Is it considered meta for a sandwich shop to have a kind of separate sandwich pop-up? Because that's just what Deli Board is doing with 1058 Hoagie, an all-hoagie pop-up available for pick-up and delivery (watch their Twitter or Facebook for dates). I'll say this—I stopped wondering as soon as I tried them, fittingly, at last week's Giants vs. Phillies game. More
I have something of a problem with the trout salad sandwich at The Sentinel—namely, that I can't seem to stop ordering it. This is a problem because every sandwich available at The Sentinel is, well, awesome. More
In Los Angeles, there is no sanctity in food. This town invented the Korean BBQ taco, the sushi burger, and all sorts of wacky pizza concoctions along the way. So it should come as no surprise that Sky's Gourmet Tacos, a Mid-City sit down spot with a soul food bent and one hell of a great lemonade, serves up some of the tastiest and most inauthentic tacos in this part of town. More
Los Cinco Puntos is an absolute Los Angeles treasure. As a gateway into East LA (both figuratively and literally, with their location along Cesar Chavez Blvd.), there is no better messenger to herald the call of the authentic taco. Inside, they'll point you in the right meat direction, take care of your homemade tortilla needs, and deliver you a finished taco that is among the best you'll find not just in Los Angeles, but anywhere. More
If you've ever stood in line for Richie Nakano's Hapa Ramen, you get what all the fuss is about. Since he started slinging noodles at the Ferry Building's Tuesday and Thursday Farmer's Market, the demand for his innovative and deeply satisfying dishes has steadily grown. In addition to being a fixture at the Fort Mason Off-The-Grid on Friday's, Nakano will be opening a brick-and-mortar restaurant in the Fillmore this summer. More
Starbelly's Dungeness crab cake po' boy ($15), available at lunch and brunch, is as fresh and produce-oriented as a sandwich involving fried fish can be. Couched in a warm, fresh roll, the sandwich is certainly smaller than its New Orleans' cousins, and seems to have tomato slices as thick as the red pepper-laced crab cakes. Still, the flavor of the crab most certainly shines through, and an ample dollop of Old Bay aioli keeps the sandwich from feeling too healthy. More
The line between what a sandwich technically is and what a sandwich technically isn't can blur substantially at a place like Bäco Mercat, especially when you've got the drinks menu in front of you. Spend an afternoon in downtown Los Angeles at chef Josef Centeno's latest easy-bites spot and you may come away scratching your head at what you just ate, but you'll also be rubbing your stomach in fond memory. More
If you never left downtown Los Angeles, you'd be convinced that the whole wide world is awash in Mexicali Taco & Co. love. The former late night taco table long sat in a parking lot north of Staples Center, often siphoning off in-the-know event goers willing to trade in a yard of beer for some of LA's best street eats. After piling up enough gold stars from locals and food-blogging bigwigs alike, they managed to win the vaunted 2011 Taco Madness bracket-style tournament. They quickly earned a whole new wave of hungry customers. Then they earned themselves an eviction notice. More
On the way down from the ski mountains of Tahoe, we usually hit the gas peddle and don't stop until 6,000 vertical feet later, when we reach the In N' Out burger in Auburn. Perhaps because it was the last trip of the season and we were reluctant to leave the peaks, we decided to stop for lunch in Truckee, a mountain town of 16,000 people on I-80. More
In the East Village, Zanzibar Café serves a few important purposes. It's an early morning fuel station for espresso-based drinks on the sidewalk patio, a midday lunch spot, and the bakery case has assuaged many late afternoon/early evening sugar cravings. There are over a dozen options for sandwiches, ranging from curried chicken salad to Mediterranean vegetable, but I struck gold with the turkey and avocado croissant ($9.95). More
