Lil' Frankie's Grocery

21 1st Ave., New York
(212) 420-0050

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Munteanu Madalina

Really good flavors, brought me back to Italy. Definitely worth trying

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Mortadella Stracciatella and Arugula

Steven Khakshouri

Steak sandwich should win an Oscar

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Gabriel Radford

This sandwich was spectacular. Out of this world. Freshly shaved tender meat on crisp, just baked sesame bread. Truly outstanding. Good vibe. Chill but attentive service.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

John Boctor

Excellent chicken parm sandwich. Probably one of the best that I have ever tried. Will be going back there

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Valentina Federico

We ate inside, not take out. The manager was very attentive and welcoming. The sandwiches and the bread were superb. They made my husband a whole new sandwich because he arrived 5 mins later and the sandwich was sitting there even tho I didn’t even ask for it. Great portions too!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

William Gerber

Maybe the best Chicken Parmesan sandwich I’ve ever had. The bread was delicious. John is the nicest guy ever, amazing service.

Food: 5

Service: 5

Sohee Jeon

Frankie's grocery is great

Jacopo Di Bonaventura

Food 🤝🏻

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

jade

Disappointing experience at lil Frankie's grocery. I wanted the roast beef sandwich. First off, the bread is superb, Maybe I will come back and try a hot sandwich with no produce because this is what I received today: overly salty roast beef slices and an inedibly large slice of flavourless tomato. It also took forever to make which is crazy I was the only person there and it is a cold sandwich with four ingredients. Whoever is working either doesn't know what they're doing or doesn't care either way such a miss.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 2

Piper Halliday

BIG sandwiches ! Our host was amazing. Food took longer than expected so he brought us some sodas as we waited. 10/10

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chicken Parmigiana, Crispy Egg Guanciale Fontina and Arugula

Marco Esposito

This is an old school spot where eventually everyone knows your name. Enjoy!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Greg Omoma

The food was so good and the host is very hospitable. If you are around the area, definitely come to frankies and see Mamadou. The service here was amazing

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jacob

People talk about seeing Jesus in bread but I literally saw the very face of god in these sandwiches. Every day I walk by Lil' Frankie's Grocery and Katz, on one hand I am disgusted that Katz has a longer line than Frankie's, on the other hand I am thankful I can get the best sandwich in NYC with ease. This is the kind of restaurant instagram hype beasts ignore (because they are not paid to shill it) but it is the exact type of place that deserves more praise, and is the type of flavortown experience people are looking for when they come to NYC to sample the best food in America. Plus the people working there are so friendly and amazing!

The sandwich menu itself is a comprehensive set of finely tuned sandwiches. Each is unique, delicious, and composed of extremely complimentary ingredients that most 1 star MICHELIN restaurants in NYC fail to achieve. (I've been to many)

My favorites:
Classic - The Employee of the Month
Crowd Favorite - Brown Butter Steak
Neo-Culinary Perfection - Hot Thanksgiving Sandwich
Breakfast - The Fran

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fresh Mozzarella Prosciutto and Arugula, Brown Butter Steak Sandwich, Grilled Cheese

Crystal Kwok

Really nice spot, John was a pleasure to speak with. I ordered a butter steak sandwich and a cappuccino both were very delicious. Steak was cooked to perfection ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Brown Butter Steak Sandwich

Bob Barzyk

Excellent roast beef sandwich. Hand sliced very thin per order. Bread was delicious, too.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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