Chuck’s Takeaway
Sandwich shop · Mission ·
Banh mi & creative sandwiches on housemade bread, Vietnamese coffee
Banh mi & creative sandwiches on housemade bread, Vietnamese coffee
"Charles Phan, who died in early 2025, opened this sandwich shop in 2022. The foundation bestowed its James Beard Award for Best Chef: California in 2004 to Phan, then inducted him into the James Beard Foundation’s Who’s Who of Food in America in 2011. The James Beard Foundation then gave props to his Slanted Door as an Outstanding Restaurant in America in 2014. Order a banh mi and egg salad sandwich." - Paolo Bicchieri
"Chef Charles Phan’s casual sandwich counter in the Mission is a tribute to his love of banh mi and perfect baguettes. The CP OG #3 is the chef’s take on a classic banh mi built on a baked-in-house baguette using the chef’s pate and pickles. It’s essentially a takeout-only situation but these handhelds make a perfect park lunch." - Dianne de Guzman
"A casual sandwich counter opened in the Mission in 2022, serving banh mi and egg salad sandwiches and positioned as a more informal offshoot of the founder’s larger restaurant work." - Dianne de Guzman
"Phan’s casual sandwich shop, Chuck’s Takeaway, remains in the Mission and is one of the local ties—along with his mother’s house and his continued presence at Dolores Park—that underscore how he never really left the neighborhood." - Dianne de Guzman
"Chuck’s Takeaway is perhaps an unexpected move for Slanted Door chef Charles Phan, but a welcome one. Here, the popular chef serves sandwiches on a baguette he spent months perfecting including his take on banh mi, loaded with two types of pate and pork cha, along with a shallot mayo made in-house. If you’re looking for something different, there’s also Chuck’s egg salad sandwich, served on milk bread with a generous sprinkling of chives." - Lauren Saria, Eater Staff