Torrisi Italian Specialties

When you're talking sandwiches, how do you say "glass half-full"?

The question arose midway through a superb chicken parmesan hero ($10) sporting strikingly fresh basil. (Many places don't bother with basil at all.) "Glass half-empty" prompted "parm half-eaten," but for what remained on the plate, a felicitous phrase proved elusive. The observation that did come to mind, when I picked up where I'd left off, was "chicken, still crispy."

Previously: a plump Italian combo ($10). Props, also, to any curator of homegrown products who stacks cans of Schaefer in the window. Call for one of those, and for extra peppers on your sandwich, and you'll be sitting pretty.

Torrisi Italian Specialties
250 Mulberry St. (Prince-Spring Sts.)
212-965-0955
www.PigInAHat.com

Comments

[goodtimeguy]

By Far, without no rival, AliDoro on Thompson is the king of Italian Subs in the greater SoHo- (super) little Italy...
This isn't the Bensonhurst bomber, this is 3 different choices of bread, including homemade foccacia, only classic italian style, artichoke hearts, peppery arugula, sweet peppers, scamorza, and then great imported meats, with only 6-7 toppings total to utilize, ( they offer 10-12 killer combos) Try the Matthew- these are not the mayo/mustard shredded lettuce type! these things are as a big as your head!

[Dave Cook]

Thanks for the word, goodtimeguy. I'll give it a tryout soon, before the lunchtime rush, though it seems I'll need to visit 105 Sullivan St., not Thompson, to do so.