Yesterday, rather than eating an egg salad sandwich that had been sitting in my car for the whole, very warm morning, I went out for lunch. Someone from our DC office had just arrived in town to see our program for a few days and I figured it was a good opportunity to avoid food poisoning.
Late morning, I'd been working in a coffeeshop and I'd asked the woman behind the counter for a lunch recommendation. She gave me a name of a sandwich shop and said they had a good Caprese sandwich.
So we made our way to the Parkway Bakery & Tavern. Wouldn't you know it, they were filming a special for the Travel Channel that day. The places was packed - business men, soldiers in fatigues and construction workers. None of them looked like they cared much for the cameras and lights.
We looked at the menu and there were three vegetarian options - the Caprese Po'boy, a Grilled Cheese and french fries. Honestly, it was a little embarrassing that at such a well-known place, we ordered the least authentic things on the menu. The waitress laughed when I ordered my sandwich and I laughed when she asked if I wanted chicken on it.
Embarrassing or not, my sandwich was excellent and the grilled cheese looked pretty good too.
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The place you must go the next time you want a sandwich is THE CENTRAL GROCERY STORE in the French Market for an all cheese Muffuletta - with root beer - outside on a bench.
There are a few issues with the Central Grocery Store. First - they close early - like 5 or 6pm. Second, when I walked by on Saturday afternoon, the line was a block long. Yes, I remember going there as a child, but no, I was not going to wait in line for an hour...
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