Tiny's Giant Sandwich Shop
129 Rivington St, New York 10002
(At Norfolk St)
Sandwiches
Veggie Burger - $7.50
So, this place is two blocks from my old apartment. I love it. Next to veggie burgers, sandwiches are my favorite food and for vegetarians, there aren't enough places that make creative veggie sandwiches. Tiny's does. In addition, they have this gigantic menu that caters to meat eaters and vegetarians equally.
I normally order the vegetarian Spicy Rizzak from there. I first ordered it because it is named after my brother and friends old band. I continued ordering it because it is freaken' amazing. But, that's not what I'm here to write about. I'm here to talk about the veggie burger. Up until last night, I had never had a Tiny's veggie burger. I've got to say, I wasn't impressed, which was quite surprising to me.
The burger is called the "Big Mack Daddy". It's a soy-based veggie burger topped with mild cheddar, tofu bacon, lettuce, tomato, pickle, ketchup, mustard, and special sauce. It's served on a brioche bun. So, for starters, mustard on a burger? Isn't that a no-no in the city? I thought that was just for upstaters. It was yellow mustard too, and way too much of it! The cheese was weird, I couldn't tell if it was soy cheese or regular. And that tofu bacon I think is the same treat I used to give my dog, but packaged under the name, "beggin' strips." She loved 'em, me, not so much.
I am beginning to realize that my enjoyment of soy burgers is declining. This was a very dry soy burger, pretty much just like the vegan Boca but thicker. Fortunately, there was so much else on this concoction, I was able to ignore the blandness of the actual burger patty.
Overall, it wasn't horrible, but they were trying too hard to be the exact vegetarian replica for the bacon cheeseburger. It didn't work for me, though I ate the whole thing so it wouldn't be right to put anything less than a 2.5.
I will definitely hit up Tiny's many more times, just not for the veggie burger.
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