He suggested Steve's Deli in Bloomfield Hills as last night's sandwich eatery
Having visited a time before, he said he remembered it as quite delicious
Joe has a good memory
Typically, I'm a bit skeptical of food joints found within a plaza, but that could be due to the fact that most of those food joints are Subway, Jimmy Johns, or name another chain for me to make my point
Steve's Deli is within a plaza
Being that it's in Bloomfield Hills, however, it was a kind of nice, upscale plaza... if that's possible.
In any event, the plaza was packed so we parked around back
We walked in through the "MALL" entrance, which turned out to be a good thing as it gave me a chance to scope out the restaurant
The restaurant has my favorite flooring, black and white checkerboard, and is all silver chrome with red butt seats
There's a counter with bagels, pastries, and miscellaneous delights as this eatery offers a lot more than sandwiches
Last night was one of Michigan's few "perfect weather" days this summer, so we ate at a little metal table outside the building
Perfectly tucked between fellow sandwich eaters
The menu, although able to cater to other mealtimes and desires, offered a breadth of sandwich options
Bypassing the "Lite Sandwich" section (I'm sure those sammies are good, but I like to go all out on my eats) my eyes were drawn to the "Overstuffed" section
My, my, my. The overstuffed sandwiches listed simply whichever kind of meat you chose to drool over. Choices included corned beef, pastrami, turkey, etc, etc, etc. Delicious.
I was feeling pretty serious about the Hot Roast Beef Brisket until I asked our server what their most popular sandwich was.
She directed my attention to the "Combination Sandwiches" section and said the #4 was the most popular; the Hot Corned Beef sandwich, loaded with Swiss cheese, coleslaw, and Russian dressing on crispy rye.
My belief: If you've never been to a place and you're told something's the top seller, I suggest you try it. There's usually a reason why it's number 1, and you can always order something else when you come back.
Number 4 it was for me.
Joe ordered the Number 2, and thank god he did, because I wanted some bites of that too!
My sandwich came as promised, stuffed with deliciously seasoned corned beef (not even my favorite of meat choices, but this was darn good) a slice of Swiss at the top AND bottom of the sandwich (this is important for biting purposes), and what I imagined was literally a hand grab of coleslaw precariously perched on top. Russian dressing moistened both the top and bottom pieces of lightly buttered and toasted bread, not only acting as a traditional part of the sandwich, but also as a little kick to the taste buds.
I loved that regardless of your bite size, and sadly I feel mine is lacking, each chomp into the meal gave you plenty to be happy about. I recommend biting coleslaw down, allowing your mouth to crunch through the crispy bread, into the Russian and Swiss, through the coleslaw, and ending with plenty of corned beef to round it out.
Save the bottom up bite for last if you're a meat lover as you'll end up with mostly corned beef and little slaw. It's totally delicious, and all about preference, and that's the way Iroll.
I saved half my sammie for later, claiming I'd eat it for my next day's lunch, but hoping I'd be able to scarf it later that night. The half I did eat filled me up right and I actually did save the other half for later.
Leftover style, I pulled it straight from the fridge and bit in.
The dressing had soaked into the bread by that point, and due to the frigid fridge, the meat and cheese were a little tough to bite through; if you're a cold sandwich leftover lover like me, grab a knife and fork and dig in!
