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| - I've been enjoying these delicious sandwiches for years! I'm surprised I've never reviewed them before.
Serving up amazing veal, steak, eggplant and meatball sandwiches (chicken and sausage are just ok) on outstanding kaiser rolls with perfectly garlicky fresh house-made tomato sauce and your choice of "sweet" (mild), "medium" or "hot", which corresponds to how much diced roasted jalepeño is added.
The veal for each sandwich is individually fried up fresh and crisp when you order it, then topped with sauce and your toppings, plus the appropriate amount of jalapeño heat, and each one is absolutely delicious.
The sandwiches are always a huge mess due to the amount of meat and all the sauce that goes on, so grab lots of napkins, but they have not been soaking for hours in some steam table tray full of sauce, so they are simultaneously crispy and crunchy at some parts, yet saucy and garlicky at others, a total treat!
The steak is thin and not breaded but seared up quick in a saute pan, with the same sauce and onions standard. And the meatball is an enormous grapefruit-sized monster that is loaded with beef and bread crumbs, chopped onto the bun, then covered with sauce and your toppings. It's so super-tender that it practically melts in your mouth.
This location and the original Claremont Street location are both the real deal, but all 14 locations around the city are apparently family owned and operated - so check it out, I'm sure you will love it!
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