get some volunteers from local restaurants who want to promote their restaurant/skills. Set up a little show where they each have to build a sandwich from their restaurant. Then each competitor has to try to plus it up after with ingredients from their restaurant or that you brought in. Then are ranked by you. second round you make a sandwich and then give it to each restaurant to plus up and rank the winner
Great 💡 idea Barry. SOHL sounds fun. Definitely should come to Boston. Could offer people in attendance the ability to make suggestions on 🥪 Sandwiches to try live.
I am around Chicago, so no input on location. Instead, I have to point out that you absolutely have enough characters for an On Ice. Guest hosts, historical cookbook authors, or the most famous and/or infamous sandwiches themselves could all be characters. SANDWICHES OF HISTORY ON ICE OR BUST!!!!!
I get my books at the used book store.But I might make an exception in this case! HEY!TYPED 'SANDWICHES' INTO THE AMAZON SEARCH BAR AND 'SANDWICHES OF HISTORY THE COOKBOOK' WAS THE SECOND SUGGESTION!YEAH BARRY!
I shall BE THERE when you come to LA! I have no idea and am very excited to find out what a Sandwiches of History LIVE would even be. Whatever it ends up becoming, you can bet that I'll be there in support!
Grand Rapids Michigan had a competition for several years where many restaurants in the area invented new sandwiches in an effort to create The "Grandwich"; a city-defining sandwich to celebrate our little metropolis. There were many submissions for several years and winners were declared annually. Though none of them became permanently representative of the community, nonetheless many great sandwiches were made and eaten. There are many online articles referencing this. It has been on hiatus since 2019 but many are hoping for a resurrection.
Come to Phoenix, the fifth-most populous city in the US. We have a local bookstore chain (Changing Hands) that hosts authors on indie tours, are a convenient air travel stop, and are no slouches in the torta game-we get new food trends from México and elsewhere in Latin America almost as soon as they start.
If you’re going to do New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, you’ve got to do Houston too. You can hit Austin and Dallas too while you’re in the alone Star State. If you just make on stop, make it Austin. You will love Austin.
If you were something like Cocktails of History, the whole "on ice" thing could actually work, lol. Seriously, though this is a really exciting announcement! I, personally would love to see you in DC (on the NoVa side, if I can be totally selfish)!
North Carolina please!! You could try a classic Eastern NC style BBQ sandwich while you're here. Ideally Raleigh or Wilmington, but I'll drive anywhere in the state to catch the show if I need to
Would love to have you in Birmingham, AL. We have a few local spots that make great sandwiches. The Garage has a giant "kitchen sink" sandwich called "The Fritz" and Ampersandwich makes a surprisingly delicious Banh mi with fried Spam.
Barry, if you come to Houston I will personally take you to all the best sandwiches I know of in and around town. I know where to get fantastic cevapcici. (A Bosnian place that was features on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.) And there's a great place for a killer burger that you'll never forget. (They put jalapenos and onions into the ground beef.) And we can go to the lord of the rings themed cafe where the menu is buckwild and delicious. (My favorite is this one sandwich that's curry chicken salad with grapes.) And an ahi tuna steak sandwich that you will not even believe. (It's basically got a greek salad on it.) AND I will take you to have a sandwich that is amazing AND you have absolutely never heard of which I won't spoil the secret of. AND I will give you a paper copy of the special, one-of-a-kind sandwich that I invented while working for two years at a local sub shop. (I call it "The Mad Pig".)
1) how do we get signed copies? 2) if doing NY. Yes, definitely before Thanksgiving. City gets very expensive from Thanksgiving to NYE 3) Chicago would be another great location, I think. 4) Austin, or Dallas maybe
I'm already in Chicago so I'm locked in, but it would be a great segment to prepare some city's particular sandwich with plus ups. An Italian Beef plussed up perhaps? Additionally, the best sandwich in Chicago is at Tempesta Market, maybe a live review of the "City's Best Sandwiches?" Either way, can't wait to see the show!
PLEASE come to Oklahoma City! We’ve got a great up-and-coming culinary scene with now multiple new James Beard Award winners and Best New Restaurant awards from Bon Appetite and NYT. We’ve got loads of history with great sandwiches, and so many cool and creative venues that I’m sure would be perfect for whatever the SOH Live! experience turns out to be. Plus, we’re obviously very well centrally located, so we’re bound to be on your way to somewhere else. Would definitely be cool to see a localized sandwich of history component in each city you visit. I know that not every single city has a traditional pop cultural sandwich, but maybe a newly created sandwich based around local favorites or delicacies? Looking forward to it!
You should add @Adventures in Aardia as your "opening act" during your midwest stops (Chicago, Grand Rapids, Detroit) - of course you might be obliged to eat some questionable sandwiches along with him . . .
Come to Vegas!!! As far as what would be cool to see...what immediately comes to mind is doing a sandwiches by state sort of thing (apparently Nevada's is the patty melt...cool!). Other random thoughts: An Iron Chef sort of thing based on time period Sandwich based world record attempt (whatever that possibly could be lol) Sandwich city tour ranking the best sandwiches of each city (basicially the suggestion above but city vs. State based) Anyways that's just what I got immediately off the rip, in any case, come to Vegas!
Come to New Hampshire please! Plenty of appropriate venues. Specifically thinking of Tupelo Hall, The Capital Center and the Rex Theatre. We’ll even put you up, and (probably) won’t even ask you to make us sandwiches!
DFW is the 4th largest metro in the US. But I'm adding my vote to Hampton Roads where I live. And I'll probably be the only one from here. But this is where Jamestown is, where it all started. So there's that. Hehe
Could you have someone (producer?) randomly pick recipes and compile ingredients/equipment, then you make them live? Maybe even get a special guest (or two depending on location/availability) to join you?
Bring some random condiments and toppings and have a computer randomly pick toppings and apply to some toppingless meat sandwhiches bought at a local sub place and rate them.
People bring their sandwhch recipes and they are read on stage, based on the ingredients/process involved in the sandwhich, Barry has to decide which sandwhich sounds like it'd be the best and the best sounding sammy gets a free signed book. Call it "That Sounds Tasty!"
I wish I had the disposable income to make any draw closer into Long Island (since the NY will probably be into the City) more fruitful by being able to afford attendance
I think the Chicago show would be very successful But I think a signing/show at Andersen's bookshop in far Western Naperville (Chicago), would surprise you with the Giant crowd that would show up. So maybe, two stops in Chicagoland.
