FAQ
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What breads do you use for breakfast sandwiches and grinders?
All of our sandwiches are crafted on fresh, locally baked breads. Our breakfast sandwiches are served on your choice of a Parker House Roll or a Vegan Sourdough English Muffin, made in-house by MOSH Bake Shop. Our grinders are served on toasted New England–style grinder rolls, and our sliced bread sandwiches come on toasted sourdough or marble rye, delivered daily from Portland French Bakery.
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What is a Southern New England Style Grinder?
A grinder is a regional term from Southern New England for a submarine sandwich or hoagie, most often baked or toasted. We offer them in 6-inch, 8-inch, and 12-inch lengths.
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Do you offer a turkey sandwich?
We do not serve sliced turkey breast. Instead, we form brined chicken thighs into large blocks that get seasoned, seared, and then cooked sous-vide for 16 hours. These cooked "bricks," as we call them, are then sliced thin. This gives it a rich, savory flavor with a classic deli texture. You can try it on The Jeff, served with bacon, melted Swiss, cranberry sauce, shredded iceberg, red onion, Dijon, and Duke's mayo on toasted sourdough.
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What is Science Cheese?
Science Cheese is our house-made liquid cheese sauce. We emulsify a blend of Swiss, provolone, and mozzarella cheeses using food-grade sodium citrate to achieve an ultra-smooth, creamy melt that never separates or breaks. It is featured on sandwiches like The Carl steak grinder and The Marcel.
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What is your house Giardiniera?
Our giardiniera is a house-made pickled vegetable medley featuring cauliflower, bell peppers, celery, carrots, onions, and daikon radish. We lacto-ferment our mix in a saltwater brine with garlic, bay leaves, and chili flakes, then finish it with Mama Lil’s peppers and pepperoncini rings.
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What vegan and vegetarian options do you have?
For breakfast, we offer the Vegan Spinach & Avocado with garlic chili sautéed spinach and smoked bell pepper sauce on a vegan sourdough English muffin. For lunch, The Jim is fully vegan, loaded with green romesco, avocado, compressed cucumber, roasted peppers, pickled red onions, daikon, and vegan ranch powder on toasted sourdough. We also serve The Jorge grinder and the Charlie smoked beet melt.
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Do you offer seating or delivery?
We operate a high-volume neighborhood sandwich counter with about 30 seats inside. We offer dine-in, takeout, and order-ahead pickup. We do not offer delivery. You can walk in to order at the counter or skip the wait by placing an order ahead on our Square Online store or via phone at 503-333-6923.
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Where are you located and what are your hours?
We are located at 120 NE Russell St. Ste A in Portland's Eliot neighborhood (just east of the Albina / MLK Jr. Blvd corridor and steps from the Wonder Ballroom). We are open 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, 7 days a week.
We’re here doing the thing, slinging sandos + beverages everyday from 9am-3pm. We’re happy to cater to larger parties and events with advance notice, just hit us up here via email. The bigger the party, the more notice we like/need to have so we can keep up on prep and have enough bread in house to take care of our regulars and everyone that walks through the doors.