Crown Market Subs - Vineland NJ

Crown Market Subs is a mainstay of HobokenSandwich trips back "home".

This represents the height of South Jersey Goodness. Real Philly Cheesteaks, super duper italian hoagies, good bread, and illicit illegal drugs.Actually, you cannot get the drugs anymore, but it makes for an interesting back-story. The previous owners of Crown Market are actually serving tme for being found guilty of distributing drugs in take out sandwich orders. The new owners just make really good sandwiches.

If Crown Market was located in Hoboken it would make a killing. Particularly if they started selling drugs like the previous owners. "I'll have the 'classic italian' with vinegar/oil, sweet peppers and weed."

Crown Market is located at 602 E Chestnut AveVineland, NJ 08360(856) 691-2654

HobokenSandwich is here to demonstrate the various uses of oregano.

Howley's - West Palm Beach, FL

HobokenSandwich finds himself in West Palm with pseudo regularity. The primary must-have culinary experience on such trips is Howley's. Howley's is a southern diner featuring biscuits and gravy, grits, and the Howley's Breakfast Sandwich. (pictured)
Egg, Bacon, Cheese, topped with Steak Fries
When I ordered the waitress said that people did not really like the fries on top, so they were not included anymore. I asked her to please include them on my sandwich because I wanted to go original.

This was a very good sandwich. Howley's is located at 4700 Dixie Hwy, West Palm Beach, FL

HobokenSandwich eats grits, y'all.

Coffee To Go - El Flamboyan, Hoboken

El Flamboyan is located at 10th and Willow in Hoboken, NJ. This place has been on my list for a while, primarily because it sounds interesting, and the facade has that authentic "lived in" look that gives authentic latin places an inviting curb appeal to anglo's like me.

Well thank god for the dollar empanadas because the coffee was a bit disappointing. I am used to cafe con leche from La Isla. Cuban rocket fuel.
The coffee from El Flamboyan was pretty much like you make at home. And they did not have travel lids for the grande size. So instead the gave me a lid and a straw. For hot coffee. A lid and a straw. Killing the whole vibe with that shit.

HobokenSandwich is here to put a little cream in your coffee.

With All Due Respect to Thanksgiving

Thursday November 20th I was gliding through Newark Liberty Airport. I just found out this is the official name of the "Artist Formerly Known as Newark Airport". I've heard people say "Newark Liberty" but I assumed it was a tongue in cheek reference to all the bomb sniffing dogs, air blasting machines that detect explosive residue, and via magical puffing processes give you a decent idea of what the girl in 22B is working with, and the dance of asininity that happens when parallel single file lines of fully grown adults take off their shoes and belts and send them through an x-ray machine only to walk down to the other end and put them back on again. I just thought the "Liberty" part was a jab at the "safety hokey-pokey" as it were. Anyway...

I took a nice turkey sandwich with me to help balance the red meat-a-thon that has been taking place for the last few months. We were also planning to do some specific red meat/salted meat sampling while at our destination, so why not health it up a bit.

It get's a little blurry after that, but the timeline was something like this:

1:13 pm takoff from EWR bound for PBI
1:17 pm begin to unwrap turkey sandwich (not pictured)
1:23 pm turkey sandwich is dispatched (1)
1:56 pm lunch service begins
2:08 pm turkey sandwiches to row 25
(seat A=HobokenSandwich)
2:08:11 pm 2 more turkey sand. furnished to HobokenSandwich
(Gray Fox Woman is hot for HobokenSandwich,
Gray Fox man is protecting M&M's/
happy to share his turkey sandwich)
2:27 pm Dispatch 3 more turkey sandwiches(4-total in flight)
(topped with Fritos brand corn chips like a sonofabitch - see pic)

HobokenSandwich likes its meat smoked,
but its not a dealbreaker
(thats what she said)

Palm Beach Grill - Tuna Burger from God Herself

The Palm Beach Grill is really a Houstons Steakhouse in disguise. No chain establishments in PB thank you very much.
This little somethin' somethin' is the dog. We went to "The Grill" knowing we needed to see the burger, and the dog. So we ordered the dog as an appetizer and split it. (foot long{thats what she said})

My entree choice was going to be either the burger, or the tuna burger.

One of my local hosts was very high on the tuna burger so I took her advice. Plus I knew I'd be getting at least a small cut slice of the burger even if I went with the tuna, so my choice was indeed made for me.
The tuna burger from the Palm Beach Grill is the best sandwich I've had in a month.(left)

The $12 footlong hot dog includes chili, onion, and mustard, and is served in a kind of potato roll (best guess) with poppy's.

340 Royal Poinciana Way # 336Palm Beach, FL 33480(561) 835-1077
HobokenSandwich is partial to footlong meat

(thats what she said, again)

Sandwiches by the Sea - Palm Beach, FL

The local sandwich power-brokers in Palm Beach, FL have been making some noise about a local specialty.

