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| - I have been itching to try Stalzy's since it opened a few years ago, but somehow never got around to it. Until yesterday.
I shouldn't have bothered.
My sister and I stopped in for lunch around 11:30 on Sunday. The place seemed fairly slow at the time. It had a hip, relaxed vibe that I immediately liked. The person who took care of us was very friendly, and, when both of us ordered the Reuben, happily informed us that Stalzy's was famous for that particular sandwich. I noted the meat slicer being put to use behind the counter: this is going to be GOOD, I thought to myself.
This must be REALLY good if it takes this long to make a Reuben sandwich, I thought to myself 30 minutes later when our orders had not yet arrived. Just past the 40-minute mark, we began looking around the (still sparsely occupied) dining room in bewilderment, trying to catch anyone's eye to see if perhaps our order had been forgotten. Finally, I heard a bell ding: sure enough, our anxiously awaited sandwiches made their way to our table.
My sister noted the smell of bacon. I bit in and surmised that the meat was heavily smoked. Not only was it horrifically salty, but the smoky flavor was overpowering and did, in fact, result in meat that tasted somewhat more like beef bacon than corned beef. Further, although the meat was sliced ultra-thin, it was tough and chewy.
But the worst insult came when I took apart the sandwich...and gagged. I have NEVER seen so much globulous, disgusting fat in one sandwich (see photo). As a person who assiduously trims most (if not all) of the fat off her meat before consumption, I was completely nauseated.
So there you have it: two bites and DONE. Easily the WORST Reuben sandwich I've ever tasted in my life. In retrospect, we should certainly have sent the sandwiches back, although I did not want, under ANY circumstances, to find out what ELSE Stalzy's might be "famous" for. Since the sis and I were also now in a hurry, we didn't want to wait around any more.
We hit up the nearest fast food restaurant and called it a day.
I wouldn't go back to Stalzy's on a BET.
GROSS.
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