Sloppy Joes - North Jersey Style - New pic!

Re:Sloppy Joes - North Jersey Style (mjambro)

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:45:41 GMT

Food_Fan

MelloRoast,

Why have one shipped?

You can buy the rye bread, cold cuts, coleslaw, and Russian dressing and build one for yourself. I'll bet that you could make 4~7 Sloppy Joe's for the price of one shipped from NJ. (Yes, I'm a cheapskate )

Try it. It's a hard sandwich to beat!

But good luck trying to buy a decent rye bread outside of NJ/NY/FL.

Re:Sloppy Joes - North Jersey Style - New pic! (mjambro)

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:40:09 GMT

Many years ago, working in Millburn, I alternated between their sloppy Joe (ham) and roast beef joe on perhaps a weekly basis for several years. Simply outstanding. Was fortunate to be in the area a few years ago and had one that was as good as I recalled from the good-old days. Well worth a trip.

Re:Sloppy Joes - North Jersey Style - New pic! (Midnight Snack)

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 22:36:07 GMT

Re:Sloppy Joes - North Jersey Style - New pic! (Ivyhouse)

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 13:53:53 GMT

Growing up on LI one of my favorite sandwiches was turkey and swiss with coleslaw and Russian dressing. Not from the Kosher deli-restaurants, but from the small neighborhood delicatessens in and around Port Washington.

Re:Sloppy Joes - North Jersey Style - New pic! (ann peeples)

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 13:27:06 GMT

I never saw this thread either, but what a great sounding sandwich! Hobby's menu looks awesome!

Re:Sloppy Joes - North Jersey Style - New pic! (CCinNJ)

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 13:06:50 GMT

Hobby's Deli might be one of the best best kept secrets of NJ Roadfood. Harold's Harold's Harold's.

Re:Sloppy Joes - North Jersey Style - New pic! (kozel)

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 07:45:17 GMT

Not a sloppy Joe but similar, I used to love the white meat turkey on rye with slaw & russian at Hobby's in Newark. Slaw and russian on a sandwich is common in Kosher or Kosher style delis.

http://www.hobbysdeli.com/menu.html

Re:Sloppy Joes - North Jersey Style - New pic! (billyboy)

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 06:50:50 GMT

Wow! I'd never seen this thread before and just a few days ago I was talking to my girlfriend's cousin from Westfield, NJ who was singing the praises of this sandwich. It sound like a cold version of a reuben to me until I saw the pics from page 1 of this thread. Sounds awesome. Hope to try one soon.

Re:Sloppy Joes - North Jersey Style - New pic! (micky65)

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 01:48:57 GMT

I grew up in Bergen County N.J and when I worked in the deli at Shoprite in Emerson we made a Sloppy Joe platter. We used white bread cut lengthwise rather thinly and used roast beef, turkey. swiss and russian dressing and cole slaw layered. We would cut them into 4' x 4' and sell them as a platter. They were delicious and us employees would eat them often. I think I will try to make one this weekend.

Re:Sloppy Joes - North Jersey Style - New pic! (Dog Boss)

Sat, 07 Aug 2010 09:50:34 GMT

johnlockedema

Millburn Deli does use a mayo based slaw, very white cabbage with a tiny bit of shredded carrot. Town Hall is a grassy, green slaw that is more finely shredded, and is inferior to the Millburn Deli slaw.

I went there today as my girlfriend wanted to bring them home to her family (she's relocated out of NJ) and we picked up a half dozen Joes-I had them made 'old school, wrapped for traveling) which meant butter the bread, easy on the coleslaw and russian, double wrap with no pickle slice in the wrapping. G/f left to drive back to VA.

Yesterday, another friend calls and wants to catch up for coffee. She's visiting from Ireland, but grew up here. We meet for coffee today, and she wants to bring joe's back to Manasquan, where she's meeting her brother and sister. So for the second time in three hours, I'm at the Millburn Deli with a cute blonde ordering a half dozen joes. The counterman is giving me the hairy eyeball stare-finally he says 'nice to see you again, it's been a while' with a smirk. You can't make this stuff up.

That's funny stuff..................

