So, Tim was coming into town to hang on Friday, and we had planned to go to the cheesesteak place, so that I could give it one last chance to "wow" me. After those plans were made, a cursory glimpse of the Onion's "Food" section revealed a review of Ike's Place. I didn't read past "100 sandwiches" before emailing Tim to alert him that our plans had changed for the day.
It was sunny and nice out, and about 1:00. I thought there would be a megaline to wait in, but thankfully, we strolled right in. Tim and I both opted for the "Meatless Mike"- a fake-meatball hoagie with Jack cheese and red sauce, with everything on sourdough. It looked like there were a lot of fake meat options, and they advertised that "any sandwich can be made vegetarian". It led me to believe they had an arsenal of Morningstar and Trader Joe's brand fake meat in tow, and I was kind of discouraged by this.
We went to wait at an outdoor table, trying desperately to conserve our potato chips. Then the sandwiches arrived, and I can't really do it justice in words or pictures. It was perfect. Every aspect was perfect. In fact, there was even some sort of 1000 Island dressing on it, and I didn't even care. The "meatballs" seemed house-made, the bread was flavorful, spongy, chewy, the cold toppings worked wonders with the hot sandwich filling and bread.
There is a sandwich called "Change" or "Barack Obama" or something, and it is steak, cheese and onion rings. I'm going to have to try that shit meatless and report back, but until then, Ike's is just like living in paradise. . .and I don't wanna go home.
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