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Relish on Menaul Just West of Wyoming<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Steve Jobs, Eddie Murphy, Jessie Jackson, entire NBA rosters.\u00a0 Often missing from scandal sheets outing male celebrities who have fathered love children<\/strong><\/a> is the name of one Dagwood Bumstead.\u00a0 From all outward appearances, Bumstead is an average white collar employee and loving family man with a penchant for taking naps, luxuriating in a bubble bath and constructing and consuming tall, multi-layered, poly-ingredient sandwiches of gravity defying height topped with an olive on a toothpick.\u00a0 Appearances can be deceiving.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Gourmet Sandwich Dining Room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You’re reading it here first.\u00a0 Dagwood Bumstead’s illegitimate son is (brace yourself) Norville “Shaggy” Rogers, a lanky would-be hipster who always seems to have the munchies.\u00a0 Shaggy is a nimble contortionist with a penchant for hiding (cowering) in impossibly small places and for consuming impossibly large (Dagwood-esque) sandwiches in a single bite.\u00a0 When sandwiches aren’t available, Shaggy will often tussle with his dog Scooby-Doo for pet snacks.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Sandwich Menu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

DNA evidence hasn’t confirmed Shaggy’s paternity, but telltale (albeit circumstantial) signs seem incontrovertible.\u00a0 The most telling sign is, of course, their mutual love of food. Dagwood married a woman named\u00a0 Blondie, a name she shares with one of his favorite desserts (the non-chocolate brownie).\u00a0 He and Blondie even named one of their children Cookie for yet another of his favorite foods. \u00a0 Both Dagwood and Shaggy like bizarre food combinations.\u00a0 For Shaggy, it’s chocolate covered hot dogs and cheese pizza with pickles, while Dagwood basically just stacks any and everything he can find in the fridge between slices of bread.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Rare is a sandwich shop that doesn’t have a sandwich on its menu not named for Dagwood.\u00a0 Naturally, the Dagwood is an edible superstructure constructed from large quantities and varieties of cold cuts, cheeses, vegetables and additional slices of bread, all usually crowned with a toothpick.\u00a0 As far as I know, there aren’t any sandwiches called the “Shaggy.” The image that name conjures is probably too unappetizing for any food.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Some of the Many Awards Relish Has Earned Over the Years<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In recent years, gourmet sandwiches with high quality ingredients in creative combinations, have replaced skyscraper-sized bread and beef behemoths.\u00a0 It’s a winning concept–an award-winning concept.\u00a0 In 2004, transplanted New Yorker Johnny Orr and his partner Tony Nethery launched a fabulous fromagerie and charcuterie (that’s cheese and meat) shop with a menu of gourmet sandwiches and salads unlike any heretofore seen in the Duke City.\u00a0 They named their gourmet sandwich shop “Relish,” a name which aptly described their shop both as a verb (as in relishing the great tasting cheeses) and as a noun (as in the amazing condiments used on the sandwiches).\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Since its launch, Relish has earned every conceivable local publication’s “best of” awards in the sandwich category.\u00a0 Though it\u00a0 hasn’t featured its unique array of glorious imported and domestic gourmet cheeses and magnificent meats in years,\u00a0 Relish still serves up some of the Duke City’s very best sandwiches and salads with products from the ubiquitous Boar’s Head<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 The most popular hold-over from its days as a cheese and meat market is the mozzarella which is made fresh daily in-house.\u00a0 With a flavor reminiscent of whole-milk with a delicate tang, it’s so good Relish has a strict no-refrigeration, eat that night policy because that’s when the mozzarella is at its optimum in freshness and flavor.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Farmer’s Salad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Today, Relish is owned by Tina Bui-Burgos, a hands-on, customer oriented proprietor who recognizes that in a fickle restaurant market, an exacting balance between continuing to do what has worked well and continuously innovating and keeping things fresh is the only approach by which any eatery will survive. To the former point, Relish continues to hand-craft all sandwiches from scratch and to order using fresh, high-quality ingredients including homemade dressings and condiments that embellish and complement each sandwich.\u00a0 All sandwich orders are served with such sides as potato salad, apple slaw or pasta salad plus a pickle. The canvas for all sandwiches remains the fresh, delicious bread baked by Albuquerque’s Le Paris French Bakery<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

