The Gramophone — Restaurant in St. Louis

On a whim, I Google searched, sandwich shops in st Louis and this was the second search result. The pictures sent me here. We were not disappointed. We brought a 4 top on a Sunday afternoon on Labor day weekend. We each got different meals.

•My 10 year old got the 1/2 meatball sub. It had two large meatballs that seemed to be hand made with marinara and lots of cheese. Tasted great. Her only problem was, she ate her entire bowl of mashed potatoes first and the sauce had made the bread a little soggy and she couldn't eat the whole sandwich. But still ate the meatballs.

•My 17 year old got the 1/2 Danimal. Which seems to be their take on a Dagwood. Big ole stack of all the meats and toppings. It was an impressively thick sandwich of turkey, ham, roast beef, salami, and bacon with toppings on a whole grain toast I believe, loaded with flavor and definitely filling. She was not able to finish.

•My girlfriend got the 1/2 Italian Yardbird. It's like a mushroom chicken Alfredo on a baguette. She said the Alfredo flavor wasn't overwhelming but overall the sandwich was delicious. Lots of cheese and mushrooms and the chicken was cooked just right.

•I decided to get the Mississippi Nights Club. Partly because I'm nastolgic for the old Mississippi nights on the landing, but also because I'm a sucker for a good club sandwich! And this one was delicious! I got the full sized. It comes with turkey, roast beef, and bacon, lettuce and tomato, chips and cheese and a spicy red pepper sauce. I actually decided to swap the sauce for their avocado spread although I am interested to know how this spicy red pepper sauce tastes.

•Sides

•Mac and cheese My teenager got this and I tried a bite. It was large bowl, very cheesy and used real cheeses. They also load all their sides with bacon bits and broken up potato chips. She ate some Mac and cheese first thing and then went to the sandwich, then went back to more Mac and cheese and said it was definitely better when it was still hot. But all the stuff is that way I suppose.

•Loaded Mashed potatoes Two of us ordered this. From what I could tell, completely from scratch home-made style mashed potatoes. Absolutely delicious. Cheese, real bacon all over it, big scoop of sour cream on the side. Still lumpy with chunks of potato in it because it's made from scratch

•Jalapeno popper soup It had excellent flavour, but as a stand alone soup, it was just a creamy liquid. Not much going on with it. But, the guy ringing up my order, advised me to dip my sandwich in it, and HOLY COW!! Game changer. Get the jalapeno popper soup and dip your sandwich in it. Trust me here. It isn't overwhelmingly spicy....

Tuesday’s are usually our date night. Where we try to find somewhere new “local” or pick up from another place that we like. I was going to pick up from another place but they were out of couple of items I wanted and when I looked for anything close by, I gladly found the gramophone. I order the following: Mac and cheese (I added ground beef) which was amazing, the Mac and cheese was spot on, creamy and cheesy “in a good way” and honestly it could’ve been enough without adding anything. jalapeño popper soup. Yeap, you read it right. Imagine you having a bite of a jalapeño popper, the soup is the exact taste. For me I used it more as a dip for my sandwiches which was a nice addition. Buffalo cauliflower which wasn’t my best choice. I had in mind more of deep fried but it wasn’t which doesn’t mean a bad thing but I wasn’t a fan. Now comes the good part, the sandwiches: Alcatraz : simply it’s Slow roasted beef, swiss, provel, caramelized onions, and Boss sauce. Served on garlic buttered sourdough and panini pressed. It just melts in your mouth. A nice size filling sandwich or in our case half a sandwich and still was enough (with the other items we got) Boy Howdee. In the discretion of the sandwich they start with (if you’re looking for heat, don’t look farther) which is a true bold statement. We like hear but this was crazy heat. The jalapeños in the sandwich give it a super kick. The sandwich contains sliced chicken breast, jalapeño cilantro sauce, tomato, fresh spicy jalapeños, pepper jack and a mashed up bag of jalapeño chips on a toasted sourdough. Wow that was amazing a great meal and DEFINITELY RECOMMEND THIS PLACE and I will most DEFINITELY GOING TO BE BACK. There were no photos for the sandwiches because we couldn’t wait....

I ordered the Mississippi Nights sandwich with a delicious side of mac and cheese. The establishment also has self-serve refillable soft drinks. The food was amazing. The sandwich was full of flavor from the different combination of meats, like the turkey, roast beef and bacon with the pepper jack cheese and red pepper spread. The Gramophone is truly very unique in the different sandwiches they serve judging from the items on the menu, the different combination of ingredients used and clearly has established its very own trademark, especially with the crumbled barbecue chips they seem to put on everything. The only reason I gave four stars is because I feel like the sandwich I tried could have had more meat, yet the lack of meat to my liking was very subtly masked with all of the different flavor combinations since everything tasted so good. And I absolutely give them five stars for their mac and cheese. I was totally impressed with how it was served in an individual round aluminum serving dish to maintain the heat and filled above the top with a generous, heaping portion of cheesy goodness. The pasta was cooked to the perfect texture, the cheese was explosive, and the barbecue chips on top gave it that final touch. I would not hesitate to go back to try their other sandwiches on the menu and would highly recommend to anybody wanting to try something new and a...