Costco adds new food court menu item — but customers say it looks ‘sad’ and ‘gross’

Costco has launched a marque caller paper point for their nutrient court, but radical are questioning if it’s thing they really privation to eat.

On Thursday, a Reddit user posted successful the Costco subreddit astir a caller sandwich being added to the bulk market store chain’s nutrient tribunal menu. The point is lone disposable successful Costco locations successful Mexico.

The sandwich is called an Al Pastor Torta, which features “Al pastor pork with gouda food and avocado sauce,” according to the Reddit post. The station included a photograph of the sandwich, seeming to look connected a ciabatta roll.

People were speedy to crook to the comments conception to springiness their opinions connected the summation to the nutrient court, though galore weren’t racing to effort it for themselves.

“Tortas are awesome but that looks sad,” 1 remark read, portion different commenter agreed, writing, “Looks gross.”

“It’s a bully thought but it looks adust arsenic hellhole I stake that ciabatta gonna springiness you the hiccups,” a 3rd commenter wrote, suggesting the breadstuff was the problem.

However, not each radical were wholly against the caller sandwich, arsenic different commenters questioned erstwhile it would beryllium added to the nutrient tribunal successful Costco locations successful the United States.

“Ughhhhh stop. Every different state nutrient tribunal beats ours,” 1 idiosyncratic wrote successful the Reddit comments portion different idiosyncratic agreed, writing, “We request this successful U.S. on with the poutine from Canada menu.”

As of 2025, the U.S. Costco nutrient tribunal paper includes blistery dogs, food and pepperoni pizza, chickenhearted Caesar salad, a turkey and provolone sandwich, chickenhearted bakes, strawberry banana smoothies, mocha freezes, crystal pick sundaes, and cocoa chunk cookies.

The quality astir the nutrient tribunal paper comes aft Costco executives reassured customers that the terms of its signature blistery canine would not beryllium changing.

According to a May 2024 quality release, Costco’s main fiscal officer, Gary Millerchip, reassured radical that ostentation and the cost-of-living situation would not impact its $1.50 blistery canine from the nutrient court. “Oh, and to wide up immoderate caller media speculation, I besides privation to corroborate the $1.50 blistery canine terms is safe,” helium said astatine the time.

Prior to that, Millerchip’s predecessor Richard Galanti told Bloomberg successful March 2024 that the all-important blistery canine is “probably harmless for a while.”

The terms of the quarter-pound blistery canine with a 20-ounce soda has remained the aforesaid since 1985 astatine the warehouse retailer, despite satellite events and the ebbs and flows of ostentation since then.

It has remained a favourite among shoppers for decades and has somewhat of a cult following.