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Dish of the Week: Hoagie bread at Taylor Gourmet
The second location of Taylor Gourmet sandwich shop just opened today in the CityVista condo complex at 5th and K Streets NW. While checking out the opening, I most decidedly fell in love with their hoagie bread. The bread comes from Sarcone's Bakery in Philly, where the bread is picked up each day. With the heft of fillings that can range from meatballs to chicken cutlets to Italian deli meats, a really strong bread is needed to stand up to all that goodness.
The sesame seed-studded rolls have a sweetness and chewiness reminiscent of the best Montreal bagels. Rather than only tasting fillings, this bread makes you wonder why you ever put up with the cardboard at Potbelly's or Subway.
By the way, while you're at the new Taylor, be sure to check out the Boylan's soda fountain; the soda contains cane sugar instead of corn syrup. If you're a fan of cherry cola, make sure to mix the black cherry and cola together.
Small Bites
Man Vs. Sammich
The Washington D.C. episode of Man vs. Food will be airing October 21 at 10 p.m, on the Travel Channel. Host Adam Richman makes the classic visit to Ben's, and also stops by one of our favorite little secret spots - Horace and Dickie's. But apparently the food in D.C. is not challenging enough, and he makes a stop at Ruth and Chick's Delly in Annapolis to put himself to the test.
Vegan jumbo slice?
In a partnership with Compassion Over Killing, Duccini's in Adams Morgan is offering vegan jumbo slices. For a limited time, they will be offering large vegan cheese pizzas for $5 (with coupon) to celebrate.
That's whisky without an e
Whisky in the winter is one of life's small delights. National Geographic will be hosting a tour of Scotch whisky along with photos of the production locales. The event will be hosted by Dave Broom, a contributing editor at Whisky Magazine, and Nat Geo photographer Jim Richardson. The event is $70 for members, and $85 for non-members, but well worth the cost of multiple single-malt tastings.
Open Sesame
Masa 14 opened on 14th Street at the start of this week, introducing another Latin-Asian fusion restaurant from Richard Sandoval to the area. At a friends and family preview last week, the tacos al pastor was one of the big highlights, featuring a steamed bun with pork belly, pineapple preserve, pickled onion, fresno chili, and cilantro.
Kellari Taverna also opened on K Street this week, bringing upscale Greek to downtown. While the prices are more geared to the wallets of lobbyists, Kellari will also offer a special Business Lunch featuring three courses for $24.95.
Have your pie and eat it too
On October 20, Food & Friends will be handing out free pie as part of their third annual Slice of Life pie sale. From 11:30 a.m-1:30 p.m., celebrity pie servers, including members of the D.C. Council and ABC7's Cynee Simpson and Caroline Lyders, will be dishing out samples in front of the JW Marriott (1331 Pennsylvania Avenue NW) and in front of the Marriott at Metro Center (755 12th Street NW). Food & Friends raises money to provide Thanksgiving meals for children and adults facing HIV/AIDS, cancer, and other illnesses. The five flavors are: Picture Perfect Pumpkin, Oh So Sweet Potato, and Harvest Apple Crumb Pie for $25, and Southern Pecan Pie and Creamy Chocolate Cheesecake for $35. The pie sale lasts until Thursday, November 19 at 5 p.m. and pies are available for pick up on Tuesday, November 24, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. at Food & Friends or one of 14 CVS locations in D.C., Maryland or Virginia.
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Whoa, how did I not know about Taylor Gourmet before? I knew that hoagie looked familiar - daily deliveries fresh from Sarcone's? Niiice.
this bread makes you wonder why you ever put up with the cardboard at Potbelly's or Subway.
Don't forget Quiznos, whose Mouthshredding Asswich® will leave you spitting blood for days.
Taylor's an alright sandwich for $10, but Mangialardo's gives you twice as much fillings in their G-Man, which has been around for 40 years and gets the job done for $6. Add another $2 for the Super G and you have enough sandwich to bludgeon your neighbor to death with. You know the guy, the one who keeps playing Sufjan Stevens way too loud and dancing around in his underwear. You have the added advantage of being able to eat the evidence.
I agree-- Mangialardo's beats Taylor any day of the week. And, besides taking a lot of work to chew, their bread isn't exactly green since it's trucked all the way from Philly each day.
So is the chewiness of the bread due to it being fresh or it being stale from such a long trip? I don't blame them getting their bread from out of town, seeing as most of the bread in DC is pure garbage. Like those rock-hard $h!tcake rolls you have to ask for in the restaurants, or the bloated pizza dough balls that most chains peddle. The only decent sandwich bread seems to be the bahn mi baguettes you find in Eden Center and Koreatown. Compare DC's bread to what you'd find in San Francisco or Toronto or New Orleans and you'll vomit with rage.
i've always thought about that too. wonder how many 'eat local' advocates would stay away from taylor if they knew they were cranking out tons of CO2 per day just from the bread.
Not to mention all the CH4 generated by the salami and cheese.
It looks like a grinder to me. Or maybe it is a submarine sandwich, a sub, hero, Italian sandwich, po' boy, wedge, zep, torpedo or roll.
Always a good place for a good sandwich is The Italian Store in Arlington. Also try their Lobster Filled Ravioli ready to take home to heat.
Taylor's is pretty good (i do love Sarcone's rolls!). Conveniently its located near my office and the H st NE store delivers...which is nice.
But by far the best Italian sandwhich is at A. Litteri's near the Florida Ave Market. (The Italian Store is a very very close second...but its not in DC).
I have to admit that while Taylor is OK and the sandwiches are huge... I find the bread overwhelming and not in a good way. Mangliardo's continues to reign over my waistline... the bread isn't great, but it's a phenom of a sandwich.
The only thing I can think of when I look at that picture is dissecting stuff in biology lab. Life was better before HD.
Oh God look at that sandwich. I feel like it's on a chaise lounge surrounded by candles, "waiting to talk to somebody fun". Big old cordless phone next to it.
Damn, sandwich. I'monna eat you.
Sometimes a sandwich is just a sandwich. This isn't one of those times.
This time it's vagina mortadella. It's twins, in fact. Do you know the odds against that happening, Alvie?
Thank goodness I was the only one who saw twin vagĭna.
wasn't?
I was beginning to think it was a Georgia O'Keefe painting.
Are you kidding? I see them everywhere. They're in the Taco Bell Double Decker Tacos. They're in yield signs. Sometimes they're even between my wife's legs. I said "sometimes." She doesn't let me look down there ever since she made me keep my dick and balls in a jar under the bed. We take it out twice a year: on Guy Fawkes Day to set fire to it and on Boxing Day to put it in a box.
connie? waiting for confirmation on this one...
I just went to the new branch today for lunch (review here). Love the vibe, loved my sandwich. The bread is truly incredible.
Need to close your tag there. The link isn't working.
Amelia's review of Taylor Gourmet is here.