Now, I know what you must be thinking. (well actually I don't, but I'll take a stab at it.) Does the perfect sandwich really exist? I mean, one spends so much time when younger dreaming of that dashing, handsome, shockingly remarkably beast that is....the perfect sandwich. But sadly when you're older, those dreams get shattered by the cheap dim offerings of Subway, or worse...Quiznos.
Yet, now we're older, we're a bit wiser, we've had a few sandwiches around the block, if you catch my drift. Now that I'm in the latter half of my twenty's I think it's time for the perfect sandwich. I'm not asking for it to be an over achiever and you know, satisfy my parents, keep me warm during snowy winter nights, feed my cat when I'm not around, but you know, just the right proportion of mayo to the bread, lettuce to the cheese, is that really so much for a girl to ask?
And let's get even more specific (cause what girl doesn't love to do that?) I'm only looking for a sandwich with no meat, I mean....not talking in the bedroom, you can bring all the meat in there you want, as long as it's in the form of a veggie burger and I'm sitting on my bed marathoning West Wing in my Pajamas while simultaneously stuffing you into my mouth. Sorry, did you think that was an innuendo? Wash that mind out buddy, get it out of the gutter and into a bomb ass sandwich shop, cause that's what we're going to be talking about for the next 90 days.
That's right. 90.
I have found 90 sandwich restaurants in the LA area that are serving halfway decent vegetarian options and we're going to review all of them. By we I mean myself, The Bacon and Sammi. Don't worry, you'll get aquatinted with them later, but enough with the chit chat, let's get started!
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For sandwich shop #1 I went to a somewhat old faithful known as Simple Things:
I only know of Simple Things from my days of being Office Manager at the ever prestigious Herro & Company. Uhmm.....Hi, you get to pick where the office eats for lunch every day? BUMMER. JK, lets go to every sandwich shop ever!
Regardless, I no longer work there but that doesn't mean the urge for this delicious mid city heaven has gone away.
So let's start at the beginning.
Ambiance. Good. Cute, kitch, fun. I would say, perfect for a mid Saturday afternoon bite after taking a hike up at runyon with the toy dogs (sorry gagged a bit, but I'll be fine.) Don't forget to order your non fat lattee!
But in all seriousness, LA blah blah aside, this place is cute and worth a check out...unless you actually want to get the dollar for your dinner, in which case, go back to quiznos.
It's delicious, but really, 13.95 for a sandwich and potato salad? Who do you think I am? A 26 year old with a salaried job? Honestly.
You can always tell a good sandwich by lack of need of condiments, and no, I did not need any. Although, do have to say, potato salad...not so good, stale and over priced. I'd save your money for Boston Market and get your potato fix there.
But, let's go into details, avocado, cheese, onion, tomato....delicious bread. mmmmmmm.....
AND to spice things up, Sammi got the Veggie #2 which also looked equally delicious and from what I hear tasted such.
On a scale of Wickham to Mr. Darcy I would give this sandwich shop a Mr. Bingley rating. Lovely on the outside, perfectly charming...although you find yourself wanting a bit more.
Maybe my true love doesn't lie here, but at least I still have hope, that somewhere in this great county....he lives on...in the form of cheese, bread and condiments. Join me in my quest, we've got 89 more days to go and so many vegetarian options to be had. Looking forward to tomorrow Nom.
-Sass
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