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| - In my opinion, this is the Gandhi of Italian Sandwiches. Irresistably delicious food while using second-ish grade meat. I get the impression that eating California Sandwiches more than once a week will probably kill you within 10 years, and you'd deserve it.
But it's so damn good. Huge sandwiches (if you're not a fat guy, lunch is half a sandwich) jammed full of deep-fried ethically-questionable but undeniably delicious sliced baby cattle, topped with provolone and Italian tomato sauce, all inside a perfectly unobtrusive Italian kaiser roll. I personally like mixing it up by getting veal and eggplant and adding peppers, onions and mushrooms. At least I'm eating a little bit less baby cattle than the other fat guy in front of me. The upgrades cost you though, which usually makes the outing just that little bit more expensive than I really think lunch should be. If it's dinner, I feel like I'm ripping them off.
As with Gandhi, expect to wait for your food. Aside from the fact that Italians don't do anything fast, from what I can tell it's almost always being prepared by an Italian grandmother and her protégé granddaughters, so calm down. It's worth it. Grab a pot of (half decent) olives and snack while you wait.
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