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1. seattlesue
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   Anyone know where you can get a great Italian sub in West Seattle? Random thought, I know but we\'ve been craving them. Don\'t get me wrong Husky Deli and Sub Shop are quite tasty, but I\'m looking for authentic Italian goodness. :)

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2. alkiviking
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   Have you tried Angelinas? Don\'t know if they have sub, but great Italian eats. I\'ll ask around for ya.

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3. seattlesue
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   We\'ve been there, not sure if I ever saw subs on the menu, but definitely very authentic Italian.

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4. mhogfoss
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   Cafe Noveau (sp?) has some great sammies. I can\'t remember if they have italian sandwiches.

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5. JanS
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   being an east coaster here...I\'m not sure you\'re going to find \"authentic\"...wherever you go, don\'t get mayo or mustard...just get oil and vinegar, a little salt and pepper...mayo, etc, on a sub is definitely west coast :) Luciano\'s has an all meat sub that has potential, but it has pizza sauce on it...it needs more cheese, shredded lettuceonion,tomato..and the above oil and vinegar....wonder if you can special order?
   http://www.mylucianos.com

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6. Bikefor1
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   Or if you don\'t mind going \'into town\', SALUMI will make you an Italian sub to die for.

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7. JanS
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   I just bet they will....and while you\'re there, get some of his Italian meatloaf...it\'s just killer...and I have the recipe :)

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8. barmargia
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   There are a few great places downtown, Salumis, Tats on Occidental, the other coast deli (or something like that)

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9. theriedler
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   I\'m an east coaster too but I never was into the italian sub. Try napolis in south park. They have an \"italian hoagie\" which is probably what you\'re looking for? Its three meats, lettuce some kind of oil all toasted (i can\'t remember if it had cheese). I\'m not really a fan of the style however it was tastey. I looooove the meatball sub there. Personally I think its the best meatball sub I\'ve had, so hopefully the italian is considered good too.

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10. cjboffoli
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    JanS: Where are you from back East that they call it a sub? New York? In New England it is more commonly called a \"grinder\" and I think \"hoagie\" is more south in Pennsylvania. Of course in my family it was always just a \"sangwich.\"

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11. JanS
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    Christopher, I grew up about 60 miles northwest of Philly in Reading, PA.I remember seeing the term sub in a lot of places...but they were locally called, and it wasn\'t a derogatory term, \"wop jobs\"...definitely not PC now - lol. Just another name for an Italian sandwich. The sandwich shop that we went to the most when I was a kid is still there, same location, same wonderful sandwiches, especially their steak sandwich..we never ate it with cheese...but smothered in grilled onions and the best spicy red sauce ever. I left there in 1965...and they haven\'t changed one bit...amazing..took my daughter back there so she could have one.

    My sister lived in western MA, and they were grinders there.....and yeah, I guess hoagies are a local PA term, too.

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12. mutha
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    JanS, would that be Screpsie\'s or V&S? I grew up in Reading too. :)

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13. cjboffoli
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    JanS: OMG, WOP job? That\'s too funny. Any Dago or Guinea specials :-) Back in Boston I remember a particular favorite grind-AH that was made out of half a loaf of Italian bread. They\'d scoop out some of the bread and layer it with salami, morta-DELL, gabba-GOAL, thinly sliced provolone, roasted red peppers, onions, oil/vinegar, and some oregano. Ma don that was a sangwich!

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14. Sue
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    I grew up calling them a \"hero\" in NYC. Going back in August and that\'s on my short list of things to stuff myself with, right after the pastrami on rye with a knish. :)

    I always preferred a hot hero though: either chicken/veal parmagian with extra cheese, or potato (or peppers) and egg. And ain\'t nobody scooping out any of that italian bread on my hero. :)

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15. mellaw6565
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    Speaking of East Coast - does anyone know where to get an authentic Knish?

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16. Sue
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    mellaw, I found this online - haven\'t checked any of these places myself: http://seattle.metblogs.com/2007/06/04/if-i-were-a-knish-where-would-i-be/

    I\'ve toyed with the idea of just ordering a $50 minimum order from gabilas.com (which is about 36 knishes) - I\'ve got a large freezer, but am kinda afraid of what 2-day air shipping is from NY. :)

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17. JanS
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    mutha...WOW..Screpsie\'s...in the morning before school, for a cherry coke and a cig...lolol. I grew up in East Reading...the shop I\'m talking aobut is Tack\'s Sandwich Shop at 16th and Cotton St...wow, small world..

    Christopher...can we have them send some? Please? :)
    and it\'s gotta be oil and vinegar..none of that mayo/mustard stuff on mine, please :)

    Sue, mellaw...wonder if these people might know where to get a good knish....and a little noodle pudding :)

    http://www.seattlevaad.org/Establishment_Directory.html

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18. JanS
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    ok..now I\'m hungry...

    mutha...when did you leave Reading? my folks (83 and 84) are still there. I\'d love to compare notes with you sometime...

