i'm won over on starbucks for 2 reasons - the meat and cheese are all way better than the deli/bodega/cart guy equivilants (country ham & fontina), and they're fairly cheap: $3 (at least compared to the places in chelsea market where i work)
Egg and George is one of the reasons we moved to North Carolina (George is from NC) of course we thought we'd be getting his take on southern - organic, super fresh, and yummy. Biscuits and grits aplenty, but alas, we don't find George's impeccable taste, not in breakfast dining.
We're not thinking of moving back to WB just yet, Hich Elbetri makes magic at SandwHich (Chapel Hill, NC) taking fresh, local, organic ingredients and transforming them into a meal that's beyond what you'd normally find between two pieces of bread. Hich (formerly of Park Slope, Brooklyn) has an amazing take on sandwiches and soups, and they are like you've never had before, in NC or NYC. He's a couple blocks from Mama Dips, go here for real southern food, Fried Green Tomatoes top my list.
link: http://www.sandwhich.biz/
article: http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A42827
One of the best egg sandwiches I have found is from a truck at the Elephant's Trunk Country Flea Market. Route 7, New Milford CT. They are perfectly made on a Portugese roll. If you are ever in the area on a Sunday it is well worth a try!
Puff and Pao stuffs their traditional paos with eggs, cheese, and whatever goodies you want. it's really tasty, and the eggs are always made freshly when you order
The Clinton St. Baking Company is one I surely missed. I'm going to go there this week.
A breakfast burrito really isn't a sandwich, but its intent is the same, so I'm going to try to get over there this week as well.
Ed
Not a sandwich, per se, but I'm a huge fan of Kitchen Market's breakfast burrito. Fluffy eggs, cheese, roasted peppers, spicy salsa and your choice of breakfast meat, all wrapped in a fresh tortilla.
Clinton Street Baking Company sandwiches are second to none. Fluffy fresh biscuit, egg, cheese, bacon, and tomato jam.
Bleh, the Starbucks sandwiches are gross. I had high hopes for them, as there's a Starbucks in my building (and 2 on my way to work), but I've tried every single breakfast sandwich they offer with meat, and I don't like any of them. I don't remember which one, but one of them actually leaked oil through the paper bag they gave it to me in. Blech.
I'd rather have an Egg McMuffin than any of the starbucks sandwiches any day.
Dunkin' Donuts: ham, egg, and cheese on a toasted plain bagel. I'm a food snob (I would never consider eating at most fast food places), but when I lived in the Boston area (Newton, actually), and was on my way to work at 5AM, this was the only choice. And I learned to love it. Those beautiful Portuguese women knew me after a week, and their early-morning greetings were as important to me as the food and the large coffee. Cost? Under $4. I knew these were nuked eggs and nuked ham, but I didn't care.
Living now in Puerto Rico, I dream of such a feast.
What ever happened to "house coffee"? I'd go into a Starbucks and ask for a "large black coffee", and they'd look at me like I was nuts.
God, that is one handsome biscuit. I'm salivating.
dbdtron
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