Carry out lunch and sandwiches are a ritual in many business areas and what you get reflects the local culture. In America this means almost infinite choice and unfeasible quantities. I had been left with a new colleague to get some lunch, and this was the suggested venue. There are many choices for lunch in Jersey City if you want to carry out and I welcomed a new opportunity. They don't seem to have a web site to look at, but their menu is visible on http://www.allmenus.com/nj/jersey-city/310808-hudsons-grill/menu/ emphasizing the huge choices. I guess it is like any other sandwich shop in any busy city, but the hustle hustle atmosphere is almost scary to an Englishman, as you get the feeling that if you don't keep up with them and speak and pay in the short window of opportunity that is presented, they will just move on: there are plenty of other customers so don't spend too much time thinking.
I had 'PHILLY STYLE SANDWICH $7.50 - $8.50 Grilled roast beef with American cheese, grilled onions, lettuce and tomatoes.' and I think it cost about $8 including tax.
This is what you get
What is shown is only half of the sandwich, and truth be told, I could probably just done with half, but this is America.I think there was also a slice of gherkin which I had already eaten. You get to choose the bread from about 6 different types, and other minor variants. I suppose that if I went there often enough, I would get the hang. So was it a good sandwich? It was hot enough given the time it took to get back to HQ and there was plenty of filling. The menu as shown above is sufficiently varied that I could do this again, and the breakfast options look very interesting. Is $8 a fair price for a lunch sandwich. The queue of customers seemed to be voting with the feet for the value factor (may be time is also an issue), but even in expensive food London, I would rarely/probably never spend (based on $1.50 to a pound sterling) over £5 for even a big sandwich takeout. Lunch spends here seem to be quite high.
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