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19. JanS
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    Sue...if you look on the soup menu page at this place in Fremont, it says they have knishes...bottom right corner...don\'t know if they\'re good or not...

    https://pastramisandwich.com/index.html

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20. JanS
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    and I\'ve read that the knishes here are really good...

    LEAH\'S, 2114 NE 65th St in Ravenna, 985-2647.

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21. Bikefor1
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    Goldberg\'s famous delicatessen just opened up in Factoria Mall. They have knishes. Seems like a chain to me.

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22. cjboffoli
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    Sue: How could I forget adding \"heroes\" to the list?! And in certain parts of the South they call them \"po boys\" too.

    mellaW6565: Yonah Schimmel\'s on East Houston Street in NYC has the best knishes I have ever had, bar none. It is also apparently where Barbra Streisand gets her knishes while she\'s in town. The place is a New York institution (only blocks away from Katz\'s Deli where they make the best corned beef sandwiches in NYC). Schimmel\'s does mail order. But the minimums are kinda big. Maybe you can go in with someone else. http://knishery.com/main.htm

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23. GenHillOne
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    Christopher, the link is tempting me to try. But for a knish newbie, can someone clarify...do they all have potato filling? (don\'t get me wrong, mashed potato junkie here) - so if it says \"mushroom\" does it have mushroom and potato inside?

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24. mellaw6565
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    Knish update - I went by Leah\'s this afternoon (my taste buds having been stimulated by all this talk) and low & behold they have paper up over their windows and didn\'t look open! Anybody know wassup?

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25. hopey
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    Goldberg\'s has actually been open for a couple of years -- since 2005 I think. It is not a chain although I agree it has that look.
    http://www.goldbergsdeli.com/ourStory.html

    Before WS, I lived in Bellevue not too far from Factoria, and would eat there about once a month. The last time we were in there (maybe 3 mos ago?) they seemed to have undergone a management change. The food is pretty good, but since I\'m not from the East Coast I can\'t vouch for their \"Jewish deli\" authenticity.

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26. cjboffoli
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    GenHillOne: You have the right idea. But the center has a slightly denser texture than mashed potatoes. And there is a lovely, delicate golden crust on the outside of it. I\'m obviously goyim and not privy to the secrets of how they make them but the crust part seems to be more than just potatoes. It is almost as if they mix a tiny bit of flour or something into the potatoes. But they\'re not dry. They have a moist, buttery goodness. Any meshpucha out there care to share their knish-making secrets?

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27. GenHillOne
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    Sold! And it looks like you can choose a variety on that website, so I\'m going to sample :)

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28. Kayleigh
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    I was hoping this was a bondage thread....dang...

    Only to find that it\'s filled with words I don\'t even know, like knish and goyim.

    *hangs her head in West Coast provincial shame*

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29. JanS
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    Gen Hill One...there are also liver knishes...had to throw that in there for Kayleigh :) - made with chicken livers ...

    knish..a savory jewish pastry

    goyim...or goy...a non-jew, a gentile

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30. Kayleigh
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    OMG, liver in pastry.

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31. kestricker
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    Hey JanS and Mutha- I grew up in Reading, PA also! Weird. Actually I lived in West Lawn and graduated from Wilson HS in 1990. My Mom still lives in West Lawn and most of my family still live in the area- Pottsville, Pottstown, etc. Love V&S, go there every time I visit. In fact my aunt grew up very close to 16th and Cotton- are you familiar with the Pennypacker family?

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32. JanS
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    kestricker...wow, again...Pennypacker sounds familiar, but it\'s a pretty popular name back there. My dad was born in Pottsville, grew up in St. Clair...spent many a summer vacation there with the grandparents and cousins, etc.I went to RHS..but that\'s where one goes in the city unless you\'re Catholic.( and I won\'t say when I graduated - lol - it was wayyyy before you)

    Amazing that we all ended up in West Seattle!

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33. cjboffoli
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    Kayleigh: While this is decidedly not a bondage thread, there is definitely pleasure in these foods and great pain in not having immediate access to them.

    OK. Your friendly neighborhood \"pretentious twit\" signing off. :-)

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34. Kayleigh
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    LOL, CJ. I\'m twit enough for both of us. Just ask my ex-husband. :-)

    The (non-liver) knishes actually sound really good.

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35. JanS
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    Christopher...for what it\'s worth...here are links to two different places. I\'ve been to neither, but reviews seems to be good on Yelp, etc.

    http://www.phillysteakshop.com/pages/1/index.htm

    http://www.jerseymikes.com/default.asp

    I\'ve always meant to go to Philly Fevre, just never get there...and the other is a chain..3 locations around here - Kent, Redmond, and Shoreline...

    should we let Mikey do it? lol...

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