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Dining Out: Are You Pressed To Find A Good Sandwich?

By Alan Serinsky of Bocaire Press Gourmet Sandwiches piled-high sandwiches would need a railroad spike to hold
Country Club. Hungry Al’s love Polo Shoppes (formerly TooJays) them together. Now we have been left with commercial
for food started very young. 5030 Champion Blvd. Suite G7 ten-minute baked sub loaves, cross-cut shredded lettuce,
Never satisfied with his Mom’s Boca Raton, FL 33496 hydroponic watery tomatoes, and mayo that’s certainly not
dishes, he started to cook his 561-405-6423 Hellmann’s.
way through her Betty Crocker But to some, sandwich making is still an art form. This all
Cookbook. During the years Extra…Read All About It! came to fruition when two culinary schooled chaps named
to follow he spent many hours New on the block! A sandwich place that’s not a Rand and Chris decided to venture out on their own. After
working in restaurants, both as server and cook, attending “sub” place! For years most of us here in Florida have years working as private chefs for very affluent clients, they
cooking classes and traveling the world in an effort to expand been inundated with chain sandwich sub shops. Always went back to their roots and opened a very successful food
his palette. As a professional writer, Hungry Al offers his predictable and always unsatisfying. truck in Miami. Soon their “eyes were bigger than their
perspective on current food trends and guides you through There were the days in my youth when a sandwich stomachs” and they have now ventured into a brick and
your local restaurant options. actually stood out as unique. Small sandwich shops that mortar operation called Press Gourmet Sandwiches.
made a sandwich seem like a homecooked meal. Now those The Business Section: Regardless how you “butter your
same Mom and Pop shops have either closed, were left to bread” it’s not easy being in the restaurant business. When
the demise of profit-driven generational changes or simply Press Sandwiches first advertised as a “Pop-up” sandwich
forced out by chain sandwich shops. store I was expecting a small unit with a large takeout
Also gone are many of our deli restaurants where those presence. When I walked through the doors, it didn’t appear
to be anything close to my expectations. A small counter,
one person, one sandwich maker, and minimal offerings
highlighted on menu wall boards. Good business acumen?
Save Up To WE ARE Not really. Past the ordering counter I was surprised to see
Too Jay’s original huge dining room empty with a new
OPEN
minimalist industrial look.
80% OFF 24/7 fill that kind of capacity and certainly not during a COVID
In all of my travels I have yet to see any sandwich shop

crisis. It will take more than a “foot long” to cover those
rent demands.

The Food Section: Like me, you may have thought their
“name” was derived from the fact that their sandwiches
would be “pressed.” You are half right. The other half of
Your Rx Costs! their thinking was a spinoff on newspaper names, which
the menu truly defines.
As for Hungry Al, I was immediately tempted by the
Even with Medicare-D “Journal.” Advertised as a 12-hour slow roasted pulled
pork topped with coleslaw, crispy onion and a sweet BBQ
sauce, all “pressed” in between an excellent ciabatta bread.
CALL US NOW FOR PRICE QUOTES AND INFO The headline news reports it was quite good. The pork was
tender, not too fatty, flavorful meat, encased in a bun that
954-971-6895 • FAX: 954-972-9572 was crisp and soft at the same time.
Hungry D subscribed to the local “Telegraph.” This

Fontina Press Fried Chicken (or grilled) was mounted on the
same bun with the inner pages consisting of roasted peppers,
CANADIAN PO BOX 670393 fontina cheese, basil pesto, arugula, and their signature Press
Sauce. The editorial opinion was, even though she enjoyed
DISCOUNT DRUG Coral Springs, FL 33067 her sandwich, she would’ve opted for the grilled edition.
If sandwich or burgers are not part of your subscription,

SERVICES Email: cdds@bellsouth.net Press Gourmet has a great salad category selection. We
chose the Greek Salad ($9.50/half $6.75) to complement
our sandwiches. It consisted of the basic, romaine lettuce,
diced tomatoes, Kalamata olives, cucumbers, red onions and
Serving and Caring for our Customers www.cdds-online.com of course feta cheese. The only thing I would have censored
here is the accompanying grilled chicken. Although it was
Throughout the United States since 2003 properly seasoned with traditional Mediterranean spices,
the chicken was overcooked and chewy, and should never
have “rolled-off-the-press.”
The Classified Side Section: Here at the “Press,”
you will find a long list of side options. They range from
different French Fries to Press Chips, and Tater Tots all
treated with the same array of flavors (Regular, Parmesan,
Buffalo Blue). You’ll find a signature Mac’n Cheese Ball
($4.99) made up of 8 gourmet cheeses (more does not mean
NoN-Toxic cancer immunotherapy better) and elbow pasta rolled into a ball, then fried. I’ll pass
on this one.
The Back Page: Here’s some Breaking News! The
Available NoW sandwiches here at the “Press” are good and a welcoming
change from the ordinary chain of submarine shops. The
only thing I wish they would take out of circulation is their
Safe and Effective! demand to charge for every “extra” condiment they offer.
Both our sandwiches lacked moisture, and a little bit more
sauce could have won them a Pulitzer Prize award. Sadly,
This is the Original Immunotherapy that even that request is an additional $.50.

So as fellow journalists, we have decided to award the
balances and optimizes your immune system to Press Sandwich three
fight almost any type of cancer. golden sandwiches
with hopes that they
will re-ink their buns
Hundreds of successes over the years. with more sauce for our next delivery.
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