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A Sandwich at My Local Joint is Going Viral and it’s Ruined My Week
By Kyle Pagan
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You ever have something taken away from you in an instant and you realize you never appreciated it enough? That’s what I’m going through right now with a god damn sandwich. Fridays are always handled as a day I treat myself for lunch. It’s something to look forward to. Enough of the ham and cheese sandwiches my fiance makes me Monday-Thursday (yes I still eat lunch like a six year old). We look forward to Fridays and the kale caesar chicken cutlet from Liberty Kitchen. It’s the little things that get you through the week. Some people have their friends and family or a fun event. I have the kale caesar chicken cutlet. I mean look at this thing! Have you ever seen something so beautiful?
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But now that is all ruined because everyone with a phone won’t stop making TikToks about it. My beloved sandwich is all over the Internet like Jay Cutler’s mugshot right now. People are coming from all over the country to enjoy it. This is what it must feel like when your favorite band reaches superstardom. You don’t want to share them with anyone else. You were here first when nobody was. You knew the greatness before anyone else did. You remember when they were selling like 20 kale caesars a day and now they’re selling 2,000 in a weekend and they’re running out of bread and closing early. It’s madness. There are no signs of slowing down.
You know how hard it is to get people to agree this much on one thing in an election year?
@blakenewby_ Got my hands on the kale caesar cutlet, and boy….
@laurensbalancedbites I’m a Dietitian & a foodie. And one thing about Philly, we have great food! #sandwichesoftiktok #mealideas
And don’t get me wrong, I love that a small business is getting its due. But I’ve been going to this place since it was a little rinky-dink shop underneath the El that had nowhere to sit. Now it’s in a place quadruple the size and they have a full-on kitchen operation.
I think what I’m most mad at is myself. I never understood that I had the holy grail of sandwiches in my possession all this time. It’s gotta be like when the cheesesteak first became popular in Philadelphia. Could you imagine living in South Philly back then and going to Pat’s every Friday with no line? Then one day a guy tells another guy who tells another guy that there’s this great meat and cheese sandwich place right around the corner you should check out. Now there’s a line around the block, they’re ornery because they’re swamped, and they institute rules to make ordering quicker. That’s what I feel like what might happen to my beloved sandwich shop. I’m over here calculating time like I’m Isaac fucking Newton trying to determine the best time to head over there and miss the lunch rush. It’s crazy. So crazy they’ve got us ordering like it’s the 1800s now:
If you’re out there reading this and you have a spot that hasn’t been discovered yet, hold your sandwich tight. Because you never know when it’s going to end up on some TikToker’s page and you’re now fighting people tooth and nail for some grub.
Off to Liberty Kitchen!
Kyle writes blog posts and does Man on the Street-style videos all around Philadelphia. He graduated from Temple University (a basketball school) in 2015. contact: k.pagan@sportradar.com