Takeout sandwiches are becoming big business, with large chains like Subway and Quiznos expanding rapidly and offering great deals for large subs. But there are still a few smaller deals available that are worth looking at. Here are three worthwhile takeouts and three takeout-or-eat-in ones.
Honey Baked Ham Company, 2190 Geary Blvd (at Divisadero), 415 931-7383, Mon-Fri 10:30am-6:30pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun closed.
This shop is mainly in the business of selling a highly advertised honey-baked ham. They also sell honey-baked whole-breast turkey, roast beef, pastrami, and cheese. The sandwiches are handmade, after ordering, and available in three sizes, small, medium, and grande. The small and medium are served on sliced bread (including black bread), the large on choice of fresh roll, croissant, or sliced bread, plus a garden salad and a side dish. They are all topped with lettuce, tomato, onion, and slices of pickle. The difference in the three sizes of sandwiches lies in the quantity of meat and cheese on each. The small has enough meat and cheese to satisfy most; the medium has twice the meat as the small; and the grande is piled high with meat, and is more than enough for two. They will pack the sandwich and sides separately, if requested, even the topping lettuce and tomato, This is important since it will still be dry when unpacked. I learned this the hard way.
Sandwiches include Baked Ham Only with melted cheese, Hawaiian, ham baked with Pineapple Ginger Chutney, and topped with melted cheese and fresh produce, Italian has sliced turkey topped with melted cheese, and ham topped with melted cheddar, Turkey and Swiss made with turkey slices and melted Swiss cheese, and Pastrami melt with lean pastrami and topped with melted cheese and 1,000-Island dressing.
Prices – small a la carte $3.00, medium $3.50, grande $4.00, small combo with two sides) $4.00, medium combo $4.50, grande combo $5.50.
Salads, Chef salad with ham and turkey, Swiss and cheddar cheese, eggs, carrots, bell pepper, tomatoes, lettuce, and choice of dressing, $4.50, garden salad with carrots and bell pepper $3.50.
Dessert – cheesecake, flavors change $2,00. Especially recommended.
Side dishes include potato salad, coleslaw, spinach, BBQ beans and mashed potatoes.
This is one of the best sandwich deals in town.
Little Paris, 939 Stockton St ( Clay/Washington Sts), 415 221-6028 & 444 Clement St (6th Ave), 415 982-6111, 8am-7pm, 7 days.
These two Vietnamese restaurants, which have been around for many years and do a brisk trade daily, serve French-influenced specialty sandwiches on French baguettes. They are made on 8-9 inch baguettes with a layer of meat pate’, then meat, pickled carrots, hot or sweet pepper, and a generous topping of fresh cilantro. They include:
Combination with pate’ and several meats $2.00,
chicken with pate’ etc. $2.30,
pork with pate’ etc $2.50.
This is a terrific deal, and can become addictive because they are delicious – and unbelievably cheap.
In addition, these two sit-down restaurants serve very large bowls of Vietnamese beef and other noodle soups, as well as large plates of noodle and rice dishes for $4.00-$5.00, each a meal. They also have Vietnamese desserts and specialties.
Pete's Deli and Café, 1661 Divisadero (at Sutter), 415 931-4800, 7am-6pm Mon-Fri, 7am-3pm Sat. Closed Sun.
Takeout or eat in. This is a very busy counter-service deli-cafe’ with a large array of foods – large breakfast menu, burgers, cheesesteak sandwiches, Mexican burritos and quesadillas, and sandwiches, including 5 vegetarian sandwiches. All sandwiches are served on choice of bread (white, wheat, multi-grain, rye, sliced sourdough, focaccia, Italian ciabatta), or roll, with mustard, mayonnaise, lettuce, tomato, pickles and red onions.
Cheesesteak sandwiches are 7-inch or 12+inch. The 7-inch contains 6ozs of rib-eye steak, the 12-inch double this amount, and are priced from $5.29 to $10.99, e.g., plain cheesesteak $5.49/$9.49, “no cheese” steak $5.29/$8.99, chicken cheesesteak $5.99/$9.99, bacon cheesesteak $6.99/$10.49.
Grilled sandwiches are 7-inch and 12+inch, e.g., grilled cheese $3.79/$6.99, $7.49, hot pastrami or roast beef $5.49/$9.49, hot roasted turkey $5.49/$9.49.
Specialty sandwiches, 7-inch and 12+inch, include choice of baked ham, turkey breast, Italian salami, or tuna $4.99/$8.99, combination turkey, avocado and Swiss $5.99/$9.99, The Club (turkey, pastrami, ham, and cheese) $6.49/$10.49.
Mexican burritos, made with fresh grilled chicken or steak, served in flour tortilla, with rice, avocado, cheese, salsa, and sour cream $5.99.
Vegetarian sandwiches, 7” and 12”+, five choices, include Four Cheeses (American, Monterey Jack, Swiss, and mild cheddar) $3.99/$7.99, Avocado Veggie with avocado, cheese, sprouts, tomato, & red onion $4.99/$7.99, Grilled Eggplant with humous and tabuli $5.49/$8.99, Falafel Sandwich served with four falafel balls, sprouts, cucumber, and tabuli $5.49/$8.49.
Salads include Chef Salad with turkey breast, ham, tuna, & cheese on bed of lettuce $6.59, fresh salad bar small plate $2.99, large $5.59.
Safeway Supermarket, 1115 Webster St (one block south of Geary Blvd), 415 921-4557.
16-inch sandwich stuffed with 5-6 layers of meat and cheese, $7.95. The bread is a full French-style firm-crust loaf, 16 inches long and six inches wide in the middle, which they bake themselves and stuff with several layers of cooked ham, as well as layers of roast beef, turkey slices, and cheese, topped all over with lettuce and tomato. The stuffings are from the trays in the deli. This sandwich is regularly priced at $7.95, and is offered, occasionally, as a $6.95 Special, a steal at that price. It will feed 3-4 hungry persons, and can provide 2-3 substantial meals for two persons. I don’t know of a better deal for a large sandwich.
Great Takeout Sandwiches reviewed 3/1/05 by Louis Madison
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