Smor Serves Artistic Danish Rye Sandwiches in the East Village — and Other Cheap Eats | Eater NY

"About three months after Sebastian Perez and Sebastian Bangsgaard opened it, I found a very small, sunny Scandinavian sandwich shop on East 12th Street in the East Village whose furnishings are very Danish modern—comfortable, spare, and hard-edged. The menu concentrates on smørrebrod, those open-face assemblages built on a slice of rich, crumbly rye that almost doesn’t seem like bread, and naturally some feature smoked and pickled fish, with herring the clear queen. The chicken salad with bacon ($8) is a classic, heaped high with mayo-laced poultry and stacked with enough bacon, accented with shredded beets and a frond or two of purslane, that it feels more like a small lunch than a canapé. As with all the smørrebrod here, much attention is paid to artistic presentations, and figuring out how to eat them is half the fun. The menu also offers buckwheat noodles, yogurt and granola, pancakes, and — being in the East Village — both avocado toast and a kale bowl." - Robert Sietsema