Grahamwich

Grahamwich is a sandwich shop opened by chef Graham Elliot located at 615 N State Street in Chicago.  Graham Elliot also owns a high end restaurant just a few blocks away and is known from his appearances on Top Chef Masters and Masterchef.  (side note: we almost went to eat at the higher end restaurant back over a year ago. But we would have been going there right after a Cub's game so we decided to go somewhere more casual instead.  Well that night President Obama dined at Graham Elliot so it would have been a zoo.)

We ordered 2 different sandwiches - the Italian grinder and the grilled cheese.  The grinder had salami, mortadella, capacollo and provolone cheese. It was a fresher higher end ingredient sandwich than just a Subway club. The grilled cheese had Wisconsin cheddar and cheese curds along with a tomato marmalade.  The cheese was oozing and very satisfying. The tomato marmalade made it a little more unique. We also ordered a side of popcorn - it was an amazing combo of popcorn, Parmesan cheese, chopped chives, sea salt and truffle oil.  Too bad movie popcorn can't be like this.

We would have liked to try to ice cream also but as we were there close to closing time, the employees were already cleaning the ice cream machine.  The 2 flavors offered were vanilla ice cream with nutella, caramelized bananas and marshmallow fluff and cinnamon ice cream with roasted apples, salted caramel and pie crust. They  both sounded amazing but maybe we can re-create something at home with those flavors.

Final thoughts on Grahamwich:
Food-a nice sandwich shop if you are in the area for lunch or an early dinner; not like the typical Subway or Potbelly
Service-very good but we were there at a slow time right before they closed
Atmosphere-cute, hip location, seating is just one big communal table