Nestled in a little eclectic area of St. Louis called the Grove is a place called The Gramophone. About a year ago, The Gramophone closed its doors as a concert venue, remodeled, and reopened as a tavern and sandwich shop. They specialize in premium subs and an extensive drink list, but what jumped out at me while scrolling through Yelp food pics was this concoction referred to as the "Bloody Island".
It's not your typical "sit down and be served" style service. Everything is ordered at the bar. Rickey and I grabbed a table, debated between a few delicious sounding sandwiches, and made our final decisions. He went with the Reuben while I decided on the Cold Smoked Salmon. Still unsure of this whole bloody sandwich thingy, I asked the super friendly bartender about it. He said, "It's called the 'Bloody Island' and you choose half of any sandwich that you want served on top of a Bloody Mary." SOLD! Cold Smoked Salmon Bloody Island it was. While we waited, I felt like a little kid in a candy shop...or, er...sandwich shop. The anticipation of this Bloody Island was killing me. There was a pool table, pinball, old school arcade games, fun stuff. Also, since it was a Saturday, there was an acoustic set playing which was quite enjoyable for a little weekend day outing.
THEN THE BLOODY ISLAND APPEARED:
Garnishes on point and no idea about a plan of attack.
One hell of a bloody sandwich island paradise, if ya ask me.
Since we're all about supporting local, and St. Louis is filled with macro breweries, micro breweries, basically all sorts of places with thirst quenching beers flowing at all times, I thought this Drink Local wall art using the Arch as the draft was so clever! Nice supporting local touch!
Although I didn't snap a pic of Rickey's Reuben, he mentioned that it was one of the best sandwiches he's had, washed down with a Civil Life Brown Ale as you can see in the photo. #supportlocal
Throughout the neighborhood of the Grove, coffee shops, hair salons, boutiques, restaurants and bars that draw a huge nightlife crowd, so while you're in the area, stay awhile and adventure around. You could also go on a mini daytime bar crawl like we did.
What are some of your favorite local sandwich shops?
No comments:
Post a Comment