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To me, these shops represent a nexus that joins skilled cooks, the surrounding farm community, and a broad swath of the local citizenry. They make terrific local food accessible, and keep food dollars circulating within their surrounding communities. And they also make a mean sandwich—no small thing in a world awash in horrible food.<\/p>\n
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In my piece, I highlighted Chapel Hill’s path-breaking Sandwhich<\/a>, Brooklyn’s glorious Bierkraft<\/a>, and New Orleans’ sublime Cochon Butcher<\/a>. Now that I’ve revealed to you, food-loving reader, my sandwich obsessions, I want to hear about yours.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Grist food section is plotting a slideshow of our nation’s great new-wave sandwich shops—and we want you to send in photos and a short description of your favorite ones.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n What we’re looking for is joints that are a) locally owned—no chains; b) creative; c) zealous about sourcing local ingredients; and d) capable of knocking out consistently and mind-blowingly good sandwiches.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here’s what to do. Identify a sandwich shop that meets those criteria. Take a snapshot of your favorite offering from there, and a few more of scenes from the place—you know, a sandwich artisan working her trade; a menu board full of temptations; what have you. Write a short—<300 word—case for why the place rocks. Send it all to me: tphilpott[at]grist[dot]org. (Feel free to use Flickr for the photos.) Deadline: May 7.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n People whose nominations we highlight in the slideshow will get the glory of being published on Grist (believe me, there is no glory on Earth like it); and one of those plastic shopping-bag thingies, the ones that crumple down to a fist-sized ball. Oh yeah, and they say “Grist” on them!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Don’t just sit there staring slack-jawed. Go find great sandwiches. Hit the bricks!<\/p>\n Related Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n Time for the public to reinvest in food-system infrastructure<\/a><\/p>\n What a D.C. private school can teach us about public-school lunches<\/a><\/p>\n With a bit more cash and lots of ingenuity, school lunches could be much better<\/a><\/p>\n