This article in today's Times ignites an old debate at BBI -- What is the best sammich.
I have figured out that I am allowed to give gift articles from the NY Times - so the link below should not block you if you want to read this article. There are a lot of items on this list that: (a) I've never had, (b) I probably never will have, and (c) that I'm probably not too excited about having; and in the comments there are suggestions about sandwiches they left off that should be on this list.
So I will put it out to you -- What is your favorite sammich?
and Chicken Parm is banned for obvious reasons : ) Link - (
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Pastrami or Corned Beef on Rye
Bagel w/lox and cream cheese
are the sandwiches I think of and I ususally get at least one of them every time I'm in town
Too many listed to be considered a best of.
It’s been a longtime but I loved that sandwich
It’s been a longtime but I loved that sandwich
You can find Taylor Ham in NYC occasionally, but that's a distinctly NJ sandwich.
It's there.
Because the bread they use sucks.
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the list is dubious at best.
Because the bread they use sucks.
It IS on the list. But good for you that you finally found a place to share a weird hot take about Katz's bread.
2) The next is one I only recently had for the first time (about 6 months ago) - The Bomb from Sal, Kris, & Charlies. Unreal and even at $17 it is a bargain. It feeds me and my son, sometimes for 2 days. Something like 18 ingredients on it and somehow does not feel like too much.
3) I have yet to try the chopped sandwich craze, but the place my wife keeps hounding me try is Farmer in the Deli. This place and Sal, Kris, & Charlie's above seem to have been doing their signature sandwiches for a long time, but only recently exploded thanks to social media.
4) Agree about Roll N Roaster - can't have this and not Brennan and Carr
5) Defonte's only on the list for potato, egg, and cheese seems a miss. They are as much or more known for their steak sandwich and a couple of others.
6) I didn't love it, but surprised I didn't see Fernando's on there for their panelle sandwich. People come from all over for it.
As much as it pains me to say, I think I prefer the Cheesesteak. Maybe I'm just not getting my CC at the right spot.
It was good that they stayed above the fray on Bagels, which is of course a topic on it's own. I like the Sable at Barney Greengrass and I think the hand cut NOVA at Tal's on Lex and 83rd is as good as it gets. H&H not so much but to each his own.
As much as it pains me to say, I think I prefer the Cheesesteak. Maybe I'm just not getting my CC at the right spot.
A chopped cheese uses ground beef. A cheesesteak uses sliced ribeye. The good places anyway.
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an NYC Chopped Cheese to a Philly Cheesesteak?
As much as it pains me to say, I think I prefer the Cheesesteak. Maybe I'm just not getting my CC at the right spot.
A chopped cheese uses ground beef. A cheesesteak uses sliced ribeye. The good places anyway.
Yea, I know about the different types of meat. But to me, I'll take sliced ribeye over ground beef.
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an NYC Chopped Cheese to a Philly Cheesesteak?
As much as it pains me to say, I think I prefer the Cheesesteak. Maybe I'm just not getting my CC at the right spot.
A chopped cheese uses ground beef. A cheesesteak uses sliced ribeye. The good places anyway.
Yea, I know about the different types of meat. But to me, I'll take sliced ribeye over ground beef.
Right, which is why it shouldn’t pain you. A top flight cheesesteak is excellent.
That sandwich changed me. I appreciate some of my favorite things to eat on Earth less after eating it.
It's the one thing I miss the most about New York City.
That sandwich changed me. I appreciate some of my favorite things to eat on Earth less after eating it.
It's the one thing I miss the most about New York City.
Get a hero from Sal, Kris & Charlie's and the two of you will eat for no less than 2 days.