9 July 2022<\/strong>: To the point of keeping things fresh, Relish offers nine salads, some of which should be considered among the very best in the city and all of which are unfailingly “just picked” fresh.\u00a0 You might even happen upon a salad special.\u00a0 Such was our luck during a July, 2022 visit when a Farmer’s Salad<\/strong><\/em> (strawberries, mixed greens, grapes, craisins, blue cheese crumbles) was offered.\u00a0 It’s not every farmer who can grow and cultivate such fresh, crisp and delicious ingredients.\u00a0 It’s not every sandwich shop which has the savvy to put them all together as deliciously.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Pasta Salad and Chop Chop Salad<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It’s not just your imagination that merely changing the size of something can actually change the perceived taste.\u00a0 This is oh-so-true of the chop chop salad in which everything is chopped to a smaller size including the lettuce. This creates an opportunity to get all the ingredients of the salad in each forkful which means you actually get more flavor in every bite.\u00a0 \u00a0The harmonious convergence of ingredients in the Chop Chop salad<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 (artfully crafted of grilled chicken, haricot verts (French green beans), roasted red and yellow beets, cucumber, feta cheese, roasted red peppers, olives, artichokes, mint and grape tomatoes tossed in preserved lemon vinaigrette)make it one of the best salads in the city.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The sandwiches are more than enough to excite anyone craving a sumptuous repast and not a gut-busting sub or boring burger.\u00a0 The challenge is figuring out which sandwich to have from a menu of hot- and cold-sandwiches that offer inventiveness and excitement.\u00a0 All sandwiches have upped in price over the years, but unlike the “five dollar foot longs” at the chain leader, these will inspire return visits–many of them.\u00a0 That includes the two vegetarian friendly sandwiches–the Mozzarella Sandwich and the Mediterranean, both of which are terrific.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Muffuletta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

9 July 2022<\/strong>:\u00a0 J. Kenji Lopez, the brilliant writer for Serious Eats<\/strong><\/a> rhapsodized lyrically about the muffuletta, the classic New Orleans sandwich.\u00a0 \u00a0“Muffulettas<\/em>,” he wrote “are nothing like the super-band of the sandwich world. Sesame-crusted bread isn’t David Crosby, olive salad doesn’t compare to Stephen Stills, and a few sliced cold cuts sure as heck ain’t no Graham Nash. But like most great and simple foods, it’s the magic that happens when you combine these basic elements in a very specific way that elevates the sandwich to true greatness<\/em>.”\u00a0 Even with all the right ingredients, however, a sandwiches can’t be called a muffuletta unless it’s got the muffuletta attitude, the indefinable mardi gras spirit that bespeaks of the French Quarter and strong creole influence.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you read the caption beneath the photo above, you might be thinking “That’s not a muffuletta<\/em>!”\u00a0 Indeed, it’s wholly unlike any muffuletta we enjoyed during our eight years on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.\u00a0 Not even close!\u00a0 It would be easy to whine, complain and point out the differences, but that would detract from any enjoyment you could have from an otherwise good sandwich.\u00a0 So damn the misnomer.\u00a0 Relish’s muffuletta<\/strong> <\/em>(salami, capicola ham, pepperoni, Swiss cheese, Provolone cheese, olive tapenade on a hoagie) is a good sandwich.\u00a0 Just don’t ponder what you’re not having<\/span><\/p>\n

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Double-Decker Reuben Sandwich with Butternut Squash Tortilla Soup<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

9 July 2022<\/strong>:\u00a0 According to Thesaurus Plus<\/strong><\/a> the terms “Double-decker” and “Dagwood” are semantically related. You can use “Double-decker” instead a noun “Dagwood”. \u00a0Dagwood Bumstead would be so proud to have a layered sandwich named for him.\u00a0 Relish offers a double-decker Reuben <\/em><\/strong>which includes both pastrami and corned beef along with Swiss cheese, sauerkraut and Thousand Island dressing with a hint of horseradish on toasted marble rye bread. \u00a0The hint of horseradish is just enough to cut the dill sweetness of the Thousand Island dressing and punch it up just a bit, but not so much that it takes away from the authenticity Reuben fanatics want. The sauerkraut is indeed sour, a lip-pursing variety.\u00a0 The toasted marble rye is an excellent canvas, toasted to the exacting level just beyond that fine line between bread and toast.<\/span><\/p>\n

The most common complaint I’ve heard about Relish is that it’s overpriced.\u00a0 Sandwiches approach the ten dollar price point and aren’t necessarily the Dagwood-style skyscraper sandwiches you might expect for the money.\u00a0 What you do get is an inventive, high-quality sandwich made to order, not some copycat chain’s rendition of the all American favorite.<\/span><\/p>\n

Relish Gourmet Sandwiches<\/strong>
\n8019 Menaul, N.E.
\nAlbuquerque, New Mexico<\/strong>
\n(505) 299-0001
\nWeb Site<\/a> | Facebook Page<\/a>
\nLATEST VISIT:<\/strong> 09 July 2022
\n# OF VISITS<\/strong> 10
\nRATING<\/strong>: Very Good<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Good to very good food; generally solid; delivers consistent quality, strong technique, and a comfortable, enjoyable dining experience
\nCOST<\/strong>: $$
\nBEST BET<\/strong>: Cubano, Muffaletta, Double-Decker Reuben, Endive Salad, Chop Chop Salad, Mozzarella, The Mediterranean, Chocolate Sandwich, Bread Pudding, Spicy Italiano, Grinder, Strawberry Basil Sandwich<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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