Eisenberg's Sandwich Shop

I'm very fond of egg creams, especially Eisenberg's briskly stirred rendition ($1.75), but their soda-and-syrup cherry lime rickey (shown; $1.75) gets equally personal attention from the counterman. It's also stands up far better against the hot pastrami on soft rye ($7.50) — not overstuffed, but well-filled with tender strips of meat, sided with sour pickles, and dressed with mustard scooped from Eisenberg's standard condiment server, a coffee cup.

Eisenberg's Sandwich Shop
174 Fifth Ave. (22nd-23rd Sts.)
212-675-5096