The "BLT" thread
 

I love a good BLT sandwich. If a restaurant does it right, it's a sign that other things will be good as well. It's hard to screw it up, yet it's hard to make it special.
Please tell me about your best/worst BLT or club sandwich.

The best BLTs I have ever had were made at the Gallery Bar, in Brisbane (BNE). Unfortunately, the Gallery Bar no longer exists :-(

The Buckhead Diner in Atlanta used to have a "Salmon BLT - Hold The Salmon" on the menu - it was about $7 and really good. I'm not sure if they still serve it.

Best one is at the Greenery at Sunland Park Mall in El Paso.

They have a BLTA

Bacon
Lettuce
Tomato
Avocado

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Too bad this sandwich is not served in the largest city in Maryland, because if it was so popular that a person could not consume just one sandwich at a time, it would be renamed the BALTimore.

Cafe Bernardo in Davis CA has a salmon, BLT on grilled sourdough. Very special.

Worst has gotta' be Howard Johnson's on the Pa. Turnpike. An interminable wait for a BLT on wheat toast that finally came as soggy white bread, untoasted, limp lettuce, and one, count 'en one undercooked slice of bacon.

Ho Jo's went under for crappy service. Are you listning, airlines?

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The Cafe at City Market, Savannah, Georgia, has (or had) this Applewood Smoked Bacon BLT that is absolutely amazing. It is on french bread and meets the criteria of being "special".

It has been a while, but they always seem to keep that on the menu.

After some time lurking on this excellent website, I never would have guessed that a thread about BLT sandwiches would move me to post, but here goes. Mel's Diner on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood has an excellent version of the BLT with the California twist of avocado on it. As JSE mentioned above, the addition of avocado makes it a truly special sandwich, but you also need the coolness of chilled iceberg lettuce, ripe tomatoes and great toasted bread to complete the taste sensation. Mel's is a tourist mecca, but they do BLT's right, IMHO.

Welcome to FT!

Try By Th' Bucket in San Jose, CA on Stevens Creek Blvd. The crispy bacon on either sandwich is PERFECT.

I've been there, but I can't remember what I had... :)

Hate: I DETEST ordering a ham and cheese sandwich, and there is just SO MUCH FRIGGING HAM, it's like, "would you like some bread and cheese with that ham, sir?" :rolleyes: Talk about indigestion.

Love: There's a good deli in back of the NY Times building on the south side of 44th Street, just past Carmine's - the 5 * Deli or something like that. I find Jewish deli's are best. My favorite: Rosen's across from St. Pat's. If I were ordering from them right now, I'd get a shaved boiled ham and gruyere sandwich with mustard and mayo on toasted rye or pumpernickel. Mmmm.

I totally agree with you, anonplz, Jewish (or Kosher) delicatessens are the best. However, for obvious reasons, one would never find either a ham and cheese sandwich nor a bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich at a real Kosher delicatessen, although one could find Kosher-style food at a non-Kosher delicatessen.

Please refer to this thread for what is arguably the best Kosher delicatessen in New York — if not on the entire planet...

Without a doubt Jimmy Johns :)

www.jimmyjohns.com

Lots of bacon, Hellmans mayo etc... Freshly baked breads that beat the crap out of Subway...

The Penninsula in Hong Kong.