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| - After years of walking past or driving past Sammy's, and seeing the big neon sign proclaiming 'famous' corned beef, I finally decided to plan to give it a try. I am a HUGE fan of those ginormous New York Reubens, and have yet to find one that even comes CLOSE in Pittsburgh to living up to its claim.
So after the theater today, we decided to try Sammy's. From the outside, it has always looked very NY delicatessen, and I expected to find that kind of atmosphere inside. Man, was I ever mistaken.
For a place that from the outside boasts fanatically about it's famous corned beef, the interior certainly didn't reflect that. It's...a bar. From the outside, the place looks huge. From the inside, it's 3/4 bar, and a row of tall tables along the windows, a few regular sized tables, and in this case a 'few' is an accurate count...there was one large round, and two two-tops.
There was no table service, only a sandwich counter at the back. And basically, all they do is make sandwiches. They have no real cooking equipment. They have a bunch of metal tins, a fridge for sodas, beer and basic sides like potato salad, and rack after rack of potato chips.
I asked for a Reuben...but they don't MAKE Reubens. They don't even toast bread, let alone grill it.
I am totally perplexed how a joint raving about their own corned beef via giant glowing neon signs would NOT make THE most famous of all corned beef sandwiches in the world.
The guy behind the counter slapped two sandwiches together...oh...and one other piece of equipment they have...no grill, fryer, or heating unit...but they sure do have a SCALE to make sure your meat portion is exact. The sandwich was in a little plastic basket with wax paper, and the basket didn't need to be anything else BUT 'little', because as far as I was concerned, it was a perfect match to the sandwich. The Kosher dill quarter in the basket was more generous than the sandwich.
Their beverage options are all Pepsi products, canned or fountain, or alcohol.
And, as is typical for the burgh, several TV screens, all playing some sports coverage. How unique and original.
Now, I'm not saying the corned beef was bad. It was actually fairly good. I will NOT go so far as to use the word 'famous' to describe it. It was adequate. The price wasn't bad, but quite frankly I would be more impressed paying a few dollars more and getting an actual impressive sandwich.
For all the glitz on the outside of the restaurant raving about the famous quality of the food, Sammy's really isn't much more than another Pittsburgh beer hall...with a sandwich counter.
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