Defonte's Of Brooklyn

Sandwich Shop | Gramercy Park

Food24 Decor9 Service17 Cost$16

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"Don't eat for a week" before attacking the "two-handed" "Dagwood" sandwiches at these "lip-smacking" Italian sub shops; the '20s-era Red Hook original "used to feed the longshoremen" and still exudes a whiff of "old-fashioned Brooklyn", while its "Manhattan outpost" continues the tradition in a no-frills Gramercy storefront.

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