Sandwich and Pickle Modern Delicatessen — Restaurant in New York

If you ever find yourself marooned in Staten Island land of forgotten strip malls and rogue pizza parlors and think, “There’s nothing good to eat out here,” punch yourself in the face and then head straight to Sandwich and a Pickle.

These folks didn’t just win Best Pastrami Sandwich in Staten Island they earned it. This isn’t some limp, delicounter afterthought. This is pastrami with purpose hand cut, fall apart tender, edged in black pepper and love, stacked like it’s still 1986 and no one’s heard of cholesterol. One bite and you’re somewhere between a Lower East Side Jewish deli and your babushka’s Sunday kitchen in Odessa.

It’s a fusion of Jewish and Ukrainian soul food, wrapped in the chic of a brunch spot that somehow doesn’t suck. Grandma’s heart, chef’s brain, and just enough Instagram gloss to make your annoying cousin from Brooklyn say, “Wait, this is in Staten Island?”

And then there’s the rug. Yeah. Right in the middle of the dining room. Like something The Dude himself threw down just to tie the whole damn place together. It’s not just kitsch it works. Like having lunch at your one fancy friend’s house. The one with taste, not money.

And if you don’t finish with the warmed up chocolate babka, you’re a lost cause. It’s sticky, rich, messy utterly phenomenal. Eat it with your fingers. Lick them clean. That’s what they’re for.

Sandwich and a Pickle doesn’t just serve food they serve memory, nostalgia, and a big middle finger to anyone who says Staten Island doesn’t have culinary game.

Go. Eat. And bring your appetite and your...

Beautiful little place decorated in cottage core style and I wanted to love it because they were playing some great seventies music but oh my the food and the service really had to go. Our lethargic waiter who didn't have a clue what was going on. I ordered soup and I never received it. After 20 minutes and receiving an appetizer we ordered I called him over and asked about my soup. It was pretty obvious he never put the order in. He walks away and then I thought is he bringing it? He didn't say anything so after 10 minutes I call him over again and he says oh I just put it in but it will come out with the food. So I said I don't want it with my food, it was a precursor to my dinner. So that's how it started and then I got my entree. I love brisket and so I ordered the brisket but it said it came with hoisin sauce which I found strange but I said take a chance. The sauce tasted awful. I scraped it off the meat but the brisket itself was dry and tough. It didn't taste like anything. I was so disappointed. I was really hungry when I went in there but I couldn't eat it and after picking at it we decided to leave. My partner wasn't thrilled with his Reuben sandwich but he took the half he didn't eat home. I was asked if I wanted to take mine home and I said no. It's a shame because it is such a...

I do NOT like giving bad reviews or less then good reviews but in this instance I will say what I trully feel.... We heard about the new Sandwich shop and wanted to try it out, The resturant while small is extremely clean with very helpful employees and it will will seat up to 20-25 adults. The shop offers sandwiches and breakfast foods and we were only interested in corned beef on rye for take out, The prices are fair but the sandwich will not resemble a NY style corned beef on rye stacked piles high and the biggest issue was the way the corned beef was presented on the rye bread as the meat was clearly a cooked corned beef which appeared to be cut with a knife resulting in large fatty chunks in the sandwich and overall made the sandwich appear,taste and feel as if I made the sandwich in my own kitchen with a leftover hunk of corned beef.

Quality corned beef NY style sandwiches need to be machine sliced and piled fairly high on the rye bread with pickle and cole slaw alongside to be memorable..

Outside of the way the meat was cut and piled on the bread the meal was very good and the price was fair but nothing about the place would have me jumping over barriers to go back again and I can see others having the same thoughts after their 1st...