Grahamwich

If I lived in Chicago, I would probably go out of my way to find a job around Ohio and Ontario Streets because I could go to Grahamwich everyday for lunch. Located a few blocks from the flagship restaurant, Chef Elliot has opened a sandwich shop that serves sandwiches, snacks, soda, soft serve and breakfast treats (from Fritz Pastry). In addition to serving great food, they also know that lunch is little more informal, hurried, and above all affordable meal.

Of course we started with a bag of truffle popcorn, which we were served the previous night because it is just that good, and a bag of Yukon gold chips that were coated in cheese and ranch powder with a few bacon bits.

While one hand stuffed snacks into our mouth the other hand was holding a sandwich. If you ever go to a restaurant and there is a Reuben sandwich on the menu, you can just assume that the husband will order it. So, he did here and his only review was the word delicious. The Grahamwich Reuben is made with homemade sauerkraut containing toasted caraway, pastrami, Gruyere, 1000 Island dressing on marbled rye. I had the pulled pork sandwich, which was served on a Kaiser with coleslaw. I remember the sauce being a bit on the sweet side, but not at all disappointing.

We washed our meal down with an orange ginger soda and a root beer. On the way out, I got the vanilla soft serve, which had warm Nutella, caramelized banana and marshmallow fluff.

On an actual work day I would not be able to eat this much, but I can assure you that for $20, you could do a lot worse on your lunch hour.