Tag: sandwiches
We can’t pick just one favorite banh mi in Atlanta—so here are three
Here's the breakdown of three of our favorite banh mi sandwiches, from Quoc Huong, We Suki Suki, and Lee's Bakery.
The offbeat Chick-fil-A concept restaurants you’ve never heard of
Until just recently I had no clue that Chick-fil-A owns two concept restaurants that serve completely different fare: Truett’s Pizza Cafe and Truett’s Luau. The family-style pizza joint and the Hawaiian-themed establishment (Chick-fil-Aloha, everybody!) are both in Fayetteville, both closed on Sundays, and both late-in-life pet projects of the entrepreneurial company founder.
4 of our favorite Georgia-made pickles
Unlike iceberg lettuce, pickles add zippy flavor along with snap and crunch. Here, four of our favorite local lids to pop.
Eat This: The General Muir’s Pastrami Sandwich
When chef Todd Ginsberg set out to open The General Muir in 2013, he wanted to create a restaurant that paid homage to the delis that he and his parents grew up dining at. He planned to serve his childhood favorites, like matzoh ball soup, corned beef, and a pastrami sandwich, but there was one problem. “When I told my parents I was going to open a deli, my dad looked at me and said, ‘Todd, you don’t know how to make pastrami.'"
This is the best Cuban sandwich in Atlanta
Cuban bakery Buena Gente operates out of an adorable, mobile pink and blue pill- shaped "ventanita," and their Cuban sandwich is the city's best.
Five easy sandwich recipes that will make your coworkers jealous
You’ve probably been brown-bagging sandwiches since kindergarten. But eventually you reach a point when PB&J doesn’t cut it anymore.
Atlanta’s Best Sandwiches
A roundup of the city's best sandwiches, from We Suki Suki, Community Q BBQ, Victory Sandwich Bar, and more.
Technique: Wrecking Bar’s Terry Koval on making the perfect BLT
Everybody knows that a ripe tomato is essential, but it’s the details that make for BLT perfection, says Wrecking Bar Brewpub executive chef Terry Koval, who never lets his tomatoes see the inside of a refrigerator.
Discovery: Urban Cannibals
Transforming old storefronts into hopping neighborhood hangouts has been Calavino Donati’s life since she gave up being a jeweler and artist in the mid-1990s and moved to Atlanta. Urban Cannibals—a small bodega, bakery, and sandwich shop she opened a year ago with her life partner, singer-songwriter Doria Roberts—has the same scrappy sensibility as Calavino’s Roman Lily Cafe, which overlooked the walking path along Freedom Parkway and closed in 2006.
What are your favorite sandwich spots?
I’m on the hunt for outstanding sandwich spots of all types around the metro area—any favorites worth shouting out? I make frequent treks to Muss & Turner’s in Smyrna, and I’ve been enjoying Noon Midtown (which I saw on Twitter is opening for dinner service soon, good news for local residents), but I’d love more suggestions.