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Spitzer Fallout Hits Lunch: Sandwich #9
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Laren Spirer
Published Mar 13, 2008
Modified Mar 13, 2008
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First there was the Spitzer Spritzer at Teddy's and now, Sandwich #9: Hot Tongue on Rye. Eisenberg's owner Josh Konecky explains to Gobble the creative process behind today's special:
So, who came up with the sandwich?
Spitzer came up with it. [pause]. No, I came up with it. Did you already order?
Yeah. I didn’t order the tongue. What’d you order? The chicken?
No, the roast beef. A lot of people don’t like tongue. Tongue is delicious! Funny how people will eat one part of the cow, but not another.
So how many have you sold today? A couple. [Gestures to the lunch counter]. Someone’s eating one over there right now. [Another regular walks in.] Jim, you gonna order The Spitzer?
Jim contemplated a neon orange sign advertising the sandwich ('You just gotta try Sandwich No. 9') and decided to go for it: "Yeah, I’ll have mine with mustard!"
Eisenberg's Sandwich Shop, 174 5th Ave, between 22nd and 23rd Streets, 212-675-5096.
Photo courtesy of Gobble
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