Yesterday morning I got up at the asscrack of dawn after sending a wonderful friend off to California with copious amounts of alcohol. I felt like shit and seriously wanted to watch cartoons but a friend was coming over to help Mr. Joneser change up our electrical...stuff?...and my job was to stay the hell out of the way and provide snacks. My hangover begged for grease, my wallet (which was weak from a massive Home Depot excursion) asked me to be nice, and those hardworking boys needed substance.
I turned to Best Baguette, on Powell just above 82nd. People kind of freak out about crossing 82nd, but quit being such fucking babies and get yourselves some delicious and CHEAP food. Best Baguette's thing is vietnamese sandwiches. I like the vegetarian, which consists of fried tofu, some noodles, shredded vegetables, and a shitload of cilantro and jalapenos on crunchy, fresh french bread. I hear the pork is also bomb.
And tell me this, you trendy eaters: where else in this fucking town can you get not 2, not 3, not even 4, but 5 large and awesome sandwiches for $14.55? You can't tell me where, because there is no other place.
I was there for takeout at about 10:45am, and the place was packed with Vietnamese families. It made me happy. I'm so into diversity, I thought to myself, and gave myself a progressive liberal pat on the back. Then I packed my tummy with salty grease and diet coke, and told that hungover to fuck the fuck off. And it did.
You should go there some time.