In spite of getting in bed past pumpkin time last night, we’ve managed to have a full and productive Saturday.  Fun too!

We had to take both cars in for inspection/oil change/ka-ching, ka-ching 😦 so we decided to make a date of it and spend the wait time walking around our old neighborhood.  It took more than 3hours for the cars to be done so we managed to do a lot of walking.  We saw some fun stuff in our travels –

We also stopped in at Pearl Street for brunch.  We didn’t know beforehand, but Pearl Street just opened a deli in their beer basement so we got to try out the new spot.

Brawler’s Deli just may be our new favorite place!  I’m a fan of any restaurant that puts turkey ruebans on the menu,

and this was the best reuban I’ve ever had.  The biggest too!  I took a shot next to my hand for comparison.

I only ate half of my reuban and I was stuffed.  Not so stuffed, however, that I couldn’t tell Adam at least a bazillion times how in love with my sandwich I was!  He ate the 2nd half (in addition to his own food!!) and quickly concurred.  There was just enough sauerkraut to add tang without slime and the thousand island dressing was rich and creamy.  I forgot to ask for no butter on my bread but in the end the bread was so perfect I’m glad I didn’t mess with it; great rye that was so satisfyingly crunchy.  Usually the turkey is an afterthought for me when I eat a rueban (thousand island dressing, rye bread, swiss cheese; who gives a hoot about the turkey?!) but we both agreed that it was the best part of the sandwich.

Adam described it as dry but super-thin cut.  We were so impressed we actually asked the guy behind the counter what kind it was so we could buy our own!  It turns out that the deli actually roasts it themselves, which means we’ll have to go back again soon if we want more.  The end point of this saga is – Local readers, go to try this spot immediately!

Adam headed to the lab and my inspected, oil changed, something elsed that cost a bunch of money car and I set off on errands.  I did the grocery shopping, but I also hit up a different store to use the Coin Star machine.  I won’t gush any more in this post, but I’ll give you a heads up that going to a new store finally allowed me to find mini ice cream cups in the flavors I’ve been looking for; expect a full update in a future post.

As soon as I hit publish I’m going to do a 10minute strength session, take a quick shower, and pick up the husband at the lab – we’ve got a dinner date!

Gush for me, what’s the best sandwich you’ve ever eaten and which restaurant served it to you?