Restaurants in Kansas City are missing real opportunities to lionize our sports heroes via meat and cheese homages. Anybody can have a statue built, but you know you've made it when your name graces a sandwich.
A perfect example is the Carnegie Deli's decision to roll out the Carmelo Anthony sandwich in New York City, shortly after the New York Knicks traded for the all-star forward. Look, there's big money in sports sandwiches: The Carmelo Anthony retails for $21.95. So, here are a few sandwich suggestions to get the discussion going along the lines of Blanc Burgers + Bottles' Jamaal Charles burger.
5. The George Brett. A turkey club on marbled rye. Rye is a playful take on the pine-tar incident, and the turkey club is for the simple fact that it's a sandwich that always delivers.
4. The Joakim Soria. A tiny dessert sandwich (a square of dark chocolate, a tiny bit of butter on a crusty baguette) that would provide the right cap to every meal. Every time you have it, you can't understand how something so simple could be so good.
3. The Bo Jackson. Two grilled-cheese sandwiches around a hamburger. Is it one sandwich? Is it two sandwiches in one? This will be a limited-edition menu item, but one you'll talk about for years.
2. The Alex Gordon. Just a ham and cheese because it's an old standby that you've been disappointed by in the past but that you want to believe in. Since not all ham and cheese sandwiches are created equally, you may finally have found the right one this year.
1. The Billy Butler. It's double meat and cheese, because all Butler does is hit doubles. For a man whom I believe loves sandwiches, it's a crime that he has yet to have one honoring him.
Share your sandwich suggestions for KC restaurateurs in the comments.
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I don't know why no one served a Rusty Kuntz while he was here. It's basically an open-faced roast beef sandwich covered in Cajun gravy.
How about the flop burger, dried out meat on a stale bun with limp lettuces that never satisfy
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