Re:Sloppy Joes - North Jersey Style - New pic! (johnlockedema)

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 21:27:37 GMT

Millburn Deli does use a mayo based slaw, very white cabbage with a tiny bit of shredded carrot. Town Hall is a grassy, green slaw that is more finely shredded, and is inferior to the Millburn Deli slaw.

I went there today as my girlfriend wanted to bring them home to her family (she's relocated out of NJ) and we picked up a half dozen Joes-I had them made 'old school, wrapped for traveling) which meant butter the bread, easy on the coleslaw and russian, double wrap with no pickle slice in the wrapping. G/f left to drive back to VA.

Yesterday, another friend calls and wants to catch up for coffee. She's visiting from Ireland, but grew up here. We meet for coffee today, and she wants to bring joe's back to Manasquan, where she's meeting her brother and sister. So for the second time in three hours, I'm at the Millburn Deli with a cute blonde ordering a half dozen joes. The counterman is giving me the hairy eyeball stare-finally he says 'nice to see you again, it's been a while' with a smirk. You can't make this stuff up.

Re:Sloppy Joes - North Jersey Style - New pic! (tdj_tx)

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:53:11 GMT

I need to eat this sandwich, I plan on making it this weekend!
Does anyone have information on the type of cole slaw they use?
It doesn't seem to be a mayo based slaw.

http://www.youtube.com/wa...Gw&feature=related

Re:Sloppy Joes - North Jersey Style - New pic! (johnlockedema)

Sun, 09 May 2010 22:26:36 GMT

Two of these would clog your digestive system for a long time! The Millburn Deli does a 'party joe' which is done on large rectangular slices of bread, then cut into 16 small rectangles, each with a toothpick. Great party food.

Re:Sloppy Joes - North Jersey Style - New pic! (DougS)

Sun, 09 May 2010 17:23:09 GMT

Those do look good, nothing like the Manwich style that I always thought were original Sloppyjoes.
Actually I been eating sandwiches like that all my life and never knew they were Sloppyjoes.
Two sandwiches for lunch with coleslaw. Just have to remember to stack the sandwiches on top of one another after applying coleslaw between them.

Re:Sloppy Joes - North Jersey Style - New pic! (johnlockedema)

Sun, 09 May 2010 13:34:23 GMT

I like to say 'Town Hall invented it, and the Millburn Deli perfected it. Sadly, the current owners of the Millburn Deli don't make as good a Joe as the Jacobs family-you have to ask for the bread to be buttered (before it was a delete option-the thin layer of butter keeps the rye bread from getting soaked), the countermen are too generous with the russian and coleslaw, and adding a pickle slice to the wrap means the sandwich doesn't stay compact like it should. Plus they make you put your own napkins in the bag, and they have a tip jar! You're paying $7.75 for a sandwich, and have a tip jar.

Re:Sloppy Joes - North Jersey Style - New pic! (fattybomatty)

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:31:14 GMT

Well Don great work you did. You'll probably be hard pressed to find a better sandwich out than the one you just made

Re:Sloppy Joes - North Jersey Style - New pic! (MiamiDon)

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:12:02 GMT

fattybomatty: Yes!

Re:Sloppy Joes - North Jersey Style - New pic! (SoulCooker)

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:55:01 GMT

I live in South Orange and the Town Hall is pretty good. I have not tried the Millburn Deli but thanks for the heads up? The cost of the joes is pretty crazy, but there is enough for at least 2 meals, and they also do 1/2 sandwiches, which is more than enough for a single meal. Great pickles too!

Re:Sloppy Joes - North Jersey Style (Food_Fan)

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:43:59 GMT

That’s a beauty!

Artfully constructed and perfectly presented!

Re:Sloppy Joes - North Jersey Style (fattybomatty)

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:28:35 GMT

miamidon that looks good. did you make that yourself?

Re:Sloppy Joes - North Jersey Style (MiamiDon)

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:29:19 GMT

I tried my hand at a ham and turkey sloppy joe:

Sloppy, but good!

Re:Sloppy Joes - North Jersey Style (Food_Fan)

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:48:12 GMT

While looking to see what happened to Goodman’s of Elmora Ave. Elizabeth, NJ, I came across this new location in Berkeley Heights. They make a Sloppy Joe, as their video (Below) will show.

