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Stuffed Sandwich, San Gabriel Menu
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Restaurants: Stuffed Sandwich
Where: 1145 E. Las Tunas Dr., San Gabriel
Phone: (626) 285-9161
Reservations: Not required
Cocktails: Beer and Wine
Service: Counter service
Atmosphere: Casual
Outdoor Dining: Yes
Credit Cards: MC, Visa, Debit Cards (with
Visa or MC logo only)
Kid’s Menu: No, but kid friendly items on
menu
Senior Discount: No
Hours: 11am to 8pm Tuesday - Saturday
Food to Go: Yes
Catering Menu: Yes
Price Range: $1.50 - $10.75, avg. $4.50 -
$7.50 |
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Sam
the beerkeeper |
There's always a beer of the week |
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Different holiday beers they are carrying |
Good
place to buy a Christmas gift |
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They
have the BIG bottles, too |
They
also have wine |
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The
Holiday sampler package |
1/2 a
BLT and a cup of chowder |
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1/2 a
beef dip, and an order of curly fries |
1/2 a
meatball sandwich, a side of garlic bread, and ribs |
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Two
1/2 pastrami sandwiches |
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DOT COM DINING
A Look At San
Gabriel Valley Restaurants by SanGabrielValleyMenus.com
Stuffed Sandwich Open Full Time Again, Stop by for a Beer, Any Beer. No,
Really, ANY Beer
By Bill Coburn
Sam and
Marlene Samaniego opened the Stuffed Sandwich in 1976, and moved to their
current location on Las Tunas in San Gabriel in 2003. Recently health problems
have caused them to close down for a while, and then open part time only, but
Sam and Marlene want you to know that
they are once again open full time.
When they first opened,
brewpubs weren’t legal, so they decided to specialize in imported beers. They
began with 35 beers from around the world. It went so well that Sam decided to
go for a selection of 100 beers. Well, it just went on from there. They now
sell over 700 bottled beers from 40 different countries, specializing in Belgian
Ales (more than 130) and American crafted "Micro" brewed beers. And that’s just
what they keep on hand. If you want a particular beer, and demonstrate an
appreciation for quality beers, Sam might break into his private stock of about
700 other beers, if the one you are looking for is in it.
Both Sam and Marlene had previously worked for beer distributors, and between
the two of them, they have more than 50 years of experience in the beer
industry. They are both extremely knowledgeable of their beers and if you are
willing to learn they are willing to teach you. But, be warned, if you are a
newcomer to the shop, it may take five minutes to get your first beer, if you
ask Sam for a suggestion. He'll ask you a few questions just to see where you
are as to your taste buds, what styles you are used to drinking, what you have
enjoyed, etc. and then he'll choose a beer for you. And he knows his beer, he’s
tried more than 15,000 types of beer.
They have 7
beers on tap at all times which are always rotated. A wonderful variety of beers
are now available on draft. When a keg empties they put on a different style
each time. (Lagers, Porters, Stouts, Ales, Weizen, Barley Wine, Seasonals). They
always have a bottled "Beer of the week" special on sale. It changes every week.
Now you might
think that with all the emphasis on beer, the food could be lacking. Well
that’s not the case. We tried the beef dip, the BLT with guacamole, the
meatball sandwich, the curly fries, and the pork ribs and roll dinner. All were
delicious. The rolls were incredible, soft and delicious. The Beef Dip roll
blew me away, it was so melt in your mouth kind of good, and the lean roast beef
was tasty and plentiful. The meatball sandwich (ordered with provolone) had
lots of delicious meatballs, but plan on using a fork. There was lots of sauce
on it, and it really couldn’t be picked up and eaten. The sauce was very well
seasoned, plenty of garlic, good stuff all the way around. The curly fries
order was huge. The BLT wasn’t one of those three slices of bacon and what more
do you want sandwiches. There was a lot of bacon on this sandwich. It was
Katie’s, and I didn’t pull it apart on her to see how much bacon there was, but
it was a lot.
The pork ribs
were falling off the bone tender, and very meaty. Now I have to admit, I prefer
light sauce on my ribs. This plate came with so much sauce, that I could have
been happy with just what was picked up with the ribs, and what was left on the
plate could have probably filled a 4 oz. container, maybe even a 6 oz.
container. But even though there was far more sauce than I usually like on my
ribs, I enjoyed these ribs, because it was a good tasting sauce, not too light
or heavy, not too smoky, not too vinegary. Really good, and I’d order it again.
FYI – I
ordered the current beer sampler, which featured 5 holiday beers from Anchor
Steam (each year, they add different spices to their holiday beer, for a
distinctive taste) and two celebration offerings from Sierra Nevada. These are
the seven beers that are currently on tap, and while they were a little heavier
than beers I usually drink (I’m a Bud man, as a rule), it was a fun experience
to try several different beers, all designed by the brewers as holiday beers.
Sam periodically holds beer
tastings, for his regular customers, and you pretty much have to show a
knowledge of, or actually, an appreciation for, beers to be invited to one of
these events. People come from miles around to not only try the beers at
Stuffed Sandwich, but just to learn from the masters. If you’re a “hophead”,
you might want to stop in and say hi.
You can find their menu,
including a printable list of the 700+ bears availableon the premises, by
visiting the Stuffed Sandwich web page on the San Gabriel Valley Menus website,
at
www.sangabrielvalleymenus.com/stuffedsandwich.
Bill Coburn is owner of SanGabrielValleyMenus.com, a
restaurant website featuring dozens of restaurant’s menus, as well as
downloadable coupons. He has nearly 20 years experience in the restaurant
business, and has been eating for much longer than that. |
