Giordano Bros.

One of my fave things about doing this blog is bringing friends together. So what better excuse than Monday Night Football and delish sammies? Stop #13 brought us to Giordano Bros. Touchdown! This place rocks. The initial crew consisted of Erin, Megs, Shawn and myself. The atmosphere is great, very lively, tons of TVs, several beer options and even a few wine selections. Plus they have happy hour from 3-7pm. Score. All the sammies come on Italian bread with provolone cheese, fresh cut fries, and oil & vinegar coleslaw. Yes, the fries & slaw are ON the sammy. Hence the all-in-one sandwich.  They are also very fairly priced. I shared the smoked turkey with Erin. I’m generally not a fan of slaw, but this was so different and actually really tasty. Shawn ordered the Capicola and Megs the Coppa. Both of them really enjoyed their choices. There was a lot of head nodding after everyone took their first bite, silently agreeing that the sammies were amazing. Shawn liked how the bread was extremely soft. Megs thought it was cool how the flavor went back and forth between the fries and the slaw. We did feel they would be even better if the fries were crispy, just to give the sammy more texture. We got beer battered onion rings and fried pickles to share. Erin was ecstatic about

the rings since she thought they were some of the best she had ever had. They were great and not greasy at all, which is always a plus. Megs thought the pickles were done perfectly since they didn’t have too much batter and weren’t over-fried. And any place that serves Ranch with your sides without requesting it gets bonus points in my book. We finished off our meal with two warmed peanut butter chocolate chip rice crispy cookies. This was the only part of the meal we weren’t too impressed with, they were a little dry, but still very interesting. After that our late arrivals joined us: Matt, Faham, and Ryan - fresh from the gym, they were smart and worked off their meal first. Matt & FZ had double turkey with fried egg and Ryan had double pastrami with fried egg- guess they worked up an appetite.  The boys loved their sammies too and everyone was happy with the food and locale. Lastly I have to mention the amazing bar man. Not only was he hilarious and friendly, but he was the only one working the room and he was on top of everything. Job well done, my itchy mustache friend.

http://www.giordanobros.com/

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