Calamari answers came thru. How about the best place for a BLT?
Best golf course?
Eh that’s subjective. Valley has some decent ones (if you can get a damn tee time). Balboa, DeBell(their restaurant has a great BLT!), Wilson/Harding. Best course I’ve ever played was in Kauai though.
Sandwich man in Chatsworth. Love all his sandwiches and it’s a side of potato salad. Corner of Nordhoff and Mason.
Good to know as I pass by there all the time. But it’s Nordhoff & Mason.
You are correct. I freakin worked at that intersection for a decade and lived there for 20 years - move away and it all goes to mush!
They have really good salads, too. My go to items:
Chef, Cobb and tuna salad Tuna melt with fries and a side of ranch club sandwich with potato salad…side of ranch (I love his ranch!) Half tuna sandwich with salad
I make mine at home. I make my bacon extra crispy and no way I’m paying $8+ for a BLT.
But where in the valley can I buy the best toast? Or best bowl of cereal.
Good one.
VIPS.
Dans Super Subs
Lived a block away from Dans for a decade, went once.
not a flex
Live alone and don't crave bacon too often. When I do, I love Beeps' BLT.
Lodge Bread.
Brent's Deli. The serve it on toasted egg bread, and cut the bacon thick. I add avocado.
Balboa Sub Shop. My Blt is one of my favorite sandwiches I make. Simple and delicious.
I actually love a MLT – mutton, lettuce and tomato sandwich, where the mutton is nice and lean and the tomato is ripe. They’re so perky, I love that.
While I appreciate the sentiment, it's so rare for me to find just the perfect sandwich. Best ones I make at home.
My personal BLT: Sourdough, green leaf lettuce, lots of ripe tomato slices, Dailys applewood bacon oven baked @375 flat on a baking sheet for about 15-20 mins, mayo. You can get all this at Ralph's.
BLT is a prime example of K.I.S.S.
Keep It Simple Stupid
I'm with you, BLT has such simple ingredients and the quality of each one is so important that even the top comment on here could vary from day to day, especially with tomato ripeness being a factor. I think we've all gotten a slightly green slice of tomato on a sandwich before, or just sub-prime in general...you wouldn't do that to yourself at home.
especially with tomato ripeness being a factor
1000%. I feel like every time I get sliced tomato from a restaurant it's a gamble on whether it's going to still be green or not. Just ruins the sandwich. :(
A BLT is also about texture. The lettuce needs that crisp, the bacon crisp but not too crisp, the bread I like just lightly toasted.
If you go into a sandwich shop being all specific about this kind of stuff they're going to be so annoyed, haha.
Right? I finally tried Cricca's the other day and the tomato was pretty so-so. Almost ruined the sandwich. It was a close call.
This whole thing has reminded me about the tomato salad they put on the sandwiches at My Hero in Northridge, that's always good. I need to get back over there it's been years.
The old place
Guessing the answer would have to be one of the blue-hair diner places like Tallyrand or Lancers (though I don't think either is exceptional for this particular request) or similar?
Bernies Deli
Spoke café in Frogtown.
Subway
BLT’s hit different at a golf course restaurant. Hit up any golf course in the valley.