We visited Mile End Sandwich as a portion of our Cheap Eats Walking Tour which we attempted shortly after both New York Magazine and Time Out New York published their ‘Eat Cheap’ and ‘Cheap Eats’ issues, respectively.

Mile End’s original location, like many of the new inexpensive hot spots, is in Brooklyn. They’ve been getting an insane amount of press and for damn good reason. Truly, the sandwiches are classic yet original, well thought out, perfectly executed. This will become a staple in our repertoire for sure. Since this was our first stop, we decided to share.

I’d read about the chicken salad sandwich. One would think really, a chicken salad sandwich? Yeah. This one has a few key ingredients which make it rather special. First, gribenes. What are those, you ask? They are crisp chicken skin cracklings sprinkled generously over the chicken salad. Second, new pickles. New pickles are half sour pickles. Third, pickled peppers. Pick a peck of pickled peppers, please. Fourth, schmaltz. Schmaltz is rendered chicken fat. And it is ‘schmeared’ on Callah bread and lightly toasted – on the inside of the bread. This is one hell of a chicken salad sandwich.

We also got a side of potato salad, which took a back seat to the sandwich, but was great as well. It was made with red skin potatoes, pickled red onions, pickled peppers and scallions.

 http://www.mileendbrooklyn.com/sandwich.html
53 Bond St. – Noho