Art's Postmortem

OK... I may have set Art's up for failure. "The Howie" might be a little out of their wheelhouse.

Art's is a great deli, but as far as caramelized onions go, they leave something to be desired. The woman taking my order told me that she'd never even heard of a caramelized onion. And they didn't have gorgonzola on hand, so we made do with blue cheese. And even though I asked them to grill it, like they do the Patty Melts and Reubens, they didn't.

(Reuben, by the way, is my model in this sandwich endeavor. I want you to be able to walk into any restaurant in the world and order "A Howie" and have the waitress know exactly what you want.)

So with all that said... The Howie's first outing was a ROARING SUCCESS. Even in the face of careless To Go orders, it was delicious. Though with the uproar in the kitchen it caused over whether a grilled onion was the same as a caramelized, and the argument between line cooks as to bleu cheese dressing versus bleu cheese crumbles, the waitress was too annoyed to consider putting The Howie on the menu full time.

Next time, I might ask for the manager.