Gandolfo's New York Deli: Good Food But Oy! The Price....

Gandolfo's is a nationwide franchise chain, but I think there are only two in Indy, the one at US31 and Smith Valley Road in Greenwood which we went to, and one at 235 S. Delaware Street on the south side of downtown Indy, next to the Hotel Alexander.  When you walk in, there is a HUMONGOUS menu board that lists all different kinds of items and which doesn't even cover all the things they offer.  It looks like you can get various types of half sandwich for $5 to $8, but the New York Favorites (like the Rueben that The Little Woman had, and the Pastrami on Rye I wanted) only come as whole sandwiches, both of which were like $11.99 (which includes a pickle spear, oh boy!)  For $2.79 more you can make your sandwich a combo, which includes a deli salad or soup or bag of chips, and a medium drink with free refills.  When I asked what a deli salad was, she said I should look in the glass-front refrigerator case, so I pointed to a cucumber & onion salad, while TLW sensibly chose New Potato Salad.

The Reuben was big (although not Shapiro's big) and it was GREAT, except is seemed a bit greasy, since it was heated so much that the corned beef was sweating.  My Pastrami on Rye was also big and tasty, though it did not match the Reuben for flavor.  My cucumber & onion salad was very good, but it was a very small serving, and it was a little sweet for my taste.  Her new potato salad was also very small but well made, though it needed seasoning.  I liked it, for the most part, and I would eat there again, maybe after we get our income tax refund, so we don't have to work out a payment plan....

Another Broken Egg: A Gourmet Breakfast

Another Broken Egg, in a strip mall (where else?) at 9425 N. Meridian Street, is, sadly, not on the South side.  If it was, you might not be able to get into the place for the line.  I swear it seems like the South side is largely ignored by independent restaurateurs.  Perhaps they are unwilling to challenge the chains which seem to dominate the landscape.  Actually, I'm not certain that Another Broken Egg isn't also a franchise, come to think of it, but if it is, we need one down here.

The place is only a little pretentious, with a coffee bar that serves lattes and such, but the rest of it is modern and not ostentatious.  The menu varies from moderate to upscale dishes, like $3.99 to $15.99, and they are all variations of classics, like City Grits and an Herb-infused Bloody Mary (alcohol, oh yeah!).  The Little Woman and I split the Lobster Omelet Plate ($14.99) which was big enough for both of us to feel stuffed upon completion.  It had more lobster crumbles in it than I would have expected, even given the stiff price, and it was deeeeeelicious!  It also included a boatload of perfectly-cooked home fries.  There was nothing not to like, except that it's all the way up at freakin' 96th & Meridian!