Wednesday, August 12, 2009
I’ve never been interested in space flight. I’ve seen enough sci-fi movies to know that humans humans will always get slaughtered by aliens, exploded into nothing ordriven mad by mysterious space-bound evil from another dimension. It’s hard for me to admit, but I’d be willing to brave those horrors for a vacation trip to a [...]
Like many amazing sandwich shops, Lamazou Deli (370 Third Avenue @ 27th Street) isn’t really a sandwich shop. It’s real focus is selling cheese, meat and and other assorted, often imported goodies (like delicious hit cookies). Sandwiches aren’t the main focus of this deli and they should be — they are fantastic. They mix their [...]
Domenic’s Italian Bakery and Deli (987 Main St. Waltham, MA 02451) is incredible. On an unassuming block, in an unassuming deli, incredible sandwiches are made. Like Grandaisy, Domenic’s makes their own bread. This magical bread pushes their good-but-not-incredible sandwiches straight over the cliff to reveal not a screaming drop to a dry arroyo, but a [...]
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 kitsch 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 [...]
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 [...]
Ever wonder why all deli’s seem to have the same boring sandwiches? Ever wonder why sandwich innovation seems to have ground to a halt in delis? Maybe it’s becuase these are the best ways to eat these sandwiches, they are the best combinations of ingredients. Or maybe it’s because someone is manipulating them all behind [...]