Peter D.
Yelp
I was very happy to eat this sandwich. You will be happy to eat this sandwich.
And while I can't say for sure how you're going to feel otherwise, if you're an uncouth American like me, you may also think that there wasn't enough meat in it.
I rolled with the Paradiso, which is mortadella, stracciatella, pistachio cream, pistachio crumbles, all layered on basically an entire loaf of Tuscan schiacciata bread (a little thinner and more crisp, but not far off focaccia). All the ingredients are excellent quality. The bread is noticeably fresh, the meat freshly sliced, the cheese so creamy. The shop is cute, and the staff was super nice, and clearly took great care in preparing the sandwich.
Again, I'm glad I was eating the sandwich. But I live in a world where one or two layers of meat on an Italian sandwich is unacceptable. I need more protein in my life than this, especially for $20. It tastes good, but the ratios are off. Too much bread for this amount of meat.
And while it's not nice to compare, Faicco's is right down the street, and they put like three inches of meat on a hero (entirely too much, and what she said). With them on the left, and All'Antico on the right, I just feel like this country is too divided right now, and we need to meet in the middle.