While we waited, we enjoyed the bright beautiful café, with sunlight streaming in, and the scents of cut lavender and freshly-baked bread. When my companion and I stopped by Saving Thyme this week, all seven tables and bar seating were full, but space opened up quickly. I tend to think of sandwiches as a grab and go option. The catering company and patisserie is small in terms of both menu and physical space, but mighty and the bread plays a big part.
Perhaps no one understands this better than Saving Thyme. If you don't have a strong bread game, you have nothing. This is one of the best NY Deli’s I’ve had in San Francisco.The bread, drumbeat of a sandwich, holds everything together. I must say this place provides hearty sandwiches for a fair price: you definitely get what you pay for, and more. Looking for a meaty, classic sandwich? Miller’s East Coast Delicatessen is here for your calling. However I must say the pastrami will rank number one above all else! Miller’s top two favorite meats combined into one sandwich is a definitely a recommended sandwich if you want to try their most popular items. While the thickness of the Dutch crunch made it harder to enjoy the sandwich, their corned beef was delicious. For me, I thought the Dutch crunch was far too thick to be accompanied with The Chief– I would’ve preferred using breads such as rye which would complement the meats better.
My friend told me he only ordered it because he didn’t expect so much meat, and he would order Dutch crunch in other delis because it was more filling when deli’s skimp on the meats. The Chief was massive! I didn’t think my friend should’ve ordered the Dutch crunch, only because plentiful meat was packed into the sandwich already. The macaroni salad that accompanied my sandwich was a bit too watery for my taste. The meat was moist and tender and the Russian dressing was delish! It provided a delightfully tangy taste to my sandwich. However, I was able to eat the sandwich easily without a constant tug-or-war battle. My biggest problem with sandwiches? I dislike it when I bite into a sandwich without fully biting away the meat because it is too rubbery or thick. The sauerkraut and the cheese did not overwhelm the pastrami at all, and the edges of the pastrami that were coated with seasonings enhanced the overall flavor of the sandwich. The sandwich was served at the right temperature warm but not too hot to eat. The slices of meat were not too thick so the sandwich could be layered generously. I loved the layers upon layers of pastrami stacked on top of each other in between two slices of toasted marble rye bread. The portions are massive! My friend and I swapped half of our sandwiches so that we would be able to try both. The wait took less than 10 minutes to prepare our orders.
Each sandwich is accompanied with a choice of macaroni salad, potato salad, or coleslaw. My friend ordered their combo sandwich, The Chief, with a combination of pastrami, corned beef, coleslaw, and Russian dressing. I asked for marble rye because it is one of my much loved breads which is not served often anymore. The Rachel is under Miller’s Reuben-O-Rama: grilled, on rye with Swiss cheese, sauerkraut and Russian dressing. I scanned the room to see what others were eating, but I already knew what I wanted to get–their Rachel.
There wasn’t a wait at 1:45 pm on a Monday, but there were plenty of customers flowing in and out, and many seated, delightfully enjoying their sandwiches. The menu is massive–stretching five pages long ranging from appetizers to toasted hoagies to seafood and benedicts. Signs like “You name the sandwich, we’ll build it” and “Good foods served right” already have my mouth watering. The narrow walkway opens into a spacious dining area, where black and white cartoon panels reminiscent of 1940’s ads line the walls. Huge slabs of marbled roast beef with pink centers and packed fillets of smoked salmon sit behind a glass display in front of the industrial slicing machine where they freshly slice pastrami to prepare their famous sandwiches. Miller’s East Coast Delicatessen, a deli with a narrow storefront, can often be overlooked among the many hidden gems tucked away on Polk Street.
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