A Chelsea sandwich counter that does a small number of things with the kind of attention most restaurants do not manage.
Crunch operates from a small Chelsea space that has resisted every pressure to expand or complicate itself. The sandwiches are made with real thought — the bread matters, the filling-to-bread ratio is correct, the produce is fresh.
The queue of local builders, office workers, and people who live nearby tells you everything. Open for lunch. Closes when it sells out, which is earlier than you expect on a good day.
Sandwiches. A small rotating selection made that morning. Whatever is in the case is the correct answer to what to order.
Crunch operates from a small Chelsea space that has resisted every pressure to expand or complicate itself. The sandwiches are made with real thought — the bread matters, the filling-to-bread ratio is correct, the produce is fresh.
Lunch only. Take your sandwich somewhere you can sit down. No ceremony required or offered.
What to order — ask what they are proud of today. The answer is usually correct.