This charcuterie board chain just opened a location near us so I wanted to try them out. Confession here--I'm not big on charcuterie boards. Thin sliced cured meats left out on the table dry out and acquire a weird metallic taste, which is probably why Subway has now joined its competitors in slicing meats on demand. But I digress. I tend to graze lightly from charcuterie boards when they are offered, they're just not my thing. But this place is branching out to offer single-serving meals, so I decided to broaden my tastes. They offer meal and snack size charcuterie selections ready to go, but when I came by I saw that this location is also trying out sandwiches, possibly trying to move into the made to order meal space. I got the Carnivore Special and chased it with an Olipop Dr. Goodwin soda.
It was probably early to try the sandwich. The name makes one think of a big sandwich with several different meats. What I got was an ordinary-sized prosciutto and provolone sandwich with some homemade dressing and cucumbers on toasted wheat. Not a lot of meat compared to, say, Jersey Mike's or other fast food sandwich shops, and it didn't bite through real well (kept wanting to slide out of the sandwich). The flavor was great, you could tell the sauce was homemade. The business is not set up to make anything in front of you, the assembly is done in the back. Not sure it was a $12 sandwich. I had not seen Olipop in the stores so wanted to try it. They make high-fiber low calorie sodas. The Dr. Goodwin is sort of like Dr. Pepper but not too similar. Still, I liked it and liked not feeling guilty drinking it.They have stiff competition for ready-to-eat meals. Starbucks two doors down does a version of premade finger food lunch kits that are actually pretty good.
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