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BB Sandwich Bar Cheats at Cheesesteak

Saturday, November 15, 2008

What is it about cheesesteaks that make them so confident? Perhaps it’s the masses of meat and cheese or perhaps it’s the incredible man-points one gains by eating cheesesteak or maybe it’s just something in the personality of someone who opens a cheesesteak joint, they seem to love aggressive slogans. BB’s Sandwich Bar (120 W [...]

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Kids Love Bland Bears

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

KidFresh (www.kidfresh.com) is a packaged food company designed to provide nutritious food for little buggers. They sell packages kids take to school and prepared home meals for kids. These two lunchable-like packages caught my eye, because they have awesomely shaped sandwiches: the bearwich and handwich! Yes, finally someone other that Burger King and MacDonalds is [...]

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Sandwich School: Eisenberg Takes Us Back to Basics

Monday, October 27, 2008

Eisenberg’s Deli (174 5th Ave, between 22nd & 23rd St) is the kind of old-fashioned New York deli all the tourist traps try to replicate. They wind up adding too much kitch and not enough flavor. Eisenberg is the real deal. It’s got lots of old-fashioned signs advertising egg creams and chopped liver and other [...]

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Helloo Roasted Pork-o-Vision

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

The latest hubbub in the village sandwich scene is Porchetta (110 East 7th Street, just east of 1st ave); it’s a tiny two seat,  mostly-take-away nook dedicated to one thing: traditionally cooked pork, rolled with herbs and slow roasted (aka porchetta).This leaves the pork soft and juicy - and delicious. When I say dedicated, I [...]

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Sandwich Love in Shape, not Fillings

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Cafe Angelique (68 Bleeker St, NYC) looks tasty enough; there is a big display of sandwiches wrapped in plastic, cute little tables with people happily munching away and a chalkboard with today’s specials. Everything indicates that sandwiches are one of the main attractions, (in addition to coffee and cakes) so they should be good. This [...]

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Champ’s Gourmet Deli is My Work-Lunch Champ

Monday, July 28, 2008

Champ’s Gourmet Deli (71 Broadway, NY, NY) is a bustling hive of downtown sandwich love, often full of brokers and traders (WAY downtown.)  I went for lunch on Thursday around noon and was apprehensive of the lunch rush from bankers and tourists. Thankfully, they work at a blistering speed and it wasn’t terribly crowded (most [...]

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