In this great city of ours, one could eat a different sandwich every day of the year—so that's what we'll do. Here's A Sandwich a Day, our daily look at sandwiches around New York. Got a sandwich we should check out? Let us know. —The Mgmt.

[Photo: Robyn Lee]

When reading a menu, my eyes tend to skip over any sandwich with roasted red peppers and goat cheese; I mean, you've eaten one veggie sandwich, you've eaten 'em all, right? Nope. The Pressed Vegetable Sandwich ($7.50) from Fiat Café was the first to disappear from the table on a recent lunch trip. (This is without question the first time the vegetable option went faster than the cured meat one.) The crusty ciabatta loaf is absolutely stuffed with roasted eggplant, zucchini, red peppers, creamy goat cheese, and hearty roast mushrooms, making this a substantial and filling sandwich. But what flavors the whole thing are the fresh-tasting, olive-oily pesto and crazy-sweet strands of caramelized onion winding their way through. What every lesser vegetarian sandwich aspires to be.

About the author: Carey Jones is the Editor of Serious Eats New York and co-editor of Serious Eats: Sweets. Follow her on Twitter (@careyjones).

Fiat Café

203 Mott Street, New York NY 10012 (map)
212-969-1809
pipoli.com/fiatcafe/