Sandy's is a neighborhood restaurant on Haight Street serving muffulettas and other comfort food, with roots in New Orleans cooking filtered through its own take on the format. The signature item comes in two versions — a meaty original and a mushroom — built on sesame bread specially made by Firebrand Artisan Breads in Oakland. Duke's mayo goes on in place of the more traditional approach, and a spicy, fermented olive spread does a lot of the work underneath.
It reads as a sandwich shop but functions as something closer to a community spot, with a regular following built around the muffuletta and a friendly, low-key service style. The food leans rich and heavy, the kind of place people return to for the same order.
It reads as a sandwich shop but functions as something closer to a community spot, with a regular following built around the muffuletta and a friendly, low-key service style. The food leans rich and heavy, the kind of place people return to for the same order.