America's Best Sandwiches

Epicurious has just posted our "Top Ten" list of American sandwiches. For your consideration: http://eat.epicurious.com/restaurant/sterns/index.ssf?/restaurant/sterns/sandwiches.html

... omigosh! We forgot pastrami!!!

Michael: Not much to argue about here. Your choices are stellar and I took note of your remark regarding cheesesteaks, etc. and how they should have their own list.

Agree 1,000,000% on the Maine Diner's warm Lobster Roll !!



My absolute, undeniable, favorite sandwich on the planet !

Where's the muffaletta? Beef on weck?

(I know, I know, you can only list 10 :-)

Got most my favorites!-its a list i can live with--but 10 always seems to not quite be enough--maybe we should push a a Top 15.

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Originally posted by TJ Jackson

Where's the muffaletta? Beef on weck?

(I know, I know, you can only list 10 :-)

I know, I know! Beef sandwiches probably should be broken out to become its own category (beef on weck, Italian beef, French dip, wet beef, beef Manhattan, hot beef, etc.), as should the sandwiches of New Orleans!

You mean to say there's a place in Maine that offers real lobster rolls, not those silly lobster salads on a bun?

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Originally posted by Michael Stern

I know, I know! Beef sandwiches probably should be broken out to become it's own category (beef on weck, Italian beef, French dip, wet beef, beef Manhattan, hot beef, etc.), as should the sandwiches of New Orleans!

Well, when you want your editor to sign off on your commission/fee, well....he says 10 only and thery gotta be geographically dispersed, he gets 10 only and they are geographically dispersed.

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Originally posted by TJ Jackson

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Originally posted by Michael Stern

I know, I know! Beef sandwiches probably should be broken out to become it's own category (beef on weck, Italian beef, French dip, wet beef, beef Manhattan, hot beef, etc.), as should the sandwiches of New Orleans!

Well, when you want your editor to sign off on your commission/fee, well....he says 10 only and thery gotta be geographically dispersed, he gets 10 only and they are geographically dispersed.

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Originally posted by Michael Hoffman

You mean to say there's a place in Maine that offers real lobster rolls, not those silly lobster salads on a bun?

I seem to remember that one of the Henry Brothers (who run the Maine Diner) told me the idea for a hot lobster roll came to them via a customer who had traveled to Maine from Connecticut!

Speaking of sandwiches, here's a sandwich story.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/story/174034p-151630c.html

The best sandwich IMHO is Katz's on Houston St. in NYC.

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Originally posted by Michael Stern

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Originally posted by Michael Hoffman

You mean to say there's a place in Maine that offers real lobster rolls, not those silly lobster salads on a bun?

I seem to remember that one of the Henry Brothers (who run the Maine Diner) told me the idea for a hot lobster roll came to them via a customer who had traveled to Maine from Connecticut!

So many great choices, too close to lunch time. Michael, you are really putting my appetite into overdrive.

Here come the calories !!!

Yes, certain categories deserve their own best 10, but I'll settle for a Chicago beef or French dip instead of beef on a wick any day. They're all equally good and yummy in my book.

OK. I couldn't stand it. I went out and bought a couple of lobsters and some split-top hotdog buns. Dinner tonight: Lobster rolls dripping butter all over me.

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Originally posted by Michael Hoffman

OK. I couldn't stand it. I went out and bought a couple of lobsters and some split-top hotdog buns. Dinner tonight: Lobster rolls dripping butter all over me.

