Papa Lima Sandwich

c/o NY Mag

362 Bedford Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11211
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718.218.7720

Cuisine: Soup & Sandwich
Our Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★
Cards: All major
Price: $
Hours: 8am-7pm Daily
Booze: None
Subway: J,M,Z to Marcy Ave.
Menu: Click Here
Delivery: Yes
NY Mag says:

A collegiate brush with sandwich greatness at foodie mecca Zingerman’s while studying at the University of Michigan spoiled Pete Levin for just about everything else he found when he returned to New York. So, Levin–who also runs Professor Thom’s sports bar in the East Village and works as a cue-card man for Saturday Night Live–decided to take matters into his own hands. The result is this southside sandwich shop that smartly bridges the gap between the once great but now rare old-school Italian hero style and the more modern raised-pinkie panini parlor. All the produce comes from Greenmarket, the breads from Tom Cat Bakery, and the mortadella on the toothsome Jones Road hero from boutique salumi maker Fra’ Mani. The Evil Reuben (smoked turkey, provolone, coleslaw, and Russian dressing on marble rye) is first-rate, too, but Levin’s personal fave is the Pablo Honey, a turkey-and-potato-chip sandwich with a side of dipping gravy that he concocted at the NBC commissary.

Gothamist says:

Billyburgers and lovers of giant sandwiches rejoice. Papa Lima is the newest meat-and-cheese stacking sandwich shop in the neighborhood (Bedford & S. 4th) that offers pre-named sandwich combinations of a free-spirited sensibility (“The Pablo Honey,” The Dodger,” “The Hunter & The Hunted”), and myriad ingredients for create-your-own combos that stops no short of black truffle butter. All of Papa Lima’s produce comes from the local greenmarkets, fresh breads from Tom Cat Bakery, pickles from Guss’, and the meats selection goes far beyond your standard turkey-pastrami-and-ham to include jambon de bayone, mortadella, sweet/hot sopressatta, smoked duck, and scottish smoked ham. Even as the real estate offices have moved in along Bedford, we weren’t expecting sandwich prices to rise too (these range from $5.95 – $12.95), but no fear, you get what you pay for. The 12-inch sandwiches (the pricier ones) are easily two meals and piled pretty high; you can down the $5.95 secret egg salad in a single sitting, though we recommend adding smoked salmon for $2. Papa Lima has ample seating–and better yet, b.y.o.b. and free wifi, so while you’re noshing on some ham & cheese, logon to their website: www.papalimasandwich.com, and submit your favorite sandwich in their “Sandwich of the Week” contest.

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