Brookline: New Sandwich Shack
by Holly • March 23, 2011 • Meat/Poultry, Uncategorized, restaurant review • 0 Comments
Watching Phantom Gourmet on weekend mornings can be hit or miss, this past weekend it was a total hit because it featured sandwich places. Since my man crow and I didn’t have any plans that afternoon we made it our mission to try out one of the shops featured on the episode. The place that offered the biggest drool factor and just so happened to be the closest was called Cutty’s in Brookline Village. What intrigued us about Cutty’s was the fact that they sold sandwiches with interesting flavor combinations in a very casual setting at a reasonable price. I didn’t want to use the word “gourmet” or “upscale” because sometimes those terms turn people off but what I mean by interesting flavor combinations are items such as: fennel salami, egg salad with radish, saffron yogurt, aka things you don’t find at your average sandwich shack.
This place is on the small side and has limited seating so in the future I would get my sandwich to go and eat it at Olmsted Park, weather depending of course. Our first visit we were lucky to snag a seat and also lucky to go on a Saturday because its the only day of the week that they offer their two slow roasted pork sammies. I chose the one with pork, sauteed broccoli rabe and sharp provolone on a toasted sesame seed roll which surprisingly did not need any condiments. I think it was because the broccoli rabe was sauteed in garlic and some of those juices carried over as well as the sharpness of the provolone. My man crow went for the roast beef which he raved about, I would have tried a bite except for the fact that I’m anti 1000 islands dressing. Here’s a picture of our sandwiches, it didn’t come out that great because we were too anxious to mow down!
