Silver Palm

We finally made it to a place we had seen on the Anthony Bourdain No Reservations Chicago Episode, Silver Palm.  We went for 2 reasons - because Anthony Bourdain loved the food (especially one of the sandwiches) and because you can eat in an old train car.

Complimentary cornbread

Inside the dining train car

We each ordered a sandwich and they were so huge that it was definitely enough food.
The Three Litte Piggy - this is the sandwich that Anthony Bourdain dubbed "The Best Sandwich in America".  Not sure about that title but it was very good - but (and this is a shocker) you have to like pork products to like this sandwich.  There is ham (lots of it), bacon and breaded pork tenderloin. The sandwich also comes with an onion ring, gruyere cheese and a fried egg on top. Now Nick doesn't like runny fried eggs so he ate his half without the egg.  But he missed out because it really served as another "sauce" for all of the pork.  The sandwich is huge so you have to smash it down a bit to get it into your mouth. There wasn't a lot of bacon but almost too much ham.  Natalie took a few slices of the ham off the sandwhich to eat it because the saltiness of the ham was overpowering everything else and she couldn't taste the pork tenderloin. But aside from that it was a great sandwich.

Three Little Piggies Sandwich with Roasted Vegetables

The other sandwich we ordered was the Shrimp Po Boy - now even though this wasn't the sandwich that supposedly this place is known for we saw one of these sandwiches go to every table that was served. In addition to the lightly fried shrimp there was tartar sauce, romaine lettuce and pickled greeen tomato all on top of a tasty bun.  This was a great sandwich and probably something we would order again in the future.
The sandwiches come with either french fries or roasted vegetables so we ordered one of each.  It was kind of different to have such indulgent sandwiches served with the relatively healthy veggies, but they were very good.

Po Boy with Fries

Final thoughts on Silver Palm:

Food - good, we were joking that we sure drove a decent way for just sandwiches but it was worth it.  (This is not saying too much because once we took a trip to Philadelphia for the weekend just to try authentic Philly Cheese Steaks).
Service - nice and casual, very polite.
Atmosphere - it was neat to eat inside of a train car, quite unique.  The food preparation actually is done at the end of the train car. The restaurant is more of a bar than anything. They don't open until 6pm and stay open until 2 or 3 in the morning.  But the food is definitely worth it.