Great sandwich at 'Wichcraft

[Foodboy]

I had a great lunch at 'Wichcraft (8th Street location) today: The slow roasted pork on a caibatta roll. It was so delicious --all the ingredients just worked and it was worth the rather lengthy wait and somewhat high price. But that's what seperates a good snadwich from a great one. Does anyone have any other great sandwich places to recommend? Or other 'Wichcraft chioces to try?

[silencespeak]

Porchetta on 7th btw 1st and A. mm just got ranked #1 on TimeOut's 100 best things we ate this year. I can vouch, though I prefer their pork/veggies plate cause I can stay healthy (woo). But the sandwich is great. It's small inside, but it doesn't look like anybody cares, since the food is good.

[guttergourmet]

Sign of the times. They discontinued the fontina, black mushroom and truffle oil (too expensive) and substituted a pork loin tonnato sandwich which is very good if you need a quick tonnato fix.

[guttergourmet]

Thanks to Time Out Magazine I tried the anchovy, soft egg, frisee, caramalized onion on country bread--basically a salad nicoise substituting the marinated anchovies for the tuna-absolutely delicious!

[plainestjane]

My favorite thing to do at wichcraft is to get any of the sandwiches on greens (instant salad!), especially with the chicken/pesto/roasted pepper combo. It's something that isn't on the menu but they'll know what you're talking about behind the counter. Only problem is their only dressing is a buttery lemon. Doesn't really go well with any of their choices.

[Eddie H.]

My favorite sandwich places are D'espana, Alidoro on Sullivan St., and Sullivan St. Bakery. They all use great bread and have the perfect ratio of tasty fillings to bread.

~Eddie
http://oeno.blogspot.com

[feast]

I highly recommend the Super Heeb Sandwich at Russ & Daughters. Amazing.

[maxine]

I go to the Witchcraft on 8th too and I love the meatloaf sandwich. It is served with cheddar cheese, roasted tomatoes and bacon. And although the bacon is great, I have discovered that I like it even better without the bacon! You get to taste the meatloaf more (and the guilt factor is lower) a great hangover lunch (hmm, idea).

I also like the grilled cheddar with apple, and the turkey with bacon and avocado.

[sherrisparaga]

Love WichCraft. Their chickpea sandwich is incredible when they press it. Also, their carrot soup with vanilla oil is to die for.

[guttergourmet]

Mrs. GG is addicted to 'Wichcraft and I join her occasionally. Best 3 sandwiches are 1.the fontina and black trumpet mushrooms with truffle oil; 2. the bacon, frisee, fried egg and gorgonzola ( a favorite of Roadfood's Jane and Michael Stern); and 3. gruyere and caramelized onions. I recently tried the latter for the first time and it was like having an onion soup sandwich! Delicious.

[Eddie H.]

I agree on the bacon, frisee, fried egg, and gorgonzola; it is too die for.

~Eddie
http://oeno.blogspot.com

[tpigeon]

Yup, I can't order anything else when I am there except when I am eating more than one sandwich.

[LRS]

i have to say that i find the sandwiches at wichcraft VERY poor and expensive, especially the pork ones. i had the sandwich this thread describes when that location opened and i found it very mediocre, so I never went back. I buy products regularly at Despaña but i havent tried their sandwiches, i will try them very soon...

[guttergourmet]

Despana is a whole different league. try the lomo bocadilla. In fact, I even prefer Bread to 'Wichcraft but you can't always get what you want.

[kathryn]

I'm with you on #2 and #3. And, 'wichcraft delivers. For a while I'd get the bacon/egg sandwich as my breakfast on Saturdays, with some nice freshly squeezed OJ.

[guttergourmet]

Had a decent croque monsieur at Dishes. Their other sandwiches look interesting.

[bt31]

Mangia (57th bwteen 5th and 6th) is great sandwich fare...

[G4Gluttony]

I had a great Pork Loin sandwich recently at Market Cafe (9th Ave & 37th). It is served with smoked mozzarella and bread & butter pickles on toasted white country bread. Outstanding!

[asdf]

I was very underwhelmed by my roast pork sandwich at the Bryant Park kiosk - which I settled on only after they'd run out of my 1st choice pastrami and 2nd choice roast beef. Definitely not worth $10, and this after I'd asked for their suggestion and received the open-ended answer "Everything is good/popular on our menu, etc etc."

Is their Bryant Park location naturally less superior than their actual in-store locations? Maybe they deserve another go..

[Kanger]

I also had the roast pork at the Bryant Park kiosk and was pretty disappointed with it. As for other choices, I like the fontina and trumpet mushrooms, the pastrami, and the marinated anchovies with soft-cooked egg.

[guttergourmet]

Try the Fontina and truffled mushrooms. Better is Despana and Bread.

[drod]

Would totally vouch for the Fontina and truffled mushrooms!

[guttergourmet]

technically black trumpet mushrooms with truffle oil, I think.

[Desidero]

Stopped by Despana recently and was very intrigued by their bocadillos. Do any of the bocadillos stand out at Despana?

[guttergourmet]

All of them are great-serrano and cabrales; sobrasada; chorizo and manchego; lomo and honey-can't remember all the combos but they're all great.

[chowNYC]

They're expensive but the sandwiches at Starwich are amazing. I used to live by the 42nd and 10th Avenue one, but there are others around the city (53rd/Lex and 38th/6th are two others I know about). There is a filet mignon sandwich with caramelized onions and a garlicky spread that is heavenly - crusty bread, warm steak and sweet onions are just a perfect blend (though ask them to go easy on the aioli as sometimes it may make the bread too soggy).

Lots of made to order choices - also if you like tomato soup and grilled cheese, they have a soup with the sandwich already cut up in the soup. The soup is almost spaghetti sauce thick but rich, a bit spicy, and definitely filling!