Sanpanino fancies itself some kind of religious sandwich icon and as much as I want to believe, as much as I have sandwich faith, it’s not quite worthy. It’s another adorable tiny sandwich shop (and honorably so). With barely enough standing room for more than a handful of customers, most of the place is taken up with a counter and prep area for their sandwiches. With a name like Sanpanino they’re setting expectations insanely high: how could a sandwich be better than a reminder of god?
The one I tried was quite good, but nothing to get TOO fanatical about. I tried the Prosciutto di Parma: prosciutto, fresh mozzarella, sliced plum tomatoes, fresh basil and olive oil, served on foccacia ($8.75). The sandwich was a pleasure to eat: the flavors were well balanced, not too salty not too sweet, the bread was soft and fluffy and the mozzarella was just a touch salty (and not cold!). Of course, you have to really like foccacia, because it was very thick; thankfully it was also very fluffy and didn’t overpower the other ingredients at all.
No need to start worshiping, just a good reason to swing by and pick up something tasty.
They’re made with love:
Fresh ‘wich (Kid Robot not included):
Sitting pretty:
Nom nom nom:
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The restaurant is named Sanpanino because the owner, Leo Scarpone, is Italian, raised in the States, thus the name is Sandwich/Panino (sandwich in Italian) San-Panino…. not San as in Saint.
Thanks Some Guy. That’s a bit less exciting, but good to know.
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