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| - I've been wanting to check this out for a while now and a recent Buytopia deal was just the push I needed to finally get in the door.
We arrived at around noon on a Saturday and the place was empty. I knew going in that I wanted the Reuben - it's one of my absolute favourite sandwiches, when done right - so obviously that's exactly what I ordered.
My dining companion and I took a seat in the back and waited for our food. About ten minutes later, my friend's food arrived and my food arrived five minutes after that. (Kind of annoying, but I'd rather have hot food than eat simultaneously with someone else.)
The sandwich arrived hot and fresh and I eagerly took a bite. I immediately noticed a lack of Russian dressing but I figured it was missing from the edge of the sandwich. No biggie, I'll take another bite, I thought to myself. Still no dressing. What's going on here, I mumbled as I opened the sandwich. Zero dressing anywhere. I'm not sure if this was an intentional omission but the sandwich suffered for it. I was forced to eat the Reuben with mustard, which is somewhat ridiculous.
Anyway, aside from that, it was a decent spin on the Reuben. It's distinctly lack in abundant helpings of both cheese and sauerkraut, but perhaps this was done to emphasize the meat, which is admittedly quite tasty.
So I'm conflicted. It was a decent sandwich, yes, but was it a Reuben in the traditional sense? It most definitely was not.
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