Hot honey fried chicken with dizzy egg at Dear Mama 60 East Fourth Street, between Bowery and Second Avenue, East Village Who knew that canned artichokes make a wonderful sandwich filling?Ħ. The big flavors delivered here are way out of proportion to the petite sandwich ($8). Finally, arugula provides pillowy cushioning and delivers a bitter punch in the arm. The already pickled artichoke explodes with flavor, and competes for attention with the piquant sundried tomatoes, here brought back to life with pungent olive oil. This combination grocery-and-sandwich shop plays fast and loose with Italian traditions, and it was a revelation to realize that a grilled artichoke could be the star of a vegetarian sandwich. Arugula, sun-dried tomato, and grilled artichoke panino at Via Della Scrofa 618 Washington Street, between Sixth and Seventh streets, Hoboken The griner at Myron Mixon’s in Hoboken.ħ. The result ($15) is surprisingly sublime, a creamy and meaty marriage in which neither dominates. It’s like he took a bite of brisket and then took a bite of mac and cheese, and said to himself, “This is too much trouble, why don’t I just combine the two.” And he did just that in a sandwich that matches decent fatty brisket with a lowbrow mac and cheese that might have been made with Velveeta. One way to land on this list of weird sandwiches is by throwing two completely incongruous ingredients into a roll, and reality TV star Myron Mixon has done just that. The Griner at Myron Mixon’s Pitmaster Barbeque 323 Smith Street, at President Street, Carroll Gardens Behold the Union Street - featuring steak sauce.Ĩ. But instead of gravy, there’s Peter Luger’s cloying steak sauce, which immediately grabs the spotlight - it’s better to find it here than on your porterhouse. It’s a variation on the classic Brooklyn Italian roast beef and mozzarella, modified with tomatoes. Nevertheless, Bagels Café offers a whole range of themed bagel sandwiches, and this one ($9) really works. Bagels are just too tough, and even then, they often become the center of attention instead of the sandwich filling. In general, I think bagels shouldn’t be used as bread in sandwiches - and I’m not talking about, say, lox and cream cheese on a bagel, which also isn’t really a sandwich. 4195 Broadway, between 177th and 178th streets, Washington Heights Eating a maracucha without it falling apart is a challenge. Fried potato sticks from a can further confuse the situation, making this a mediocre burger, but a wonderful sandwich. Not content with just a burger patty, it adds three additional meats, which basically eclipse the ground beef and catapults the maracucha into sandwich territory: pulled pork, luncheon-meat ham, and strips of bacon. But at what point does a burger become so modified that it qualifies as a sandwich? Enter the maracucha ($13). Let me emphatically state that, despite what Ronald McDonald may say, a burger is not a sandwich. 631 Manhattan Avenue, at Bedford Avenue, Greenpoint PEC at Frankel’s. While bacon plays a supporting role to the almighty egg in the BEC, the giant chunks of pastrami with its smoky redness here takes center stage. You might consider it a cousin of New York’s classic bacon, egg, and cheese (BEC), but this unique sandwich ($12.50) at Frankel’s - Greenpoint’s playfully reimagined Jewish deli - explores new sandwich territory. Here is my personal selection, eaten over the last year or so, in ranked order ending in the best of the genre.ġ1. All are worth seeking out for their tastiness and for the cultural underpinnings that made them what they are today. But a small group of maverick sandwiches refuse to succumb to this easy familiarity, and insist on following their own idiosyncratic paths. There’s ham-and-cheese on white or whole wheat, falafel tucked inside a pita, mayo-drenched chicken salad on a split arepa, and pork belly wrapped inside a steamed bao. Of the countless sandwiches I eat, probably 95 percent of them fall into predictable parameters.
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