PUBLICOLA: Grinders Hot Sands
Amid the strip-mall wastes of north Aurora sits this tidy shrine to great live music and perfect sandwiches. Though the meatball and cheesesteak have their defenders, the Ciabatta best exemplifies classic grinder greatness: stacks of hot capicola, Genoa salami, mortadella, and house-roasted pork loin mortared with artichoke aioli, caramelized onions, and beguilingly sweet roasted tomatoes. All on ciabatta bread that holds up to this excess better than you might. 19811 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline, 206-542-0627; grindersshoreline.com
Barb and I agree!