Turkey and the Wolf
Mason Hereford's Irish Channel sandwich shop — once Bon Appétit's Restaurant of the Year, still cooking like it forgot.
Irish Channel
On Jackson Avenue in the Irish Channel, in a corner storefront with thrift-store decor and a wedge salad that involves Cool Ranch Doritos. The fried bologna sandwich, which sounds like a joke until you eat it, is one of the most carefully constructed sandwiches in the country — three kinds of mustard, housemade chips inside the bread, a level of attention you would not expect from the menu's cover letter.
The collard green melt is the vegetarian play and is genuinely excellent. The deviled eggs change weekly and are worth ordering twice. Beer list is small and correct. Closed at unpredictable times — check before you go.
A short cab from the Quarter, walking distance from the lower Garden District. Twenty minutes from Coquette and Commander's, in a different universe of restaurant. Both belong on the list.
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