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VEGETARIAN DELIGHTS OF NYC: PRESS 195'S NO. 12
BY
REBECCA
MARX OF
THE
VILLAGE
VOICE
June 22, 2010
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Press
195 has
been a
Park
Slope
standby
for
years,
and its
extensive
menu of
sandwiches
is a
veritable
garden
of
vegetarian
delights.
Case in
point:
the
specimen
pictured
above.
What
you're
looking
at is
the No.
12, an
enjoyable
mess of
fontina,
provolone,
sun-dried
tomatoes,
artichoke
hearts,
and
black
bean
hummus.
It's all
squashed
between
fat
slabs of
ciabatta,
and
hot-pressed
until it
reaches
optimum
gooeyness.
While
artichoke
hearts,
sun-dried
tomatoes,
and
cheese
is
hardly a
novel
combination
--
particularly
for
anyone
familiar
with the
vegetarian
playbook
used by
most
restaurants
-- the
black
bean
hummus
gives
unexpected
dimension
to the
sandwich,
balancing
the
salty
insistence
of the
tomatoes
and
artichokes
with a
warm,
Earth
Mother-ish
depth.
The
chief
contribution
of the
melted
cheese
is,
well,
melted
cheese,
which is
never a
bad
thing,
particularly
when
there's
plenty
(but not
too
much) of
it. And
most
importantly,
all of
the
ingredients
are
layered
equally
throughout
the
sandwich,
a small
but
crucial
detail
that
eludes a
surprising
number
of
sandwich
purveyors.
Taken
together,
the sum
of the
No. 12's
parts --
including
the
terrifically
crunchy-but-soft
bread --
adds up
to a
meal
that is
both
satisfying
and, at
$8.50,
relatively
inexpensive.
And the
gratis
side of
pickles,
while a
little
on the
sweet
side,
makes a
refreshing
accompaniment
to the
onslaught
of the
cheese,
salt,
and
beans.
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