last night beka and i travelled west and meet up with sarah to eat some reubens at local 44. we were all so excited! finally a place to get reubens in philly! and we had heard only good things about this place! we all love reubens!! how could it not be the best thing ever!!?
needless to say, it did not live up to expectations.
local 44's reuben is seitan based and i was excited to try it, as i have only had tempeh reubens (mmm i love a sandwich where almost every ingredient in it is fermented...). the sandwich also came with sauerkraut and "secret sauce". the seitan was thinly sliced deli meat style but real dry. unfortunately, there was no where near enough "secret sauce" or sauerkraut to moisten the dry seitan. the waiter attempted to alleviate the dryness of the sandwich by spilling water all over our table (and beka), but we were done eating by that point, so it was not terribly helpful.
overall, it was rated between in the 5-7 range. it definitely wasn't a bad sandwich, but i'd rather just fry up a moist sauerkraut/thousand island-y sandwich at home. or go to sprig and vine....
amy
Amy, your description of the waiter pouring water on us made me burst out laughing!
ReplyDeleteI went there for brunch last weekend and really enjoyed the PB&J french toast sticks. Good to hear how the other options are. I want to try their vegan queso!
ReplyDeletehmm ive been wanting to try this since ive heard good things... hopefully it was just an off night.
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