What does a girl have to do to get a meatball sub in this town?
Yesterday J set out for adventures with friends, and these adventures included using the car, which meant that after my friend picked me up for coffee, I was on foot for most of the day.
For the portion of the day that included laundry, this was no big deal. However, when J called to say that he and his friends would be eating copious quantities of BBQ at the Bear Pit (previously discussed here), I realized that I would need my own hearty late lunch/early dinner.
One of our favorite local haunts is The Coop, a tiny hole-in-the-wall pizza place with no seating, cash-only sales, and amazing New York style pizza (New Yorkers, don’t start with me. It may not be exactly what you’re used to, due to the water–see, I know–but it’s good). Since J doesn’t like vegetables on his pizza, and I can’t eat oregano, we usually get a large pepperoni and Canadian bacon. That provides plenty of meat and avoids the sausage.
The Coop also makes excellent meatball subs. Their posted Saturday hours are 11-9, so I figured I’d call and place the order, then walk over and pick it up. But no one answered. That suggested that they might be closed, particularly given the holiday weekend. Just in case, though, I walked over and discovered that they were, indeed, closed. On the way back I stopped at the sandwich shop on the corner of Palms and Motor. I can’t remember it’s name, it’s changed ownership at least once since we moved here, it’s nothing special. And, as it turns out, they do not have meatball subs. I toyed momentarily with the idea of a Philly cheese steak sandwich, but then realized that I had no confidence in their ability to make one–and that it would not meet my needs. A cheese steak sandwich, no matter how good, is not a meatball sub.
From there, I headed over to Kristina’s Italian Kitchen, on Overland. Now, according to the Citysearch-provided menu, they do have a meatball parm sandwich. But their in-house menu showed no sandwiches at all (thanks a lot, Kristina’s!)
In the end, I came home and reheated the leftover portion of a chicken quesadilla from Baja Fresh.
Distance walked: 1.4 miles
Meatball subs eaten: 0
I wonder if Crispy’s Deli is still open in Glendale. They made a good meatball sub. Or I could FedEx you one from Cerroni’s Purple Garlic.
Great, now I’m craving a meatball sub.
Here’s a link from LA Mag about sub shops:
http://www.lamag.com/eat/article.aspx?id=1440
Google tells me that Crispy’s is, indeed, still open. And thanks for the article–several of those places are in our general vicinity. I should try them.
I had half a meatball sub for lunch yesterday. Ah, the power of suggestion. Anyway, it was gooood. Next time you’re in town, I’ll take you to Cerroni’s on Thousand Oaks.
I don’t think it was there when I was–sounds good!