Invariably a basil leaf is slipped between the bread.
The featured ingredient, however, is subject to timing. On my first visit eggplant parm, a hot commodity, was already 86'ed at 2:00; I secured the hero above ($11) several days later by arriving shortly before noon. By no means is it large for the price: I easily downed a second lunchtime hero shortly thereafter, elsewhere, which never would cross my mind in the wake of, say, a Valentina.
That said, the components are top-notch, especially the sauce. As also suggested by before-and-after photos of chicken parm on semolina ($8), it's finger-lickin' good.
Parm
248 Mulberry St. (Prince-Spring Sts.), Manhattan
212-993-7189
