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...
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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...
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It's not often that a pizzeria also does a great sandwich — especially in Midtown. But the roast beef sandwich at
Previti Pizza on 41st and Lexington is another matter.
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Of the 20 or so sandwiches on the chalkboard menu, the
Roast Beef Luger ($5.99 on a roll, $6.99 on the hero) was our favorite. They cut slices off their big slab of roast beef, add a slice of cheddar, bacon, and—this is where the Luger part comes in—smother it with Peter Luger's signature steak sauce.
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[Photographs: Nick Solares] "Keep it simple" is a refrain voiced again and again by cooks and restaurateurs alike. But having the discipline to actually do so is another matter. Before you know it, narrowly defined concepts can spill out of...
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Start the week with a big, juicy roast beef sandwich from Salumeria Biellese. The deli's Monday special is $6.50 for a four-incher, which is plenty enough for one person, and you can easily split the six-inch large ($7.75) into...
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The longtime (since 1922 longtime) Brooklyn sandwich shop Defonte's opened today in Gramercy. Back in 1992 (when only food dinosaurs roamed Brooklyn), Ed checked out the Red Hook original at the behest of the New York Times' Florence Fabricant....
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Nation's Restaurant News is reporting that the roast beef chain is heading back to the city. The last Arby's here closed in March. Says NRN: The deal calls for the restaurants to be opened over the next 10 years,...
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Nobody knows beef like an old-fashioned butcher. So it shouldn't come as a surprise that one of my favorite roast beef sandwiches is made by Schatzie's, in a postage stamp-sized butcher shop in Carnegie Hill
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