Candy is great. Nobody is saying candy isnt wonderful. Settle down. But while sweet treats are the norm for Halloween, there is another ghoulish gastronomic delight that is frightfully tasty. The Sand Witches (sometimes misspelled as sandwiches) are a bunch of sorceresses who can concoct amazing bread-based meals you can carry with you. Magic!
by Greg Elwell,
photos by Mark Hancock
and Garett Fisbeck
The Sandwich Club
3703 N. Western Ave.
525-0799
Alan and Isaac are weird guys. For one thing, theyre obsessed with the 1980s. For another, they quit working in the go-nowhere tech industry to make the big bucks in Oklahoma Citys burgeoning sandwich market. One of their signature dishes is the Bib Fortuna, which brings together a dream team of fixings with tuna, bacon, cheddar, avocado and mayo. And just like its creators, this sandwich is a wonderful addition to OKC.
City Bites
3939 N. MacArthur Blvd.
495-3444
Laverne: What if we remind people what a turkey sounds like when its alive while theyre eating a sandwich made of a turkey?
Dave: I dont think people would wa
Laverne: Well call it the Garden Gobbler!
Dave: [audible sigh]
And thats how a turkey, provolone, vegetable and ranch sandwich was born.
Kamps 1910 Café
10 NE 10th St.
230-1910
In Havana, its illegal to leave the word sandwich off the term Cuban sandwich after a series of cannibal-related incidents. Luckily, when you go to Kamps 1910 Café and say, Id like to devour a Cuban, they just make you a delicious Smokestack Cuban sandwich piled high with pulled pork, ham, Swiss cheese and mustard instead of tackling you to the ground while the police are called.
Shawarma Vite
1129 Elm Ave., Norman
329-1401
There is a secret anti-chickpea organization quietly working behind the scenes to sully the name of garbanzo beans everywhere. Why else would the extremely delicious fried mashed chickpea ball be called falafel? That rhymes with awful! And there is nothing awful about the Shawarma Vite falafel sandwich, unless you count that feeling you get when you realize youve taken the last bite and the falafel is gone.
Penny Hill Deli & Subs
1424 W. Lindsey St., Norman
217-8339
Whoever invented egg salad is a hero. Not a gyro; a hero. He or she was likely a farmer raising chickens and lettuce when the drought came. Suddenly, the lettuce crop was gone. No romaine. No baby kale. No iceberg. But everybody still wanted salad. They demanded it. And he or she, like the wise folks at Penny Hill Deli, decided to use what was available delicious eggs and create a salad so tasty it could make the gods weep.
Hobbys Hoagies
222 S. Santa Fe Ave., Edmond
348-2214
If you havent eaten a cheesesteak, here is a short quiz for you:
Are you a) a vegetarian, b) allergic to happiness (aka cheese) or c) a cow?
If none of those are applicable, you have no excuse for avoiding one of the finest foods on this earth, the Hobbys Hoagies Philly cheesesteak. It has beef, it has cheese, it has a tangy mix of chopped cherry peppers its perfection in an Italian roll.
Quoc Bao Bakery
2501 N. Classen Blvd.
760-6322
Ban me?! What did I do? Im just a guy who wants a delicious Vietnamese sandwich on a freshly baked baguette, maybe with some roast pork and jalapeños and carrots! What kind of a world do we live in where you get kicked out of a restaurant for requesting a sandwich? ... Oh. You said Bánh mì, not ban me. Sorry. Yes, Ill take one of those, please. And what do you mean I need to put on some pants first?