s Sammies is located on 5907 Turkey Lake Road, Suite 100 Orlando, Florida 32819, behind the Promenade Office Plaza near Universal Studios. For those of you who are Team Members at Universal Orlando, it’s right next to Team Member Parking.

Here’s what Pammie’s Sammies’ owner Pam Thomas and Director of Yum Blair Thomas  had to say about our services:

Pammie’s Sammies Restaurant Spotlight:

MunchEm: What has been a challenge for you?

Pam: Well, you know our location has been a challenge because we’re a little off the beaten path. It’s become a bit of a joke, like “you can’t see us from the street so stop looking” or “it’s like an Easter Egg hunt”. It’s a long thing: Do you know where Dr. Phillips High School is? Yeah. Well ok, we’re not there. Go across the street from Dr. Phillips High School, do you know where the Hess Station is? Yes. Ok, we’re getting there. And then they still can’t find us.

MunchEm: Has MunchEm helped with this?

Blair: Yes, they have. MunchEm showing our address on the app , people’s ability to search for restaurants based on location on the app and having Pammie’s Sammies show up in their results has helped a lot.

MunchEm: How was your initial experience with MunchEm?

Blair: It was awesome!  The team at MunchEm has been arms wide open with us and helping us/getting us going with customers, not just around us but in outlying areas as well.

MunchEm: Do you have any issues obtaining support?

Pam: I don’t have any trouble getting support. You call and you get a person. It’s an immediate response. We often notice we have something wrong after MunchEm notices.

MunchEm: What do your customers think so far?

Blair: The customers love it. Using MunchEm is fun and different and everyone of our customers loves to play with the app. They say the ordering system is easy and that’s a very important part of the puzzle.

MunchEm: Any closing remarks?

Pam: Munchem is a great additional source for getting orders. It’s new so everyone wants to try it and it’s easy to use. Also, when we get an order through MunchEm, we get the order and a phone call about the order. Which is great because sometimes we don’t see the order come up , but we definitely hear that phone call.

Blair: Munchem’s awesome! You guys rock!

The folks at Pammie’s Sammies work hard to make their food and their service amazing. We here at MunchEm believe that location should not be an obstacle for the great local restaurants our city has to offer.

Follow and like Pammie’s Sammies! And when they’re open ( at 8 AM), order from their super convenient Facebook ordering page!

 

 

Restaurant Spotlight: Patacon Con Todo

Meet Patacon Con Todo, a local Colombian food truck turned restaurant.

Their specialty: Delicious pressed and fried plantains, which you can top with everything from chorizo to mushrooms.

Patacon Con Todo is located right across the street from MunchEm HQ at : 6700 Conroy Winderemere Road Ste 105, Orlando, Florida 32835.

Check out this cool video of what Patacon Con Todo owner Andres Jara had to say about our services:

Patacon Con Todo Restaurant Spotlight:

MunchEm: How long have you been in the restaurant business?

Andres : We’ve been in business for six years. We started in a food truck and now we’re actually a restaurant.

MunchEm: How easy was it to get started with MunchEm?

Andres : It was very simple; I gave them my menu. When I least expected it, I already had a website and was listed on the MunchEm app.

MunchEm: How important is technology for restaurants?

Andres: Technology is very important for restaurants. Nowadays, people are on their phones, iphones  or smartphones. It’s as easy as downloading MunchEm or going on my website to get orders from my restaurant now.

MunchEm: Was MunchEm easy to adopt?

Andres: It was easy to adopt. There’s three ways I receive orders: through an app, an email and a phone call.

MunchEm: Is it easy to support?

Andres: It’s really easy, whenever I need to fix something or update my menu, I just give them a call and they’ll fix it instantly.

MunchEm: What are customers saying?

Andres: The other day, I had some clients who ordered and paid online, they came in to pick up their food and all they had to say was that they really enjoyed using the app.

MunchEm: Any closing remarks?

Andres: My goal is to expand and I really believe that MunchEm would help me through this.

Hungry Yet?

Order from Patacon Con Todo on their website!

Or Download their app:

 

If you love Patacon Con Todo as much as we do (what’s not to love?), like them on Facebook and follow on Instagram.

