Open faced beef, pics!

Re:Open faced beef, pics! (Twinwillow)

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:03:10 GMT

OMG! It's 1:00 PM and I haven't had lunch yet and, I'm starving!
And you show me pictures of, food porn? Shame on you.

Re:Open faced beef, pics! (chewingthefat)

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:12:32 GMT

joerogo

Hey Chewy,

I gotta tell you, I love the passion you have for the food you serve.

A lot of restaurant owners, after they reach a certain comfort level, start to look outward. Second location, franchising, etc. Most of the times it's pipe dreams and this is usually about the time that they lose sight of what they are good at and their business starts to falter. But you are keeping your focus inward and concentrating on putting out a large array of fabulous food, basically being the best at what you do. Your attention to detail is what makes you stand out.

I can't wait to dine at Chubby's and give you the official review you deserve here on RF. Or you can teach Greymo how to use a darn camera!

Greymo is super smart[she likes this place], no reason she couldn't start clicking away, I'd love to have the two of you together here with me, you both have great passion for good Roadfood, and tremendous senses of humor, we'd have fun!

Re:Open faced beef, pics! (Michael Hoffman)

Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:00:17 GMT

Greymo knows how to take pictures. But just as it is with me, Greymo hasn't been able to figure out how to get the film into the digital camera.

Re:Open faced beef, pics! (joerogo)

Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:48:12 GMT

Hey Chewy,

I gotta tell you, I love the passion you have for the food you serve.

A lot of restaurant owners, after they reach a certain comfort level, start to look outward. Second location, franchising, etc. Most of the times it's pipe dreams and this is usually about the time that they lose sight of what they are good at and their business starts to falter. But you are keeping your focus inward and concentrating on putting out a large array of fabulous food, basically being the best at what you do. Your attention to detail is what makes you stand out.

I can't wait to dine at Chubby's and give you the official review you deserve here on RF. Or you can teach Greymo how to use a darn camera!

Re:Open faced beef, pics! (PapaJoe8)

Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:26:57 GMT

Chewer, is the number of great dishes at your restaurant endless? It seams so.

That juice makes this dish look undeniably delicious!
Joe

Re:Open faced beef, pics! (Curbside Grill)

Tue, 19 Oct 2010 03:44:24 GMT

That is Mondays special here at our Square 40 Rest. Meat and three $5.99 includes 20 oz drink.

It is left overs from Sunday brunch. But on the next day even better.

Re:Open faced beef, pics! (mayor al)

Thu, 07 Oct 2010 18:31:30 GMT

Thanks for the memory Jog !! Maybe I was crossing wires between generations??? I don't recall hearing the term MANHATTAN here in Southern Indiana...but maybe my hearing is muddled. At least I got the label correct for the food item...just the Geography seem out of focus !

Re:Open faced beef, pics! (NYPIzzaNut)

Thu, 07 Oct 2010 17:46:38 GMT

Magnificent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re:Open faced beef, pics! (fishtaco)

Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:27:10 GMT

Brad_Olson

mayor al

OK, One of you Easterners help me out here. Is the 'name' for this sandwich, served hot with Mashed Potatoes and Gravy over ALL, "A Manhattan" Sandwich. I am enjoying a memory-fart that tells me this is what a hot beef was called 50 years ago during my time in New England????

For some reason the term 'Manhattan" also seems vaguely familiar to me so I checked around, and apparently there's some evidence that it originated in or around Indiana (another take on it is here). Makes me wonder if I've seen it on a menu somewhere during my trips to and from Ohio, or down through Illinois toward St. Louis.

My mother-in-law roasts a standing rib roast on Thanksgiving Eve and hot beef sandwiches made with the leftovers make a great Thanksgiving Day breakfast.

Brad

Been called Manhattans in Indiana for as long as I can remember. Also seem to recall some places in Washington (up around Bremerton) calling them that.

Re:Open faced beef, pics! (Twinwillow)

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:34:55 GMT

Re:Open faced beef, pics! (BillyB)

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:27:12 GMT

All the diners offered Hot Turkey and Beef open face sandwiches. I used to offer a Carved Roast beef dinner and changed to the Hot beef sandwich, it sells real well......For $5 it should sell well..................

Re:Open faced beef, pics! (Billfish)

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:00:50 GMT

Beef (or pork or turkey) Manhattan was a weekly standby on the high school lunch menu in Columbus IN back in the 60s.Probably the most looked-forward to school lunch item in my town and I suspect in a lot of Southern IN.

Re:Open faced beef, pics! (chewingthefat)

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:27:57 GMT

Brad_Olson

mayor al

OK, One of you Easterners help me out here. Is the 'name' for this sandwich, served hot with Mashed Potatoes and Gravy over ALL, "A Manhattan" Sandwich. I am enjoying a memory-fart that tells me this is what a hot beef was called 50 years ago during my time in New England????

For some reason the term 'Manhattan" also seems vaguely familiar to me so I checked around, and apparently there's some evidence that it originated in or around Indiana (another take on it is here). Makes me wonder if I've seen it on a menu somewhere during my trips to and from Ohio, or down through Illinois toward St. Louis.

