Brown Bag Sandwich Co.: White tablecloth standards keep sandwich shop a chop above the rest

"Eleven Madison is an incredible restaurant, but it is a three Michelin star fine dining restaurant, it's not accessible to everybody. When we opened Brown Bag, our intention was to keep the price point as low as we possibly could, while still making everything in house and using whole ingredients."

"Brown Bag was created as an accessible, neighborhood focused, fast casual restaurant, the kind of place where you can grab a sandwich, eat at the counter or take it to go. Its roots come from the chef's earliest days cooking with family."

"We're handpicking some of our favorite sandwiches throughout New York City and consolidating them onto one menu. We want to have the best ingredient possible going into that sandwich, and one way to do that is to do it yourself."

Brown Bag Sandwich Co., founded by chef Antonio Barbieri, operates as an accessible fast-casual restaurant in Manhattan's Flatiron neighborhood. Barbieri's culinary background includes working at the prestigious Eleven Madison Park until 2020. Recognizing that fine dining remains inaccessible to most people, he created Brown Bag with the mission to maintain low prices while making everything in-house using quality whole ingredients. The restaurant curates classic New York sandwiches, consolidating favorite recipes from across the city onto one menu. The establishment prioritizes ingredient quality and handmade preparation, offering options like their signature chopped cheese.

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