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Earls of Sandwich: Unbreaded.com
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Earls of Sandwich: Unbreaded.com
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Unbreaded.com is a new eater's blog from food dudes about town Ben Kessler and Jeff Vogel. The duo (Twitterers both) is dedicated to dissecting Philly sandwich culture.
Still in its early going, the blog's nailed a nice cross-section of our area's between-bread best thus far, including Grace Tavern's oyster po'boy, Table 31's short rib burger and one of Felicia D.'s faves, the veggie hoagie from Chickie's.
We bugged Kessler for a sec to get more info on the project.
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Meal Ticket: You seem to be pretty well-versed in all sorts of dishes and delicacies. What specifically about sandwiches merited this blog's creation?
Ben Kessler: There are a lot of food blogs out there right now that cover everything: restaurant dishes, new openings, recipes and more. Jeff Vogel and I co-founded Unbreaded because we figured that the way to start a new food blog was to pick a niche and focus on it. We also both are huge fans of all kinds of sandwiches. Being Philly natives, we both realize the ever-growing sandwich culture here, and figured why not type up our thoughts for the world to see? Plus, in economic times like these, the sandwich is really the ultimate recession meal.
MT: What types of different columns/features should we expect to see on Unbreaded?
BK: We've started Unbreaded primarily with reviews of Philadelphia places
because we want to expose the greatness of Philadelphia sandwiches and
build it out from there. Eventually, we'd like to expand Unbreaded to
the point where people around the country and around the world are
sending us photos and mini-reviews of amazing sandwiches they've
encountered. I also could see us getting into doing video in the future.
MT: Quick — top three favorite sandwiches in Philly!
BK: It's hard to pick just three and it's always changing, but off the top of my head: Cheesesteak from John's Roast Pork, Tuscan Tony from Paesano's and the Windsor burger at Pub & Kitchen.
Sweet interview. Unbreaded has turned out really well, and I've been put a ton of work in to get off the ground. Good to see it getting some recognition.
This blog compliments my t-shirt http://www.bustedtees.com/silf mmmmm SILF.
Yeah, sandwiches are good. But in a recession, do you really think a ten dollar sandwich is going to oust McDonalds from their throne? the mom and pop dives? I think not.
[...] and Jeff Vogel have been getting noticed by foodies all over the city. CityPaper’s MealTicket sought their sandwich sage, and Phoodie.info served them up a cold dish. When we called Kessler Sunday afternoon, we found [...]
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