SANDWICHÓN CAFÉ — Restaurant in Jefferson Township

Greetings my Foodzies; our newest cultural experience, encompassed Puerto Rican and Cuban food. We went to Sandwíchon Cafe at 2651 n Harlem in Chicago. This restaurant is tucked away in a small little mall slightly difficult to find but worth the search. We spoke with one of the owners, Rafael who related that he and his partner Junior have all family working in the restaurant. Includingour server Thalia who was very knowledgeable about the food seeing that she grew up on it; she had a great personality and was very friendly. The interior is small, with a few tables, the walls are covered in cultural memorabilia as well as photos of the dishes they serve. What this restaurant may lack in space it truly exudes in culture , available menu items and flavor. We started with a few appetizers: Sorurillo de maiz (basically a cheese filled, deepfried fritter) it was topped with powdered sugar. It was nice and tasty but a little dense for me. We also had a couple empanadillas; empanadilla de carne (had a light flaky outside with seasoned ground meat inside) the meat to shell ratio was off; needed a little more meat but the meat was seasoned well. Empanadilla de guyaba con queso (the outer shell on this was a little thicker and the cheese and preserves filling made it like a dessert empanadilla) it was very tasty also. Our entrees included Carne Gulsada which is a cubed beef stew, the beef was nice and tender and melted in your mouth. It also had potatoes and a very tasty beef broth. It was accompanied with a bowl of beans and rice. This is a great comfort food  for a nice cold night. Next was the Bistec Encebollado, shredded beef sautéed in onions also with rice and black beans. The beef was tender, the onions were sautéed down nicely and paired well with the rice and beans. We then sampled three different sandwiches; first was the steak Jibarito a sandwich made with your choice of steak, chicken or pork. The sandwich comes with lettuce, tomato, onions and mayo. Instead of using a bun, they used pressed plantains. The plantain added a nice crunchy texture, the meat was nice and tender, and the mayo, lettuce, tomato complemented the steak nicely. Our next sandwich was a Cuban sandwich; this is a sandwich made on French bread with lettuce, tomato, onion, cheese, pork, ham and pickle. The sandwich is unique due to the mixture of the meats with the vegetables and the cheese. Our last sandwich was my favorite; the Sandwichon sandwich (Steak, pastrami, ham, canadian bacon, grilled onions, swiss cheese, mayo, lettuce, tomatoes on toasted French bread) the sandwich had everything, and it was a complete meal in itself. All of the sandwiches came with french fries.   I give this restaurant 5 stars, they also serve breakfast which we will have to try. Give it a try and let me know what you think. Don’t forget to follow me on TikTok Smoking Papa. Ciao...

Over All i will Give My Honest Review about this Place. My Order was 1 Media Noche, 1 Tripleta, 1 Sorllios and a pastellio de Guava and queso.

Lets Start off with the best the best thing i tried was the pastellio De Guava And Queso honestly its the best ive tried in the City Out of all The Cuban and Puertorican Spots in the City. I highly recomond It.

Sorollios- They Were Good Very Sweet Some of the best tasting ive tried here in chicago if i can be critical it would be nice to have some cheese to dip them in that will take them over the top, Just because no one here in the city makes them with cheese. I understand that some people are lacotse intolerant but it would be nice to have it as a side to dip them in.

Tripleta- Everthing was great Just a Bit To salty but besides that everything was perfect

Media Noche- A Great Sandwich The Lechon is top and the little peices of cuerito in tge sandwich was anunexpected twist, just one thing that i did not like it had alot of lechon but the ham was to thin i did not taste the ham, and a great media noche consit of a balace of flavors. if they were to cut the ham thicker it will easly be the best media noche out there.

Over All Thought El Sandwichon has great potential to be a Great sandwich spot in the City Just needs a Few Things Here and there to take them...

I was excited when I saw this spot open. I’m a sucker for a good breakfast sammi and I love some Cuban food. Finally tried it out today sooo disappointed. Where do I start the portions very small for the price which I could overlook had the food been any good. I had the ham, egg and cheese sandwich it was the saddest sandwich I ever seen. It was limp one piece of egg, yellow cheese and ham thrown between 2 pieces of bread I also ordered the meat lovers breakfast burrito. The thing was tiny and most of the weight came from the grease dripping out of it. The tortilla was soaked in grease and oily and I couldn’t even finish it because there was so much grease accumulated at the bottom. I also ordered a coffee it was bitter I can make a better cup at home I can make a better breakfast sandwich at home. The food just lacked any type of effort. Really wanted to like this place but was...