AlwaysInvestigating: Sandwich Holy War at Shopsin’s

Arthur Bovino — November 09, 2009

The following food adventure is told in the style of A Prairie Home Companion’s Guy Noir:

 

Interior of Shopsin’s General Store, in the Essex Street Market [www.gracenotesnyc.com, image].

CLICK FOR VOICEOVER “A top secret lunch in a city that knows how to keep recipes secret, but on the fourth floor of AlwaysHungryNY.com HQ in the Flatiron District, one man tries to find the answers to food’s persistent questions. Fry Noir, Private Eye.”

I was eating cold Philippe Express when she entered the office, my colleague, The Gluttoness, a food reporter known for getting a scoop. She’d come from the side of town where when it rains hipsters don’t get wet, and when they do they look good. She was writing a story about two Shopsin’s sandwiches on the verge of holy war in the Middle Feast — the Jewboy and Jihadboy — which one was better? But there was a hitch: Kenny Shopsin.

Click Here for Fry Noir's Food Escapade in the Case of Shopsin's Sandwich Holy War >>