June 24: Roma Market 918 N Lake Ave, Pasadena Here during the Summer of Sandwich, it’s fair to wonder if maybe you’ve heard of the chicken sandwich wars. Chick-fil-A, the Christian purveyor that’s faithfully closed every Sunday, made its bones with a solid but overrated chicken sandwich: it’s not particularly good, it was just better …
Padua Pasta Makers: 300 E Arrow Hwy, Upland We’re loving the Summer of Sandwich. It’s not always perfect—sometimes those train tracks lead only to heartbreak, or shitty sandwiches, anyway. But more than simply delivering unto us good food, it’s had the ancillary effect of forcing us to do something we do far too rarely: the …
Plaza Produce June 15: 303 W Foothill Blvd # 7, Glendora Plaza Produce is a great little market near downtown Glendora, a market we’d never heard about until we started this sandwich quest. It was recommended by friends—a cute market, good meat and sandwiches, quality produce, excellent wines. And it really is that: a nice …
Sunday June 13: 1034 Arrow Hwy b, San Dimas Another return visit! Though this one held a little less excitement than going back to Bánh Mì My-Tho. Papa’s Best is a sandwich place we ate at … wait … wait … just checking Google … because who doesn’t want technology to know more about us …
Friday June 11: 9011 Garvey Ave C, Rosemead When we decided to spend the Summer of Sandwich stuffing our faces with sandwiches, one exciting impetus was that we’d get to go back to Bánh Mì My-Tho, a fairly simple but well-loved (hey, it’s Aziz Ansari! wait, where did Aziz Ansari go?) bánh mì, broken rice, …
(you can read our overview/prior entries here) The Old German Deli Thursday June 3: 40645 Village Dr, Big Bear Lake Look! Big Bear! Last weekend we headed up to Big Bear, where I was dropped off for a semi-annual (meaning totally random) leadership conference. On the conference agenda: boating, axe throwing, bobsledding, and much more. …
(you can read the overview of/find prior entries to our project here) Wednesday June 2, 2021: 923 Decatur St, New Orleans, LA Until getting an allowance and access to the school snack bar in seventh grade, far and away my most common school lunch was a simple salami and cheese sandwich. We’d buy loaves of …
(you can find other entries & read the overview of our “project” here) Holdaak: Friday May 28: 1948 N Tustin St, Orange, CA So this was unexpected! We ended up caught deep behind the Orange Curtain on Friday, not really on a sandwich expedition so much as spending an afternoon with friends. But, you know, …
2125 Wright Ave # C6, La Verne, CA (as always, you can read the overview of this “project” here) A sandwich shop in walking distance? Sure, and if you follow the currently defunct railroad tracks, you shorten a little of that distance and get to feel a little Stand By Me. So today we tried, …
Sunday May 23: 1208 W 9th St, Upland, CA (you can read the overview of our “project” here) The Sand Witch is—wait for it!—a witch-themed sandwich shop. Is this an imaginative leap? No! Do they at least lean into the theme? They do. The interior has a variety of witchy tchotchkes, and the menu boils …
