A few months ago Alden and I decided to check out Grahamwich, Graham Elliot‘s sandwich shop, for lunch. I had heard very mixed reviews about the place. Early this year, Time Out hated on the place, but friends I talked to said it was alright. I kept meaning to go but didn’t and then they had a menu revamp and we decided to finally go and check it out ourselves.

Inside Grahamwich there is very little seating. There is one communal table in the back and then maybe 6 seats at a bar in the front. We lucked out and got two seats together in the front, but I would be afraid to not get so lucky every time. Maybe most people get their sandwiches for take-out, though. Also good to note, there was no wait. We walked right up to the counter and ordered. Our sandwiches were made in a timely fashion.

Pacific Tuna

Grilled Cheese

Pickles

For lunch Alden ordered the Pacific Tuna (Roasted pineapple + wasabi peas + yuzu aioli + sweet soy + Hawaiian bun) and I got the Grilled Cheese (Wisconsin cheddar + Italian prosciutto + tomato marmalade + cheese curds + pullman loaf). Alden also got a soda, which I think they make in-house and I got the pickles which were pickled vegetables. I liked that our food was served on some really cute vintage tin trays.

Alden thought that his sandwich was alright, but the sauce was much sweeter than he’d have liked. He also wished he’d ordered a side to vary up the taste. I liked the grilled cheese, but it was very rich. I sort of wish we’d have split our sandwiches, because the whole grilled cheese was a little much. Good, but a lot. The pickles did a good job cutting the heaviness of the sandwich and tasted very good, but the serving size was tiny. For $3 I got maybe 10 medium-sized pieces of potato, garlic and cauliflower. I’d have expected at least double that. Or for it to cost half. It didn’t help that they were in a very large box.

All-in-all, we did not hate Grahamwich, but we’re not dying to go back. If and when we do go back we’d do things a little differently.

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