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A Sandwich a Day: Chicken Salad at Eisenberg's Sandwich Shop

A Sandwich a Day

A new sandwich every day.

Meister
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Published: March 18, 2011 Last Updated: August 9, 2018

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.

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[Photograph: Erin Meister]

Want to time travel on your lunch hour? No problem: Sidling up to the counter at no-nonsense lunch-counter institution Eisenberg's Sandwich Shop is an easy trip back to 1930 (or thereabouts). If you want to go whole hog you could get the roast beef sandwich ($8) or one of the Tuesday/Thursday meatloaf sandwich special ($7.50), but my favorite lunch at this vintage spot is the how-in-the-world-could-chicken-salad-taste-so-good chicken-salad sandwich ($7.25).

Perfect diner-style toast (rye bread's the superior choice) holds a snappy snip of lettuce and thick-but-not-overpowering tomato slice in place above a heaping slop of generously mayoed chicken, celery, onion... and little else. You don't actually need anything else, except maybe a pickle and a side of matzo ball soup—oh, and don't forget your fedora.

Eisenberg's Sandwich Shop

174 Fifth Avenue, New York NY 10010 (map) 212-675-5096
eisenbergsnyc.com

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For over a decade, Meister has lived a double life as both a writer and a coffee professional—though she has yet to figure out which is her Dr. Jekyll side and which Mr. Hyde. Her day job is as a member of the customer support team for Counter Culture Coffee, and she has written and/or edited for The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, Slashfood.com, Time Out NY, BUST Magazine, Barista Magazine, and Chickpea Magazine in addition to her work with this fine site. On her own, she blogs about cooking adventures (and misadventures) at The Nervous Cook, and about learning to love the long run at Running While Smiling. She, her husband, and their dog share a too-small Chelsea apartment that's stuffed to the gills with books, vintage clothes, and a whole lot of tchotchkes.

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