Frankie's 17 Clinton Street- Sunday brunch-glass of Valpolicella with a meatball parmigiana sandwich on Sullivan street bakery pecorino bread with sicilian red sauce (peppers, pine nuts and raisons). Any other contenders? Murrays Cheese also makes a nice one with Ottomanelli meatballs.
By guttergourmet
on Mar 5, 2007 09:38 AM
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I really like the meatball parm at Lazarra's on 38th btw 7th and 8th.
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Seconded. Other subs there are terrific too (chix parm, sausage and peppers). The pizza is unique and good. The place is not much to look at. It's a second floor restaurant in a creepy building where you can (with some difficulty) order take-out.
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I recently tried the square/grandma/sicilian and it was great. Which hero/sub/grinder/torpedo/po boy/hoagie do you recommend: veal, chicken, sausage or meatball? Also, I just remembered that the heros at Little Charlie's Clam were great. Anybody been lately? They're closed sundays.
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At Lazarra's? I second NNYer's suggestion of the chicken, which is especially meaty and juicy.
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I think they are closed everyday now...
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I worked near Manganaro's Heroboy and especially liked the half chix-parm, half eggplant-parm hero's. But it may have been the proximity rather than taste that I loved the best. Thoughts?
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Heroboy is just OK, imo, though I liked their eggplant too. If you're still in the area, definitely give Lazarra's chicken parm a try. Unfortunately, can't vouch for the eggplant, if it's even on the menu.
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parisi bakery on mott street between spring and kenmare in nolita. one of the better places in manhattan for hot italian american heroes like chicken parm, eggplant parm, etc.
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Just had the plain meatball hero at Parisi. Hefty but the meatballs didn't really stand up toFrankie's Spuntino.
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Not a bad meatball panini at Buon Italia
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I hear Di Fara's meatball/chicken parm is fantastic, just haven't tasted it for myself.
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damn, that sounds good. thanks for sharing.
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Just went back for the same (substituted barolo for the valpolicella). Still my favorite meatball parm sandwich and thanks to the bread, room for a slice down the block at the new San Marzano pizza joint for dessert.
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The new Meatball Shop on Stanton has stolen the title. Beef meatballs (I need to try the spicy pork variety) on a hero (choice of white or whole wheat) with fresh mozzarella (or provolone) and spicy tomato sauce. Best in the city!
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Thank you for the feedback on The Meatball Shop. I've been dying to get over there, and now it sounds like I know exactly what I'm going to order!
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Tried to go to Meatball Shop last week, but it was too crowded. Ended up at Frankies 17 instead, and am resurrecting this old thread to make sure people know that they still are producing a mighty fine meatball parm sandwich. Pending my making it back to Meatball Shop, I'm declaring Frankies' as the best meatball sandwich I've had!
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