The SHOUT Calls For a Reuben-Off!
Who Does Have The
Best Reuben In Town?
Never scared to ask the hard questions, SHOUT is about to turn the local
sandwich world upside 
down.
A recent sign in front of The Library restaurant claimed that the establishment
had the best Reuben in town. Seeing this bold statement, another local establishment,
Macados, wondered if this statement were true.
Now, not to start a raging debacle atop the cutting boards of our local
dining enclaves, but inquiring palettes need to know - who makes the best
toasted/grilled sandwich with rye bread, corned beef, sauerkraut, Swiss
cheese and either Russian dressing or thousand island dressing?
To find out, SHOUT has called for the inaugural 2007 Reuben-Off. This article
serves as the announcement—next issue, we will serve up the results.
We have decided to go about this a number of ways. First, we (the SHOUT
crew) will take a group of hungry Reuben experts (that would be you, you’re
an expert now) out to various local restaurants on Friday, April 6 (Good
Friday) to taste test a Reuben sandwich. Not to gorge ourselves, we will
primarily be eating one or two Reubens total at each of the restaurants,
split into however many sections so we won’t be sharing saliva. Second,
if you don’t feel like coming out with the crew—which is hard
to understand because we are somewhat fun to hang out with, except for Dave—we
welcome your comments compiled from your own opinions or own taste test
that can be sent to shoutmag@gmail.com.
We will take all the results—from the emails and the SHOUT taste test—and
report them in the next issue. The winning restaurant will then be able
to gloat about having won the inaugural contest—seeing as SHOUT is
foremost in dining critiques. (Not so much, but we’re working at it)
We welcome any and all restaurants that serve a Reuben to take part. Off
the top of our heads, we hope to sample Reubens at Macados, The Library,
Our Daily Bread, Wolfie’s, Jersey Mikes, Murphy’s and Boone
Bagelry—and we will. So get involved and get your New York-style eat
on in the coming month.
If you want to be a part of the SHOUT taste test, email us at shoutmag@gmail.com
or at sam@highcountrypress.com
before April 6 so we can put you on the list. It will probably be fun.
Oh, and one more thing—we’re thinking about having a similar
contest involving Jerk Chicken sandwiches… but we don’t know
what to call it. Any ideas?