The Outer Borough Deli in Maplewood

I had the Philly Roasted Pork sandwich at The Outer Borough Deli in Maplewood. INCREDIBLE SANDWICH. 

This has been a public service announcement.

New York City, Philadelphia.  The grass is always greener.  What other place are they going to emulate next?  Maplewood, New Jersey might be a suggestion.

mrmaplewood said:

New York City, Philadelphia.  The grass is always greener.  What other place are they going to emulate next?  Maplewood, New Jersey might be a suggestion.

Why would any merchant think that referencing a product to a country hick town would attract customers?

This is where we are, not outer boroughs.  We have restaurants here that can beat the pants off most outer borough restaurants.

The outer boroughs are Brooklyn, [the] Bronx, Queens, and sometimes Staten Island.  Plenty of great restaurants there.

mrmaplewood said:

This is where we are, not outer boroughs.  We have restaurants here that can beat the pants off most outer borough restaurants.

We have a sushi place on Maplewood Ave called Mt Fuji, but luckily we have other sushi places in the area that can beat the pants off most sushi places at Mt Fuji.

joan_crystal said:

The outer boroughs are Brooklyn, [the] Bronx, Queens, and sometimes Staten Island.  Plenty of great restaurants there.

There's plenty of great restaurants around here that are named after other places. Saigon Cafe, Mt. Fuji, Roman Gourmet, New Great Wall, Manny's Texas Weiners...

A true sign of the angry old man syndrome.  Someone starts a thread to recommend a good restaurant and it has to be argued about.  MOL is not aging gracefully.

I held my tongue over Philly “Roasted” Pork sandwich and the lily-gilding of Italian long hots, but am looking forward to putting the taste buds and Soul29’s recommendation to more constructive use one day this week.

DaveSchmidt said:

I held my tongue over Philly “Roasted” Pork sandwich and the lily-gilding of Italian long hots, but am looking forward to putting the taste buds and Soul29’s recommendation to more constructive use one day this week.

The Cheeseteak does not have the word "Philly" in it. The Amalfi is an immigrant. Maybe mrmaplewood needs to stick to the The Garden State and The Asbury. Stay away from the Big Montana and have The Soprano instead. The Chopped Turkey Wrap does sound vaguely Middle-Eastern, so I can't recommend it. After all, this is where we are, not Istanbul (Not Constantinople.)

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DanDietrich said:

A true sign of the angry old man syndrome.  Someone starts a thread to recommend a good restaurant and it has to be argued about.  MOL is not aging gracefully.

Actually I think it is - fewer direct attacks and name calling (from WAY back) IMHO

I don't recall a anyone complaining about Maplewood being nicknamed Brooklyn West.

Is it just my home network or does Outerborough's website seem to crap out around lunch time everyday?

https://www.outerboroughdeli.com/

lanky said:

Is it just my home network or does Outerborough's website seem to crap out around lunch time everyday?

https://www.outerboroughdeli.com/

It's working for me at the moment - has anyone tried their Reuben?

lanky said:

Is it just my home network or does Outerborough's website seem to crap out around lunch time everyday?

https://www.outerboroughdeli.com/

I was having problems today, too, so I just ordered when I got there.

Outer Borough’s Philly roast pork is a substantial sandwich. The roll, often a weak link, holds up nicely. Unlike the Philly standards (e.g. DiNic’s, John’s on Snyder, Tony Luke’s), which pull slices of pork out of trays of au jus, Outer Borough chops or pulls its pork into chunks and serves au jus on the side. I prefer slices over the sometimes dry and chewy chunks, but others may like that texture better.

The chunks also tilt the sandwich heavily toward the meat, overwhelming the rabe and provolone. Who’s going to complain about too much pork? Not me, but if there were less meat, more provolone and a correspondingly lower price, I wouldn’t complain, either.

Attended an event they catered the other day, and thought every sandwich was better than the last. I’m not a vegetarian, but a mushroom-onion-pesto-peppers-mozzeralla one was just amazing. The roast beef and cheddar rocked, too.  

Thread drift:  Another Nearby Spot

https://patch.com/new-jersey/westorange/amp/31784970/west-orange-restaurant-owner-lowers-prices-with-bold-business-move

Ok, a little offtopic of the OP (but in the vein of good grub downtown), what happened to Scratch Taco?

lanky said:

Ok, a little offtopic of the OP (but in the vein of good grub downtown), what happened to Scratch Taco?

Nevermind, just searched and found the other thread.  Hope whoever ran the hot food side resurfaces...

I am NOT okay with them charging $2.50 extra for gluten-free. I have been gluten-free for almost 25 years. Yes, gluten-free bread may be more expensive, but not $1.25 a slice more...

Another drift, anyone knows what’s going on in the old blue plate locale in south orange? Looks like it’s a Latino style restaurant but hasn’t opened in months. That spot seems jinxed or something… I see they finally redid the crosswalks and got rid of the bricks, which caused Laura to trip over and hurt herself. 

KarenMarlowe said:

I am NOT okay with them charging $2.50 extra for gluten-free. I have been gluten-free for almost 25 years. Yes, gluten-free bread may be more expensive, but not $1.25 a slice more...

It could be if you factor in food waste cost and if people rarely order the GF bread (e.g. if they buy a loaf / week and half goes bad before they can sell enough GF sandos)

ridski said:

There's plenty of great restaurants around here that are named after other places. Saigon Cafe, Mt. Fuji, Roman Gourmet, New Great Wall, Manny's Texas Weiners...

Re Manny's - If you want a Texas weiner, you'd best go there. I've never seen or heard of such a thing in Texas. (Although we did have a place called James Coney Island in Houston that was THE place for hot dogs.)