All Too Well, Chicago’s Most Instagrammable Sandwich Shop, Opens in Culver City | Eater LA
"The newly opened outpost at the Platform in Culver City is the second location of the sandwich shop and the founder’s first restaurant outside Chicago; the shop serves inventive takes on sandwiches that intentionally blur the lines between Italian, Lebanese, and classic deli flavors. The shop’s origins and menu philosophy are closely tied to the founder’s family history of working as butchers and in delis, and he notes that the name is a reference to a Taylor Swift song but insists, “It’s not Taylor Swift-themed.” Describing his approach to the project he says, “I wanted to do that, and I figured I can do it, but I can do it my way,” and “The way I like sandwiches.” Menu highlights include the Bombay Chulet — born from repurposing ingredients and using a Bombay chile crunch and fried onions from the restaurant — assembled on schiacciata (a thinner-than-focaccia Tuscan sandwich bread) with prosciutto, garlic mayo, fig jam, stracciatella, and arugula; the founder describes it as, “It hits the Mediterranean thing mixed with the Indian flavors.” Other offerings include a Culver City–exclusive Kobe with smoked turkey, bacon crumbles, tomato, stracciatella, basil pesto, and garlic mayo; the Tunaverse with tuna salad, Roma tomato, shredded lettuce, and ajvar pepper spread; and named personal tributes such as the smoked turkey Niff Jen (after his wife) and a tomato-and-feta sandwich called Cousins. The sandwiches are served pressed, with char lines on the schiacciata adding another dimension of flavor and texture. The founder plans to travel between Los Angeles and Chicago to oversee both locations and says, “I just want to be a part of the community, he says. “I know I’m an outsider, but I think what I’m doing is unique, and I’m putting myself out there.”" - Rebecca Roland