You forgot to tell me what time.............I can hurry!

from the Maine Diner menu:
THE DALE ARNOLD $ 13.95
...This is our famous Hot Lobster Roll. Fresh lobster meat is heated and served in a grilled roll with a side of drawn butter. Dale, of WEEI Sports Radio in Boston, regularly orders this unique version of a Maine Lobster Roll.
Dale is the voice of the Boston Bruins on NESN (New England Sports Network), and a graduate of Bowdoin College. He used to be the voice of the New Jersey Devils. He has known the Henrys for years.
How close was Red's Eats lobster roll in Wiscassett to making the list?
DaveM

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Originally posted by DaveM

from the Maine Diner menu:
THE DALE ARNOLD $ 13.95
...This is our famous Hot Lobster Roll. Fresh lobster meat is heated and served in a grilled roll with a side of drawn butter. Dale, of WEEI Sports Radio in Boston, regularly orders this unique version of a Maine Lobster Roll.
Dale is the voice of the Boston Bruins on NESN (New England Sports Network), and a graduate of Bowdoin College. He used to be the voice of the New Jersey Devils. He has known the Henrys for years.
How close was Red's Eats lobster roll in Wiscassett to making the list?
DaveM

$13.95. Golly, gee. I remember paying 75-cents for one at Jimmy's in Connecticut. That's why I'd usually eat three of them, along with half a dozen hot dogs, an order of fried clams, a dozen raw clams and a pineapple drink or birch beer.

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Originally posted by chezkatie

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Originally posted by Michael Hoffman

OK. I couldn't stand it. I went out and bought a couple of lobsters and some split-top hotdog buns. Dinner tonight: Lobster rolls dripping butter all over me.

You forgot to tell me what time.............I can hurry!

About 7. If you're coming I'll go get another lobster.

I would ship some, except the butter soaks through the packaging.

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Originally posted by DaveM

I would ship some, except the butter soaks through the packaging.

Thanks anyway. Chezkatie didn't show up so I had plenty -- enough, in fact, to allow my grandson to have one.

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Originally posted by DaveM

How close was Red's Eats lobster roll in Wiscassett to making the list?
DaveM

We love Red's, but because it's open only in the summer, and the Epicurious story was coming out now, there was no point including it.

Ok, Horowitz's Deli in Cary NC at McGregor Downs has a corned beef sandwich which IMHO is the best in the Triangle. It is piled super high and the rye bread is always soft on the outside and crusty on the outside. $7.00 plus tax for a sandwich for 2 is well worth it.

OHHHHH, the Maine Diner,what a place!! And ,of course, they are correct about the lobster rolls....The Henry boys know all about making eating in Maine a joyous experience....so, sit down,breath in the wet flannel amid swirling snow, make a friend and eat

You'll have to add the monster "Special" sub at Amighetti's in St. Louis when the list expands to the top 20.

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Originally posted by Michael Hoffman

You mean to say there's a place in Maine that offers real lobster rolls, not those silly lobster salads on a bun?

Michael, you have not lived until you have stood in line at The Clam Shack in Kennebunkport and have eaten a lobster roll there......huge chunks of lobster and hot dripping butter. It does not get any better!

Here's a poor picture (because it doesn't show the butter glistening), but chezkatie is right: Clam Shack lobster rolls are stupendous.

I only have Jersey Mike's to tide me over...but I would say my favorite sammich is a big greasy Western Mass. grinder from either The Country Store in Westfield MA or The Bridge Store in Huntington Mass.

Lynne

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Originally posted by pennypincher

Speaking of sandwiches, here's a sandwich story.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/story/174034p-151630c.html

The best sandwich IMHO is Katz's on Houston St. in NYC.

Late to the topic, but Katz' is *so* over-rated! I get better deli (and actually kosher, not kosher-style) on Long Island. I'll taken Rueven's or Regal in Plainview over Katz's any day.

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Originally posted by Scott_RLate to the topic, but Katz' is *so* over-rated! I get better deli (and actually kosher, not kosher-style) on Long Island. I'll taken Rueven's or Regal in Plainview over Katz's any day.

Not in my book. Katz's is the real deal. Salty, hand-cut perfection. I've eaten at both those Nassau County joints and in my opinion they both come up wayyyyyy short. I liked Rueven's better than Regal, but neither are in the same universe as Katz's.

The link no longer seems to work. Anyone care to post that top 10?