MunchEm Restaurant Spotlights

Here at MunchEm, we love to take good care of our restaurants. We love local food and believe local restaurants need all the extra help they can get to ensure their success. Every few weeks, we will feature one of our restaurants here on our blog, tell you their story, how they got started with us and their experience with our app. We will also talk about any challenges we have helped them overcome throughout their time with us.

We believe all restaurants deserve resources to reach more customers with their delicious food! Without breaking the bank!

Check out our blog next week for our first featured restaurant!

Burger 21 Free Burger Day and other Free Food Days

            If you haven’t heard the bird, and the word that he is spreading, you have the opportunity to get yourself a free, delicious burger, on the 17^th of September. The wonderful people at Burger 21 are bringing this to you. First, you have to be close to a Burger 21, or willing to drive to one. Once you have that all sorted, you have to sign up to be one of their members. I present them in this order because it makes no sense to sign up when there is not one located near you.

Now all you have to do it wait. Wait for September 17^th and go enjoy your free juicy burger. Also, when you sign up to be a member, you get a free regular side of fries. Awesome on awesome!

After scouring the web looking for some free food days, I’ve compiled a little list of where you can get free food on certain days.

2/14 BOGO Free at Starbucks

For you and your sweetie on Valentine’s Day, or one free coffee for yourself.

2/17 IHOP National Pancake Day

Do you love breakfast? Come in to IHOP for National Pancake Day and get a free short stack of pancakes. Also, don’t forget to donate to the Children’s Miracle Network.

4/15 Free Curly Fries at Arby’s

Do you love curly fries? Well after you do your last minute taxes, make sure to get some at Arby’s.

7/11 Slurpee Day

While a Slurpee is not food, it is a delicious treat in the heat of a Florida July.

9/19 Free Donut at Krispy Kreme

Free donuts at Krispy Kreme, but only if you order it while talking like a pirate for National Talk Like A Pirate Day.

            While this is only a miniscule list, make sure to do a Google search to find some more. Fill up your calendar with food and sweets. Also, make sure to support your local restaurants and follow any restaurant on Facebook or Twitter. They will normally post about discounts and free food. If you want a discount on food in the Orlando area, use this coupon before it expires.

Go to the Orlando Magical Dining Month!

          Have you heard about the Magical Dining Month that is taking place in Orlando this month? Well if you haven’t I will break it down for you.

Orlando Magical Dining Month is a celebration of the amazing culinary scene in Orlando. Starting August 25^th and continuing throughout September, select Orlando restaurants will offer a three-course dinner for just $33. Indulge in imaginative appetizers, entrees and desserts sure to leave you spellbound.

While some of this was pulled from their website, it is worth mentioning that it is a big deal for the Orlando Area businesses. It is being marketed to locals as well as tourists, and one dollar from each meal goes to benefit the Foundation for Foster Children.

Also, the list of restaurants participating in this is extensive. Just look at this list. You can eat out everyday at all of these places; you just need more days in September to eat at them all. It is a great month-long event that benefits a good cause. So get out there and eat local and support the Foundation for Foster Children.

What Makes a Better Burger?

          It is hard to say definitively what makes a better burger: could it be the taste, the smell, the amount of juices, the way the bun cradles it softly in to your mouth? All of this is subjective, but we here at MunchEm have some tips to make a better burger.

 

1. Grind your own beef, buy grass-fed, or buy as fresh as possible.
2. Weigh your patties to ensure that they are uniform, and you don’t want to end up with that one fat patty.
3. Season your meat, pepper, garlic powder, or anything you want to add. JUST MAKE SURE TO NOT SALT YOUR BURGERS UNTIL THEY ARE ABOUT TO GO ON THE GRILL.
4. Don’t season your burgers with salt until they are about to go on the grill.*
5. Get a thermometer and use it! A temperature to doneness guide can be found here.
6. Don’t squish the patties in to the grill. You are releasing all of the delicious juices, fat, and flavor.
7. Get the right bun for the job. If it is a small burger, use a sturdy bun. For juicy burgers, make sure to toast the bun so the juices won’t destroy the base.
8. Make your burgers how you like them. Don’t let anybody else tell the grill master how to do his or her job.

* Yes we posted it twice because it can really dry out your meat and lead to a weak burger.

If you follow these simple suggestions, you will be grilling up better burgers in one to two attempts. Just remember that grilling is serious business. If you are tired of grilling and need some quick, local food in the Orlando Area, reach out to us. We even have apps for all of your devices!