Faicco’s Italian Specialties — Restaurant in New York

Faicco The word in the office was that there was a place that sold amazing sandwiches but a little bit of a hike away. The weather was nice and my schedule allowed me to get away. Some co-workers and I made the little trip to find that out that the place was actually an Italian butcher shop that sold all sorts of meat products but had a sandwich section in the back. It was located in a party of the West Village that felt more like Little Italy. Anyway, the place was a bit of a tight squeeze - take out only. It was another one of those places with seemingly endless options and happy staff that liked to bark at customers for their order. Very NY. We all ended up ordering the same thing. Chicken with mozzarella and pesto. At $13, it's not a cheap lunch option. One side note. The place was amazingly clean and didn't have any strong meaty smell. We walked our sandwiches back to our desks for the great reveal. The sandwich was huge. It was stuffed with the ingredients generously. The breaded chicken was thin, the crust was still crunchy. The mozzarella was the perfect ratio to the chicken. I could have used a little more pesto, but it was quite flavorful. And finally, the mark of a truly good sandwich is the bread. Their hero was the hero of this sandwich. Slightly crusty, but not so much to cut up the roof of your mouth. The inside had a pleasant chew. And it had just enough flavor to bring forward a flat doughy canvas for the flavors of the other ingredients. Let's just say none of us could finish our sandwiches despite really wanting to just inhale the rest. I'm looking forward to returning and exploring the other...

Been trying to make it to Faiccos since I moved to manhattan 2 years ago. Hours are tight so it took me a while to find the right opportunity. Finally came in on a Saturday around 1.

The place was hoppin with people. And I don't blame them. The place is great. Between packaged products, deli meats, beef and poultry and sausages, cured meats, etc this place has some awesome products.

We went for the sandwiches but ended up getting rice and prosciutto balls, as well as a slew of different dried meats.

The rice ball ($1) was amazing. The prosciutto ball ($1.50) was good but a little too heavy for me. The hot sopresatta ($16.99/lb) was amazing. Got a quarter lb. Also got a garlic caciattore dried sausage ($16.99/lb). Haven't cracked into it yet.

Now for the sandwiches. We got the chicken cutlet with broc rabbe and the italian special. Both were between $12-14. The cutlet with broc rabbe was good but just slightly too dry. The fresh mozz helped though. The italian special on the other hand was incredible. Absolutely perfect. Hot peppers, dried meats, prosciutto, veggies, just awesome. We subbed turkey instead of ham which was a great move. The thing was absolutely loaded. Great deal. See pic.

Side note, get a side or two of hot peppers. Highly spicy peppers. Soooo good. Even if they are just eating alongside the sammies.

Will definitely be back any time I'm in...

Really unfortunate to have to write this review, as I was a local and loyal customer to Faicco's for over 25 years. Did not realize their prices had recently gone up, but regardless of that I ordered the equivalent of "The American", combo of ham, turkey, and roast beef with mozzarella instead of American cheese. Mortadella instead of roast beef...and Mortadella (baloney) is the cheapest cold cut they have there and way cheaper than roast beef. Anyway, ordered this many times and in recent years it was always $20...seems they raised The American to $22, no problem there. But because I switched one meat (to a cheaper meat) and had pesto and arugula added, they tried to charge me $32!!!!! Can you believe this? Nice guy said nothing he could do, and it's because I had all these extras (what extras?). He said pesto is $3.00 (was always just a spread they would squeeze on prior), and the meat swap is $3.00, and he couldn't even itemize the other up charges. You want to charge $25 cause of the mozz ok, but $32!! I went and spoke to the manager, who recognized me, but didn't care and said there was nothing he can do. I told him you just lost a loyal customer and walked out. Ride your Instagram fame and tourist map listings guys, jack your prices, and treat long time customers like this. That's your choice. I'm done. So...