This is how the sandwich blog ends—with far too many words. Clearly we lost our mo there in the dog days of Summer of Sandwich. The Mets … losing. The virus … spreading. The forests … burning. And yet we’re back at work, sweating ponds into our face masks, doing our best to pretend things …
August 15 Bay Cities Italian Deli and Bakery 1517 Lincoln Blvd, Santa Monica Attari Sandwich Shop 1388 Westwood Blvd, Los Angeles Jax, we’re coming over around two. With Summer of Sandwiches. Know what you want? We’ll look it up during the drive. Their website is confusing. Why does that freeway sign say both “Drive Sober” …
Upland German Deli 983 W Foothill Blvd, Upland So we watched a movie called Phenomena the other night. Has anyone else seen this movie? THOUGHTS ARE WELCOME WE’RE A LITTLE TRAUMATIZED. Here are some things that happen: Several times, houseflies save the heroine. A firefly helps her find a severed maggot-covered hand. A small child …
Let’s get this out of the way first: We did not go to Cole’s, Cole’s doesn’t open until 5pm, that’s not how sandwich shops work. Also: it simply ain’t the original. A few times in this Summer of Sandwich, we’ve referred to the notion of balance. It’s not exactly part of the Unified Sandwich Theory©—it’s …
a belated Summer of Sandwich guest post by Vieve: Poppy Cake Baking Co. 328 W Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre https://poppycakebakingcompany.com/ My writing group in Pasadena has a regular bring-your-own lunch meeting, so in honor of Summer of Sandwiches I took July’s meeting as an opportunity to try out a new-to-me sandwich shop: Poppy Cake …
Not quite Dip Week!© Simply because we ended the Dip Week!© portion of Summer of Sandwich in Chinatown, this is a lead-in entry: while in Chinatown, we ended up getting three sandwiches from three distinct sandwich places, with only one being of the dipped variety. Q: Why did we get three (!) sandwiches in Chinatown?A: …
No we did not abandon the Summer of Sandwich! We were just slowed down: by travel to see family; by family who didn’t want to eat sandwiches quite as zealously as us; by travel to an area lacking in sandwiches; and by returning home with a family member who *really* didn’t want to eat sandwiches—rather, …
July 13: Claro’s Italian Market 1655 N Mountain Ave Ste D Upland I’m going to shortly cop to a bit of anchoring bias here. First, though, Claro’s. Claro’s is the second Italian market we’ve been to during this the Summer of Sandwich, a southern California mini-chain (six locations) with the closest to us in nearby …
Thursday July 8 The Heights Deli & Bottle Shop: 2927 N Broadway, Los Angeles (Lincoln Heights) Gamboge: 1822 N. Broadway Ave., Los Angeles (Lincoln Heights) It was friends’ week on Summer of Sandwich! First, on the recommendation of a friend and former colleague (thanks, Jolivette!), we decided to seek out Gamboge, a newish sandwich-ish place …
116 Harvard Ave N, Claremont Ah, Crème. Another sandwich place (bakery, really) that we were very excited to revisit when we hatched this wacky Summer of Sandwiches. Crème is simple, reliable, and delicious. It almost always has a line out the door, return customers seeking out great loaves of bread, gorgeous pastries, and impeccable sandwiches. …
