so, today i needed to pay bills. i'm somewhat old school on this, and pay many by mail. but, i was out of stamps. this means a stroll to the post office. hmm, i double up my trip, and also eat some lunch. but what is near both my house and the post office? enter charlotte's bakery.
charlotte's isn't your traditional bakery. sure, they do cookies and cakes, but what they specialize in is fresh bread. that bread makes the perfect sandwiches. you will probably want to call ahead and order lunch because otherwise, you may have to wait in line. also, they don't open until like 10:30, so you can't stop by and get a cup of coffee and a bagel on your way to work.
today, i went with their soup and sandwich deal. i went with the half sandwich, but you can get a whole one. but, hey, you're getting 16 oz of soup so settle down there.
the soups vary, and today's was tomato. this ain't your grandma's can of campbell's . this is fresh tomato, made with locally grown vegetables. the soup is almost meaty, although it's vegetarian. you know how tomato soup can be water? not this soup. it's pulpy-ish, and very flavorful. there are bits of celery, carrots and more veggie goodiness in this soup.
the sandwich, pastrami. they serve both hot and cold pastrami sandwiches, but only the cold ones are in the soup deal. i went with the wheat sourdough (white, tomato basil were the other choices). mayo, mustard, swiss, lettuce, tomato combine with the thin sliced pastrami to delight your taste buds. my only complaint, the mustard is just some plain old yellow variety. give me some spicy brown!
finally, the bread there is great, and relatively inexpensive for sourdough. seriously, i've stopped buying sourdough at the store, which is a staple in our house. i just buy bread here.
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Yeah, their sourdough is really good.
Also, pastrami should not only be served with yellow mustard, but it should have provolone instead of swiss.
But you're selling me on the soup. If only it were raining today.
rainy days and wednesdays always get me down.
Wait...
Adam hates tomatoes but likes tomato soup?
Truly a conundrum wrapped in an enigma..
and the tomato basil bread they serve on wednesdays is fee-nominal (or at least very good). thursday and friday have good breads too (jalapeno on thrs, calamato olive on fri)
I don't hate tomatoes. I just have a strong dislike for any tomato that isn't heavily processed. =P
I love that place (mmm pannini) but I hate their hours. Understandable though, there was an article in the paper awhile back that talked about them as a family business and how they are exclusively run by family members. Pretty cool but hard to get there at the right time.
Ed how was your bike ride?
decent.
i had a flat, that i knew about, so it all started with changing out the tube. then, i didn't have the wheel on quite straight, and so it was rubbing a bit on the brake. so, i stopped across from your place and put the wheel on straight.
then, a nice little ride down broadway to the studios. it's a nice little ride, down and back. i'm trying to hit this route regularly, as well as explore about downtown a bit, looking for interesting new eateries.
okay, how have i never heard of this place? i HAVE to go there.
it's relatively new, in the last year.
Are you talking about the place in the old cookie place by Livingstones? Because unless they changed names or something, I remember buying a loaf of bread there the day we helped Tim move back to PA.
that's the place. have they been charlotte's that long?
wow, i just searched on famous and found some stuff about them as early as may 2006.
i guess it just doesn't feel that long.
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