"No, I'm thinking rock climbing.... mañana"

One of our numerous PBS affiliates is airing Sandwiches You Will Like, the one-hour documentary about sandwich shops around the U.S., this morning. This program has already driven me to New Orleans' Central Grocery, and I expect it will bring me to a few more eateries in the coming years.

I'm wondering if any of you far-flung correspondents, or any of you frequent travelers, can comment on any of the other establishments in the program. Natick, Mass.? Louisville, Ky.? Chicago? Watertown, Mass.? Let's hear it.

I suppose anything wrapped in a tortilla isn't a sandwich. (I'm a little confused by the whole "wrap" phenomenon of the past few years too.) But the San Francisco burrito would've been a good candidate for this program. I wonder which place they would've picked. I'm not quite a loyalist anywhere, but my most frequent spots are:

-Chino's on Balboa (most local, not bad, far from best in city though)
-El Beach Burrito on Judah (best name, pretty nearby, generous portions)
-Taqueria La Playa on Noriega (fresh and tasty, great mahi-mahi tacos too)
-Taqueria Can-Cun on Mission (the mojado!)

The worst burrito I've eaten here? It was either someplace on Polk a couple of blocks north of the Hemlock Tavern, or at Alteña Restaurant (not Taqueria Alteña!) on Mission below Cesar Chavez immediately before a gig at the Odeon. Nasty.


FMFM: Sonny Stitt's duels with Gene Ammons, before the PBS program