The "Hurricane" from Sandwiches by The Sea was the consensus choice by the locals as the primary to go lunch sandwich, for the connoisseur.
My host and I entered the spot looking for the provolone, pepperoni, pastrami delight only to find that "we're out of pastrami". WHAT!? Is not the signature ingredient of your signature sandwich this very meat? This very bit of salty heaven?

I was pretty much mad as hell and not gonna' take it anymore.

My embarassed host even said something to the effect of "WHAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaT!?"

Needless to say I was prepared to rip these guys in my haste to expell frustrations. That is, of course after I took a bunch of pic's of my sandwich while barking out orders like, "say cheese", or "c'mon baby, arch your back for the camera".

Once I was done handling the business of sandwich bloggery I ate the sonofabitch.
Fact is, we replaced the pastrami with corned beef and it was an awesome sang-weech.

HobokenSandwich has no beef with Sandwiches by the Sea

363 S County Rd # APalm Beach, FL 33480(561) 655-7911

Spa Diner - Egg Salad Sandwich

Spa Diner makes a wonderfully legitimate egg salad sandwich at 4am on a Thursday. Would you trust this man with the database and network security of your "Fortune 100" financial institution??

HobokenSandwich got shitty-wasted and hit the gravy fries like a sonofabitch.

Spa Diner is located at 74 Hudson Street, Hoboken

Rafiqi's Schawarma - Down Home Goodness

This particular Rafiqi's is located at 6th Ave and 19th Street in Manhattan.
For those who are unfamiliar with Rafiqi's we'll wait for you to catch up, or go back to the Hell from which you must be operating on a daily basis.
I generally get the lamb y' chicken combo over yellow rice with tzatziki sauce and hot sauce. This particular evening (Monday) we decided on the pita with just the schawarma (lambish meat).

HobokenSandwich will be at Rafiqi's on 19th and 6th Ave
5:30 pm November 24th, 2008.

Rei Da Manivella - Hillside, NJ - Do it. C'mon Do it.

Yes, you ARE looking at a bowl of soup, and for the last time, no, that does not make you gay.


There are worthy culinary experiences beyond sandwiches, beer, and women. (Giada/cans)

Exibit A:
Rei Da Manivella in Hillside - Holy shit this is just good. (you are also guaranteed to be the only person ordering in english, this is the experience I crave in a Portuguese (read:foreign) restaurant)

That is vegetable soup. No, that is 5 Star Vegetable Soup pictured with some imported suds.

So what you need to get in your car for 10 minutes. Exit town at the Holland and head south on 1 & 9 till you see Rt 22 West. Google the rest you lazy sonofabitch.

Now for the Steak Sang'weech. Holy shit. Good.
My crew and I usually roll to this joint because we just love Portuguese food served in the most authentic environment. We're usuall the only assholes in the place who speak English, but since we are also a foot taller than the rest of the clientelle nobody ridicules the anglo's. (at least as far as we know, I mean, they are all speaking a foreign language and laughing and shit)

Plus the owner, Jaime (pronounced "Hi-may") Echevarria ("ech-a-barria") is a close personal friend of mine. He's a solid sonofabitch with one of my all time favorite classic handshakes.

HobokenSandwich no escribe' su nombre en el quarto de bano!

I'll crush your heads and eat your sandwiches!

Stopped into Dames Coffee on First between Clinton and Willow the other day after lunch. I needed a coffee to combat the urge to let my forehead spend the rest of the afternoon on my desk.

When all of the sudden an unusual feeling began to overtake me. Splitting, white hot pain in my head, throbbing pressure throughout my limbs and genitals (actually kinda cool, I'd try that part again), massive expanding and tearing, and groaning, and ripping, and then....................
I had become a giant again! Look at me, Motherfucker's! I'm going to wreck shit like Godzilla!

I then ordered a coffee and a cupcake. Delicious. The cupcake was a pumpkin with butter cream icing. (cue drooling sound)

The espresso was good as well.

Both were too small for a giant.

HobokenSandwich is HUGE, motherfucker!!

Sweet Italian Sang'weech - Baltimore Sucks

It has been a couple months since I had the Spicy Sausage Sandwich at Yankee Stadium (RIP)
Saturday I went down to Baltimore for the Notre Dame vs. Navy game, and of course to sample some stadium sandwich.
If you ever want to be a part of the largest gathering of white people in the US at any given time, attend the Notre Dame / Navy game. Holy Banana Republic, Batman!

Now for the sang'weech:
You cannot see the peppers and onions which I stowed underneath the sausage itself. I have to give this a resounding "Ok" on a scale of 1-5.

HobokenSandwich likes hordes of white Republican girls in football jerseys and jeans

Turkey and Cheese with Tomato

Reader submitted turkey sandwich. Brown bagging is back.
HobokenSandwich like shiny things. Well done.

Carlo's Bakery Hoboken - Underrated Coffee

Famous for cakes, pies and all sorts of baked goodness, (Particularly the cakes)
Carlo's offers a pretty nice cup o' joe.
Carlo's is located between Newark and 1st on Washington in Hoboken

HobokenSandwich operates under the assumption that my high caffeine intake will counteract my high intake of saturated fat and tar.