I thought I’d add it as another example of a Sloppy Joe.

http://www.goodmansdeli.net/

A newspaper review and explanation of the ownership changes:

http://www.nj.com/dining/reviews_ledger.ssf?21397?21397

This is Goodman’s video of still pictures that shows their Pastrami, Corned Beef, and Sloppy Joe sandwiches.

Goodman's Video

Re:Sloppy Joes - North Jersey Style (Schott850)

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:31:49 GMT

I've had sloppy joe's in Northern NJ and they are great!

When I worked in Valley Forge, Pa there was a deli that made sandwiches that reminded me of sloppy joe's but they were called Boardwalks.

Rye bread, deli roast beef piled high, cole slaw and russian dressing. It's great, you can also use pastrami. The messier the better.

Re:Sloppy Joes - North Jersey Style (porkchopexpress)

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:40:36 GMT

Never heard of that style sloppy joe but it sounds excellent. I've always refered to sloppy joes as the manwich style sandwich

Re:Sloppy Joes - North Jersey Style (Food_Fan)

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:13:06 GMT

MiamiDon,
These are the addresses of the two delis featured in the articles. The Town Hall Deli should be easer to get to and it has parking behind it. The Millburn Deli is on a one-way street and you would have to find parking a block away on the street that bypasses the business area and has parking lots along it. If you do a map search you’ll see what I mean.

Town Hall Deli
60 Valley St.
South Orange, NJ 07079
(973) 762-4900

The Millburn Delicatessen
328 Millburn Avenue
Millburn, NJ 07041
(973) 379-5800

I used to get a great one at Arthur’s in Morris Plains. The bread was a combination rye/pumpernickel and was at least 10” wide and the Sloppy Joe was around 3.5” thick. I checked their menu and it didn’t list a Sloppy Joe but you never know, might be worth a call

http://www.arthurstavern.com/

leethebard,

Sounds like a good idea!

Re:Sloppy Joes - North Jersey Style (leethebard)

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:37:26 GMT

Hey,Food_fan,
Got o get up north. That sloppy Joe looks great!!!

Re:Sloppy Joes - North Jersey Style (ken8038)

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:03:05 GMT

<<I prefer the Millburn Deli, Millburn NJ to all other sloppy joe purveyors. >.

For what it's worth, that is my favorite sloppy joe too. And the Milburn Deli scene is a trip in itself, with the constant chaos, the bell ringers, etc etc. I usually get mine to go and eat it in the nice quiet park nearby.

Another real good one is Towne Liquors (yes, it's a liquor store) in New Providence. Plus they have the best chocolate chip cookies I have ever had.

Re:Sloppy Joes - North Jersey Style (johnhughes442)

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:20:13 GMT

As shown in the article Food Fan posted, I prefer the Millburn Deli, Millburn NJ to all other sloppy joe purveyors. I went to college nearby and this was the first place I ever had one. They slice the bread from large rye loaves when you order. I am partial to the friday joe which is tuna salad and egg salad on three slices of rye with cole slaw and russian. The tuna, egg salad, cole slaw and russian dressing are made on premises. Freshly made the sandwich is quite messy, but still delicious. To combat the mess, I let it rest overnight for full coagulation. It is cut in three leaving a triangle as the centerpiece, the apex of which has no crust. Save this bite for last as it is the best bite of a heavenly combo. Also, an off-menu item of note is the half-loaf with russian. A crusty half loaf of semolina bread with just russian dressing. Don't forget the tea. Store made with hints of orange and citrus. Enjoy!!

Re:Sloppy Joes - North Jersey Style (MiamiDon)

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:55:08 GMT

Interesting articles, Food_Fan. One says "one meat" the other says "two meats", and yours has four. It does sound tasty, albeit sloppy.

Is there any deli that makes them especially well? I'm probably going to run over to north Jersey in May.

Re:Sloppy Joes - North Jersey Style (fattybomatty)

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:03:27 GMT

Food Fan,

Yeah I do live in North Plainfield. Right by Red Tower II. Is that St. Joes church you are talking about?

I believe you are also correct with the small sized sloppy joe for the price. Usually the one with just one kind of meat will be a dollar or two less than the full sloppy joe.

The cold sloppy Joe's have always reminded me of a cold reuben. I know there are obvious differences, but I just always think of it that way.