University Mini Mart

This place rocks. It’s open 24 hours for food and snacks and their grill for hot foods is only closed from 3 AM to about 7 AM (maybe less not sure). The only problem is that their milk is overpriced and their frozen food selection is sometimes lacking. Personally I only have a problem with the amount of marinara sauce they give with the mozzarella sticks. They need to give more. It’s never enough.

I love this place. Where else can you get a really good crab cake sandwich for about $ 4? They have a lot of pretty cool, unique sorts of things, too. like tasty dolmas. One of these days I’m going to try the bag of wasabi-​flavored chips. They also have this coconut flavored soda I love.
My boyfriend likes this place because they have Kinder Bueno, which is yummy chocolate from Austria. And it’s always open! All of those things make it worth having to mix and mingle with little doe-​eyed college students half my age lol

I’m going to keep this short & sweet — Whenever I am out at night, before I head home, I ALWAYS stop thru ‘Uni Mini’ for a DELICIOUS greasy sub … Without question, some of the best subs in Bmore! And you get a FREE fountain drink w/​ANY sub purchase … WHUUUT WHUUUUT??? SCORE!
BEWARE: It can get INSANELY packed Thurs — Sat nights after 12. Be ready to wait but it will be soooo worth it!

I came back to Baltimore to visit yesterday, and the first place I went to, was of course, Unimini! Oh how I missed thee.
It’s a nice cramped little market run by some interesting people. This ²⁴⁄₇ convenience mart never fails to satisfy hungry students with their greasy subs and almost limitless huge fountain drink for under $ 10. It looked a bit cleaner than I remember, however, they also did raise the price of the subs by $ 1 from 5.99 to 6.99, of which I am outraged so I only gave it 4-​stars, instead of 5. Sometimes they will ask if you want the standard vegetables as part of the sub, but if they don’t, be sure to request for them (like onions and peppers, which they are willing to grill for you if requested, lettuce, tomatoes).
All the non-​sub/​sandwich foods… nothing but deep fried: mozerella sticks, chicken wings, chicken tenders, fries. So eat these are your own risk! (But man, are they so tasty.)
If you want to know what Johns Hopkins University is all about, just go to Unimini.

Gotta love Uni Mini. It is an absolute staple of Charles Village. I only come here late at night. That’s because I couldn’t imagine eating one of their subs during the day and being even mildly productive/​efficient/​useful later on. The subs are that gross, but I mean this in the best way possible. This is where everyone comes after a night of drinking, but I think it’s equally good after a depressing evening studying.
My favorite sub is the Chicken Parm. It’s like no other Chicken Parm I’ve had before. The chicken is fried, but not crispy and there’s not a ton of sauce– it has this scrumptious thing going on. It’s flipping awesome.
If I skip the chicken parm, I’ll get an egg and meat sandwich with a hashbrown IN the sandwich. It’s glorious. Most peeps do the steak egg and cheese, but I love it with pastrami instead. Put some hot sauce on there too.
The other sandwiches are good too. They come on crappy bread, but who cares? 10 inch subs are $ 7 and include a large fountain drink. French fries and mozz sticks are great too.
This place isn’t quite as great as a convenience store– the prices are higher than the average grocery store and the staff is surprisingly unfriendly. But Uni Mini gets the job done when you need paper towels or a quick soda.
The food what’s important though. It isn’t high quality, but you’ll be full and happy no matter your mental/​emotional state. Also, be aware of the $ 5 credit card minimum.

Go to place when you’re drunk, or it’s just really late and you really don’t want to eat Subway. It’s a staple of the JHU diet, and it was the first place we came during 5^th year reunion weekend. Chicken parm on hoagie… I could go for this Uni Mini awesome-​ness any time.

Through my 4 years at JHU, Uni Mini was probably one of the only places I was always in the mood for. Minus the one year where they tore down Uni Mini and Rofo to build Charles Commons. What a painful year… waiting ever so patiently for the new Uni Mini to open across the street. Uni Mini is basically the Hopkins experience. ²⁴⁄₇ convenient store with a grill (+ the giant drink you get with your hoagies). Countless memories coming back after long nights of studying/​working in MSE or the Hac Lab. You were always there for me (minus that one terrible year). Chicken Parm. Steak Egg and Cheese + Hash Brown. Western Fries. I will always remember your deliciousness.
$ 6 – 9 for a 10″ hoagie + large fountain drink.
Can get crowded late at night when the masses are leaving the library/​when the bars close. So you see a wide mix of people there. The sleepless engineers who are still at the lab working on their senior projects. The high/​drunk student coming back from a night of drinking. And just about anyone else.
Not the cleanest place, but certainly not that dirty (definitely cleaner now than it was back in ’05).
Uni mini is now called University Market, after they moved to the other corner of St paul and 33^rd St.
Bottom line. The sandwiches are awesome. And are sustaining most of JHU’s student body.

There are so many things I can say about this place. There are, also, many things that have been said.
So I will leave it at this:
Best. Lighters. Ever.

