Now, THAT'S a sandwich.
I like sandwiches. I hadn't really found a great sandwich place to go to- sometimes Melt is just so greasy, and nothing seems to compete with Zingermans where I spent many years.
After hearing so many good reviews from fellow yelpers, we went to Bogtrotters Doorstep tonight. Oh man, was it ever good.
First, it's kind of hard to find. "1848 W. 25th". Ummm. For the illiterate directionalist I am, I was rather confused when the address led me to Old Angle Tavern. I walked in and out a couple of times.... then called them. "There's tables right outside my door" said the voice on the other line (although he almost seemed annoyed), "you mean the door with the dentists names outside?" "No, there's tables right outside"..and then I realized it was on Bridge instead. Oops.
Walked in, found my dinner partner waiting, and Nate greeted me with a smile (ok, may he wasn't annoyed). It's a cute hole in the wall place, right off of Old Angle- in fact, it shares a spot with Old Angle, so we were able to bring our food into Old Angle, enjoy the live music there, and eat our sandwiches.
Nate actually brought us our sandwiches as we sat in Old Angle (aww, how nice!). We both ordered ours "wet" and "crunchy"- meaning, that the sandwich is dipped in au jus sauce and "crunchy" meaning that they put chips on it. Simple enough. He got the porkopolis- pork loin was good, and Nate even went the extra mile and put fresh greens on it (he said there was broccoli!)- just to be nice. Wow. He got an extra star in my book for that. I thought it was a tad salty though- but I guess all pork loins are salty.
My sandwich was GREATTTTTT. I got the Philly- roast beef, cheese sauce, onions, mushrooms, dipped in au jus.... omg, that was a GREAT GREAT sandwich. And yes, get it crunchy- the chips make it so good... it definitely reminded me of the cheesesteaks in Philly, where I just needed to order "steak with wiz!" Omg. YUM YUM YUM.
I'll be back to bogtrotters. It's a HUGE sandwich, so it's definitely worth it. Mmmm. Go go go. It's not the greasy sandwiches you'll find at other places- this is a sandwich with solid meat, and solid toppings, and it's served with great service. I approve. Nom nom x 10.