Sweet Italian Sausage with Peppers and Onions

HobokenSandwich is at a Sausage Party

Ibby's Falafel - Coffee and Dessert

Went to Ibby's for the lamb schawarma since I punked out and got chicken the first time. Needed some pics of a more manly meat for my purposes.

Instead I find myself forced to point out the fact that Ibby's has a legit coffee and dessert.
If you dont know about Turkish Coffee you bett'a ask somebody. Wow.
This stuff is like the very mud from which life first emerged.

Look at the residue on the cup in the pic. The coffee pours like 30 weight motor oil but tastes like your first kiss with an older woman....... she has some ideas that you are not quite familiar with, but you're definitely ready to consider.

Sugar added, but not much. You can definately meet your sweet tooth needs with the dessert options including several different phylo dough pastries with honey, nuts and even cream in various order and presentation. Plus Ibby's has my favorite which is rice puddin.

Long story short. If you ever want to pull a really good coffee/dessert place out of your back pocket, make it Ibby's. Unexpectedly solid. I'll have to cover the schawarma at a later date.

Ibby's is located at 303 Grove Street, Jersey Cit-ah

HobokenSandwich needs to cleanse his palate.
I taste Turkish Coffee and Older Women.

Fran's Delicatessen Hoboken - Turkey n Fresh Mutz

Some things are just "good".

Girls in football jerseys
Magnum P.I. re-runs
Free market economies

And a really nice turkey sandwich with fresh mutz.
HobokenSandwich is a turkey smoker.
(Celebrating our 50th post, and 48th related to sandwich)

I like my turkey like I like my women

Thinly shaved, with caramel color added.

Prudential Hoboken - The Rock and it's Sandwiches

As a scrappy and opportunistic sandwich connoisseur I'm always on the lookout for a sandwich bargain. Well let me hook you up with the straight dope.....Prudential Castle Point open house showings.

That is correct, I pretended to be an interested home buyer in order to lay claim to a delicious chicken and brie cheese sandwich.
The property was 1198 square feet and yadda, yadda. The sandwich tray was the focus of my gaze, even as details of square footage and bathrooms passed me by. Nicole of Prudential Castle Point was showing the property and was presumably responsible for ordering food from Anthony David at 10th and Bloomfield.
HobokenSandwich grabbed a handful of cookies.

Reader Submitted Fish Sandwich Part II - H*ly Shit

I've seen the light. I recommend this crazy sandwich with Pink Floyd and incense.

Damn, I could eat 7 of those. I've already had 4 and a whole shitload of Starburst.

And when I said you had to be stoned or from the South to enjoy a Fish, Cheese, and Bar-B-Que sandwich, I meant the really backwords super white-trashy sibling bangers. And I am specifically referring to those who sleep with their siblings in a sexual way. Not the good ones who sleep with their siblings in a platonic way.

HobokenSandwich is asdh hey man did you see that dude?.

Huh? Did you say something? Aww man, I thought you were saying something. Thats so funny.k;;;;;;;;;

Reader Submitted Fish Sandwich Part I - H*ly Shit

Submitted by a loyal fan of HobokenSandwich.
A Homemade Fried Fish Sandwich with Cheese and Bar-B-Que Sauce on a Hamburger Bun.
This is simply too much for me to wrap my head around....... Do people do this? I suppose they must, but I assumed this would be something that would require you to be stoned, or from the South.

I am not from the land of Dixie, but I can certainly smoke a bunch of weed and try to better understand what has happened here. There will be additional coverage.

HobokenSandwich is looking for some pot.

Luca Brasis - Roast Beef w/Fresh Mutz and Gravy

Let me start by saying that Luca Brasis makes some very good sandwiches. But the Roast Beef and Fresh Mutz with Gravy is nothing short of f*cking awful.

Under no circumstances should this sandwich ever be eaten again. By anyone.

First off, the presentation was just horrible. There is nothing quite as disappointing as opening up a sandwich when you are starving and having the whole thing be a gravy covered mass of what appears to be exploding labia.

Disgusting

So after I finally wiped off the roll so I could attempt to eat this thing I was pretty much turned off to the whole dripping bloody mess.

Disgusting

I dont really know what else to say other than dont ever get this. Ever.

Hit these spots if you need a great Roast Beef and Fresh Mutz with Gravy sandwich :

Fiore's House of Quality (Saturday only)
400 block of Adams, Hoboken
Vitos Deli
800 block of Washington, Hoboken

HobokenSandwich just threw up a little.

Mini Cupcake Action for Big Daddy

I've said it before...........
Nothing makes me feel more manly and virile than eating small food and pretending to be a giant.

Look at my giant hand. I could crush a human head with that. See how helpless and defenseless that pumpkin cupcake looks? Sheer intimidation. It is visceral. Sexual even. HobokenSandwich has large appendages.
Just look at that.
Sweet is located at Fourth and Garden Streets in Hoboken