Ahh… Uni Mini… you are practically a Hopkins’ institution.
I remember when you were a small, grungy convenience store… and all the Hopkins kids would argue whether you or Rofo (that would be Royal Farms) was the better place to go.
I remember when they tore down your building (along with Rofo) in order to make a new development (which they still haven’t done…) and how that was a dark day in the minds of many Hopkins students.
And I remember there was much rejoicing when you reopened a little while later across the street. You were bigger and cleaner… so you didn’t seem quite the old Uni Mini… but you seemed to have grown into your shoes now… which is good because you’ll work your way into the hearts of another generation of college students to come :)
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Anyways, Uni Mini is open 24 hours. The prices of their goods tend to be a little on the higher side… but not horribly so. There’s a lot of stuff here from sodas and energy drinks to snacks to medicine to school supplies to even hookahs…
And they have good food. Now, all my friends would rave about the Chicken Parm sandwich… but I’m a bit biased towards the hummus and falafel sandwich. Never had the breakfast sandwiches there but I hear they’re really good…
Just be warned, depending on when you go (especially late at night) you may run into a swarm of drunk college kids… Though that can be amusing too in its own right… :P
3.5 rounded to a 4.

I got the best breakfast sandwich I’ve had in a long time at this place. The egg, cheese and tomato sandwich I got this morning was $ 2 — you seriously can’t beat that. Screw Subway.

I think that they have really good breakfast sandwiches. The sausage, egg, and cheese hoagie with the hash browns added are some of the best breakfast foods that you can get from that place. Also if you add some old bay seasoning to it it is just perfect for the morning.
They also sell an assortment of other things that you might need if you’re a college kid, eg condoms, ping pong balls, energy drinks, ice, assorted office supplies, junk food, and even hookahs.

Good for a late night food run! The sandwiches are tasty. Service is quick. Kindof crowded and dirty… Expect to see lots of noisy obnoxious and usually drunk Hopkins kids, especially if you go late at night.

This place upsets me. Every item on the shelf is ridiculously overpriced. The sandwiches are godly delicious, but more than three bites a week seriously puts your long-​term cardiovascular health at risk. Most importantly, the clerks are inexplicably moody and range from gregarious to aggressive, domineering, and rude.
This establishment would not fly anywhere except the Charles Village strip.

Delicious all-​night option, but avoid long waits by going a little early or even later.
Great sandwich options and decent (for frozen) falafel, especially when nothing else is open. These guys have been a staple of the area for years, and it’s nice to be able to go grab a sub in the middle of the night if you’re on a deadline.
Chicken fingers and fries are a great deal and are a favorite of this reviewer’s family. Give them a try — they’re good when you’re sober, too!

Great 24 hour convenience store in Charles Village. A brand new 7 – 11 was just put in next to my apartment but I still walk the extra couple blocks to go here usually. It’s got great location, on St. Paul St in-​between lots of other retail. One of the benefits of living next to John Hopkins is their security is out all the time, so I can walk to the University Minimart at 2 AM and not have to worry one bit. I’m not sure if that’s true of any other neighborhood in all of Baltimore.
Standard convenience store fare is available, but they also dish up some mean food. Deli sandwiches, hot subs, and of course, breakfast food. Nothing beats getting a bacon and egg bagel for a late dinner. They also serve ice cream and milkshakes, although having a Coldstone right next to it probably makes business tough on that. Besides foodstuff, they also have a big selection of hookahs. I don’t smoke, so no clue on the quality on them, but they look pretty serious…
Staff is friendly enough, and they do a good job in putting up with all the drunken kids coming in from PJ’s and CVP down the street. There sure are a lot of them too, so these guys have some real patience. Prices are comparable to any other place like it. Common sense stuff — don’t buy cereal at a convenience store when it’s $ 4 cheaper for the same box at a grocery store.

Duuuuude, so I haven’t been home to Baltimore in a while, and I hear that this whole block was scheduled to be redeveloped with some sort of giant Barnes and Noble or some shit like that.
BUT, the UNI MINI is great. It could be said that the Uni Mini rules, in fact. The Mozarella Sticks sure do! Gotta love a convenience store with Mozzarella Sticks and other deep fried goodies.
The Hopkins fratboys and assorted riff-​raf hanging out on the weekends can be a drag, but hey, what do you expect from a place called the «University Mini Mart» that’s a block from campus? I mean, like seriously, I wish you could show your gross sorority cleavage at the Royal Farms across the street, but hey, even the JHU kids know a rad spot for late night cravings… The UNI MINI is just the ticket most nights in the C. V.
If only «Omar» worked the registers… Shit!
Update: It’s GONE! THE WHOLE LIKE 11 STORY BUILDING IT WAS IN IS GONE TOO! WHAT?!?
Oh, it just moved across the street. Duh.

Uni Mini was great back in the day, but now it’s gone. So is the Royal Farms. Supposedly they’re coming back, but I don’t know where or when.