Last Updated on January 31, 2023 by Jim Edwards
If you love Potbelly, but want to try something new from their secret menu – we wrote this post for you!
Potbelly Company is an American fast food restaurant chain that focuses on submarine sandwiches. The company was founded in 1997 in Chicago by Peter Hastings. The Potbelly menu boasts a wide variety of sandwiches, all of which are served hot. In addition, some of the items from their menu include salads, smoothies, soup, shakes, and cookies.
Interestingly, Potbelly has an underground menu (aka “secret menu”) that you should know about! As long as you are familiar with the items in their secret menu and how to order them, then you can enhance the menu flavors.
Most of Potbelly’s Underground secret menu mostly focuses on additional sandwich fillings, but you can also find some dessert treats. Below is a list of items from Potbelly’s secret menu that will leave you asking for more.
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Potbelly Secret Menu – All You Need to Know
The potbelly secret or underground menu consists of sandwiches, salads and desserts. We will review each of these categories.
Potbelly Secret Menu Sandwiches
The Clubby
The first item on our list is “The Clubby” from Potbelly secret menu, and it is a great item to try. It consists of turkey ham, provolone cheese, bacon, and ranch dressing packed between two slices of bread. The Clubby has 30% more meat compared to the other 11 sandwiches offered at Potbelly, which makes it a great option if you are really hungry.
You will agree that bacon, ham provolone, and turkey sounds yummy, right? If you love a lot of meat in your sub, this is the best option for you!
The Elvis
Interestingly, the Potbelly secret menu includes “The Elvis,” an item named after Elvis, the famous musician. His favorite food is banana, peanut butter, and bacon sandwich. This stunning twist achieves a mouth-watering combination, including peanut butter ice cream added between slices of banana bread and finally topped up with crispy bacon.
What you are guaranteed when enjoying this item is that it comes with a lot of energy. The nutritional facts about “The Elvis” are 800 calories, 82 grams of carbohydrates, and 18 grams of protein. If earning your daily bread involves manual labor, this item has been created for you. It replenishes your muscles with the ideal energy to run your entire day. To order this item, visit any Potbelly store and ask the waiter to serve you “The Elvis” from their secret menu.
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The Lucky 7
This sandwich is basically a combination of Potbelly’s signature Wreck and Italian sandwiches – it is a meat lover’s dream!
It has 7 different types of meat!
The 7 meats are:
- ham
- turkey breast
- roast beef
- pepperoni
- salami
- capicola
- mortadella’
And you add provolone, tomatoes, lettuce, and mayo too.
This sandwich is really insane!
If you eat a lot or love to try a really crazy secret menu item, this is a great option to try. And it’s also a great one to share with a friend or family!
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The Barnyard
If you love meat, then this item from Potbelly’s secret menu is one you will probably love. Plus it has one of the funniest names of any secret menu item at any restaurant!
In short, it is vast amounts of meat between two slices of bread.
Precisely, this item is made with turkey, roast beef, salami, ham, and Swiss cheese. Typically all these ingredients make up the “Wreck.” To make it better, and turn it into the secret menu item called The Barnyard, you get extra meatballs and bacon and a mixture of lettuce, mayo, and tomato.
You might be thinking that this is too much in one sandwich and it might be unless you can eat a lot. But it’s also a great one to share with a friend or two!
The nutritional information of The Barnyard includes 960 calories, 56 grams of proteins, and 67 grams of carbohydrates. This yummy item gives more than enough energy to run you throughout the day.
To order this yummy item, ask the server for The Barnyard, and I am pretty confident that you will enjoy it!
TTLT
If you are not familiar with this item’s abbreviation, this is the Toasted Turkey Lettuce and Tomatoes. Most people are familiar with the BLT- Bacon Lettuce and Tomatoes since it is one of the famous sandwiches worldwide.
The combination of crispy lettuce, cured meat, and fresh tomatoes is probably already making your mouth water right now.
But, what if your weight is an issue and you want to enjoy a protein meal, but you are very cautious about the extra fat. Or just want a healthier option?
Then, the Toasted Turkey, Lettuce, and Tomatoes is a great option for you!
