Thursday, December 17, 2009
Shamas Deli (150 W 38th St, between 7th and Broadway) is tiny. Really tiny. It’s not even really a deli, it looks like a newsstand. In fact the only mentions of it online call it ‘Shamas Newsstand’. Really, it’s more like a stall with a kitchen in the back and cash register up front. I [...]
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 [...]
What happens when one hungry sandwich hunter, a denizen of the vast urban sammie ecosystem, wanders out of the limits of his familiar metropolis? He finds himself at Bat 17 (1709 Benson Ave, Evanston, IL). Bat 17 boasts a grand total of 34 sandwiches on it’s menu. How does one humble reviewer select a [...]
Friday, February 22, 2008
For me, eating at Katz’s is like an astronomer finding a new galaxy or a priest preachin’ ’bout jesus or a doctor saving a baby; it’s the all-enveloping feeling of finally reaching your singular purpose in life. It warms the body, lifts the soul and fills the stomach. Okay, enough idolatry, all readers should already [...]
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
One lucky day last week I had a sandwich epiphany: I was working within walking distance to the new 2nd Ave Deli! “Holy crap,” I thought, I need to sample those tasty sandwiches. After a minute or two of convincing (usually the mere mention of sandwiches is motivation enough), my colleague was pumped to get [...]
Friday, December 14, 2007
If there’s one thing I admire about Tom Colicchio it’s not that he’s won 5 James Beard Foundation metals or that he’s a celebrity judge on Top Chef or that he founded the amazing Gramercy Tavern, but instead that he is one of the few great chefs to give proper attention to sandwiches! Sure, [...]