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
Alexander
Great sandwiches and friendly service
Benjamin Smith-d'Agincourt
Excellent pizza, excellent tiramisu, but non compared to the service of Mamadou, 10/10 experience.
Sandwiches were excellent, little arugula salads were included as a pleasant surprise. The front of house staff were so kind and attentive even though I was just doing a pick up order. Will definitely be coming
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Jennifer Chang
Such a cute atmosphere inside, with well-priced and well-portioned sandwiches. We got the chicken parm (bread was phenomenal, chicken delicious and not too oily, great proportion of cheese/sauce as well) and the Ricky which was unlike any other broccoli rabe sandwich I’ve had before (a huge pile of broccoli rabe cooked in a pan with the sausage, really soft semolina bread).The quality of ingredients is amazing, but the folks at Lil Frankie’s Grocery were the best. The chef checked in on us through the window while we were sitting outside and even gave us sodas, which made our day! John was also so hospitable and friendly, we loved chatting with him.Will definitely be back again to try every sandwich on the menu, and will need to come grab a late night grandma slice at some point!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Wesley Runnels
Good service for a quick sandwich pickup. Sandwich was tasty. Would recommend!
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
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
This is an old school spot where eventually everyone knows your name. Enjoy!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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
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
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
Excellent roast beef sandwich. Hand sliced very thin per order. Bread was delicious, too.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great sandwiches and friendly service
Excellent pizza, excellent tiramisu, but non compared to the service of Mamadou, 10/10 experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The grilled cheese comes with a sizable bread.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Grilled Cheese
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One of the best
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amazing subs!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sandwiches were excellent, little arugula salads were included as a pleasant surprise. The front of house staff were so kind and attentive even though I was just doing a pick up order. Will definitely be coming
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Such a cute atmosphere inside, with well-priced and well-portioned sandwiches. We got the chicken parm (bread was phenomenal, chicken delicious and not too oily, great proportion of cheese/sauce as well) and the Ricky which was unlike any other broccoli rabe sandwich I’ve had before (a huge pile of broccoli rabe cooked in a pan with the sausage, really soft semolina bread).The quality of ingredients is amazing, but the folks at Lil Frankie’s Grocery were the best. The chef checked in on us through the window while we were sitting outside and even gave us sodas, which made our day! John was also so hospitable and friendly, we loved chatting with him.Will definitely be back again to try every sandwich on the menu, and will need to come grab a late night grandma slice at some point!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Good service for a quick sandwich pickup. Sandwich was tasty. Would recommend!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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