My mother-in-law roasts a standing rib roast on Thanksgiving Eve and hot beef sandwiches made with the leftovers make a great Thanksgiving Day breakfast.

Brad

The smell of a Standing Rib, roasting, ranks about 11 on a 1-10 scale!

Re:Open faced beef, pics! (chewingthefat)

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:23:49 GMT

Greymo

I will have that with mashed potatoes and 2 side orders; your fried potaotes (I love them) and your greens! Do you have any cheap wine for me?

Some alter wine I stole from St. Anthony's Church, or some Thunderbird I always carry in my back pocket..."What's the price? 25 twice!"

Re:Open faced beef, pics! (ScreamingChicken)

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:40:07 GMT

mayor al

OK, One of you Easterners help me out here. Is the 'name' for this sandwich, served hot with Mashed Potatoes and Gravy over ALL, "A Manhattan" Sandwich. I am enjoying a memory-fart that tells me this is what a hot beef was called 50 years ago during my time in New England????

For some reason the term 'Manhattan" also seems vaguely familiar to me so I checked around, and apparently there's some evidence that it originated in or around Indiana (another take on it is here). Makes me wonder if I've seen it on a menu somewhere during my trips to and from Ohio, or down through Illinois toward St. Louis.

My mother-in-law roasts a standing rib roast on Thanksgiving Eve and hot beef sandwiches made with the leftovers make a great Thanksgiving Day breakfast.

Brad

Re:Open faced beef, pics! (Greymo)

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:00:23 GMT

I will have that with mashed potatoes and 2 side orders; your fried potaotes (I love them) and your greens! Do you have any cheap wine for me?

Re:Open faced beef, pics! (MellowRoast)

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:57:34 GMT

Boy, do I ever miss Hojo.

Re:Open faced beef, pics! (Michael Hoffman)

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:51:45 GMT

I'd never heard it before you mentioned it in your post.

Re:Open faced beef, pics! (mayor al)

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:28:19 GMT

Michael,
I was on the North Shore of MA..going to school at Salem State and cooking/fry-man at HoJo's on Rt 95 in Rowley,MA. The menu called it a Hot Beef, but lots of the tourists heading North (we were on the Northbound side of I-95) called it a Manhattan. New Yorkers Maybe??? I have never heard that descriptor used anywhere else.

Re:Open faced beef, pics! (Wintem01)

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 13:50:47 GMT

CTF, I'm beginning to think you get some kind of sadistic pleasure out of posting these pictures so those of us not easily within reach of your place have no access. I picture you, after posting, in the grips of a Dr. Evil laugh. Bwah-ha-ha-ha! Bwah-ha-ha-ha!

Re:Open faced beef, pics! (MellowRoast)

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 12:57:33 GMT

Thank you, I'll look them up.

Re:Open faced beef, pics! (Michael Hoffman)

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 12:45:44 GMT

Me, I like a cup of coffee with my hot roast beef sandwiches.

Re:Open faced beef, pics! (chewingthefat)

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 12:22:39 GMT

MellowRoast

I can't make out the name of that beverage in the background. Anyone know what it is?

Mc Cutcheon's Cherry Cider, McCutcheon's is a local Jelly, Jam, and anything else that can be bottled vegetable wise, they are terrifically good products, they do hot sauces, marinara, spaghetti sauces, all kinds of cider, sodas you name it. Google them.

Re:Open faced beef, pics! (MellowRoast)

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 12:08:12 GMT

I can't make out the name of that beverage in the background. Anyone know what it is?

Re:Open faced beef, pics! (Michael Hoffman)

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 10:41:11 GMT

I don't know about where you were in New England 50 years ago, but where I was in New England 50 years ago it was called a hot roast beef sandwich.

Want a weird name for it? Around here they call it a split. I have no idea why.

Re:Open faced beef, pics! (mayor al)

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 10:21:23 GMT

OK, One of you Easterners help me out here. Is the 'name' for this sandwich, served hot with Mashed Potatoes and Gravy over ALL, "A Manhattan" Sandwich. I am enjoying a memory-fart that tells me this is what a hot beef was called 50 years ago during my time in New England????

Re:Open faced beef, pics! (MellowRoast)

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 01:29:22 GMT

I normally would like mashed potatoes with butter, but I'd like to try the fried potatoes with sausage and onions. Never had that before, and it sounds killer.

Re:Open faced beef, pics! (chefbuba)

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 23:24:11 GMT

Same here with the mash & gravy... I do open face RB sand evrey once in a while, sells out quick.
2 slices of texas toast, plenty of mash, 6-7 oz thin sliced roast angus sirloin, lots of gravy from the pan drippings.

Re:Open faced beef, pics! (sk bob)

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 20:54:47 GMT

that will do it!

Re:Open faced beef, pics! (BillyB)

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:32:17 GMT

CTF, looks great, I'm with Michael on the Mashed potatoes & gravy. I like the piled high and sliced.............Nice job my friend......Bill