Eat · Garth / I-10

Colonial House of Sandwiches

Old-school sandwiches since 1981, and the pink lemonade people still talk about.

Open · 10:30am–6pm· Verified Sep 2026

Colonial House of Sandwiches

A lunch counter that never got the memo about fast casual. Opened in 1981. Stacked sandwiches — the hot roast beef is a fork situation — a dining room of regulars, pink lemonade that has its own reputation, a chocolate-chip cookie people mention in the same breath.

Weekdays they run later than the lunch-only rumor (until 6 Mon–Thu). Friday they close at 3. Saturday 2:30. Sunday they rest. This is the anti-Garth-chain on Garth. First responders will tell you to go.

  • pink lemonade
  • hot roast beef
  • since 1981
  • lunch counter

Order this

Hot roast beef or the turkey club, plus the pink lemonade. Cookie if they have them.

Local tip. Saturday they close at 2:30. Do not plan dinner. Do not show up at 4 on a Friday.

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