Even without bacon, this item is very delicious and is worth trying. The item contains 166 calories, 15 grams of carbohydrates, and 7.8 grams of proteins. The reduced amount of carb ensures your weight is not affected.
To order this item, ask the person behind the counter for a Toasted Turkey Lettuce and Tomatoes from the secret menu, and it will be served to you.
Related: Panera Bread Secret Menu
Monkey Business
This is probably the most fun option on the menu both because of its name and what is in it. It is an amazing combination of sweet and salty.
It starts out with multi grain bread as the base.
Then they spread out some delicious creamy peanut butter.
And then it is topped with bananas and bacon.
Kids love this one too!
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Potbelly Underground Menu Salads
Gonzo Bonzo Salad
Clubhouse Salad
Potbelly Underground Menu Desserts
Cookie Collision Shake
Can you imagine how good crumbled cookies taste when served in a milkshake? The Cookie Collision starts with a top-quality vanilla ice cream. Then, shortbread cookies and crumbled Oreo cookies are crushed to form fine crumbs and then mixed together. Finally, some little cookies are added on top to complete the item, guaranteeing you unmatched flavor.
The cookie collision will give you 500 calories, 8grams of proteins, and 60 grams of carbohydrates. It is a lot of calories and will keep you full in the afternoon.
To order – ask the person behind the counter for a Cookie Collision.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Shake
Honestly I have never met a single person who doesn’t love chocolate peanut butter and bananas, have you? This shake includes chocolate syrup, ice cream, bananas, and peanut butter. If you have noted, this item is very similar to the Elvis, but it does not constitute bacon or bread. However, you are not limited, and if you wish to ask for some extra bacon, you are free to do so.
The taste of bananas will leave you asking for more of this. This item is incredible, and its nutritional facts include 355 calories, 40 grams of carbohydrates, and 11.1 grams of proteins.
To order this mouth-watering item from Potbelly’s secret menu, just ask for it.
Ice Cream Sandwich
The list of Potbelly’s secret menu seems to get better as we continue. Typically the Ice Cream Sandwich is considered among the most favorite sweet treats for Americans. The secret here is a vanilla ice cream scooped between cookies containing sugar, oatmeal chocolate chip, or chocolate brownie.
Ice Cream Sandwich is a nice treat for your loved ones, as well as enjoying your hard-earned money or appreciating yourself after a busy day.
The Ice Cream Sandwich contains 237 calories, 4.3 grams of proteins, and 37 grams of carbohydrates for every 100 grams serving size. To order this item, visit any Potbelly store and ask the server for an Ice Cream Sandwich.
Dream Bar Sundae
This is an amazing item if you love tons of sweet, sugary goodness! It starts with a heated up dream bar (a cookie bar made with brown sugar, nuts, coconut, and oatmeal) and then it is topped with vanilla ice cream and chocolate syrup.
Video: Potbelly Secret Menu
In this video you get a nice close up and taste test of these items from the secret menu:
- Mac n’ Cheese
- Sicilian Sandwich
- Barnyard Sandwich
- Cheeseburger Sandwich
- Cookie Collision Shake
Potbelly’s Underground Menu is Fun!
The Potbelly secret menu is great and worth trying. The Potbelly underground menu offers many things to choose from. For your first time, we recommend the Toasted Turkey Lettuce and Tomatoes (TTLT) since it is a solid lower carb option.
If you’re hungry after reading this, go find a Potbelly near you.
Image Credit: “Green Street: Potbelly” by wabisabi2015 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Related: Subway’s Secret Menu Items and if you want more homestyle cooking be sure to see the Perkins Menu
If you’ve ever wondered what is a secret menu? – we wrote a blog post to explain!
I’m Jim Edwards and I started this website to share my love of Junk Food. We cover new junk food, desserts, snack foods, fast food secret menus, candy (of course!) and other related news. We love trying “secret menus” at restaurants. And we love trying new products too. So, we are trying to have some fun with our hobby and share some useful information with you, our community. Please feel to send us your suggestions and feedback through the contact form. And if you have products you would like us to try, let us know…!
