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June 28, 2008
Cheap Eats: Lee's Sandwiches
Some of you might be familiar with Lee's sandwiches. It's a chain of Vietnamese Sandwich shops around San Gabriel and Westminster. If you're not familiar with Lee's Sandwiches, you might be wondering: "What's so special about Vietnamese sandwiches, and how is it worthy of a 50meal?" Well, first of all, a 10-inch sandwich is dirt cheap at somewhere between $2 to $3. Secondly, these sandwiches are GOOD. Hey, cheap and good? Definitely worth a meal. Unfortunately the location I went to had no seating, so you'll have to take these sandwiches to go. I didn't get far, though, we grabbed these and started eating in the car.
This is the Alhambra location, situated on the North side of Valley Blvd a half block West of New Ave.
The food is grab n' go, so I can't comment on the service. Sandwiches do come out pretty quick and so did the drinks, so no complaints there at all.
You can find more locations on their website:
Lee's Sandwiches
1289 E Valley Blvd
Alhambra, CA 91801
(626) 282-5589
Photos by Kevin Cheng for LAist.
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The "pate" in Bahn Mi is actually Liverwurst or Braunschweiger. I make Bahn Mi at home after a visit to "A" Market on Sunset in Echo Park. They have the pickled veggies, cilantro, jalapenos, baguette, pate and Cha (steamed pork meatloaf) all right there. Japanese mayonnaise (Kewpie) is a very reasonable substitution for the real thing and topping it off with Sriracha and Golden Mountain soy sauce clinches it.
Actually, I'm getting really hungry thinking about it.
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i came back from alhambra with an asian veggie
sandwich, and wow i forgot it had jalapenos.
i never had jalapenos before, so it was a rather
painful experience. the sandwich would have been
great without it though. a sandwich for less than
$3? hard to beat.
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I remember when it was only $1 per sandwich. We would order a lot back in college especially during midterms/finals week.
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Kevin, why don't you just teach a Learning Annex class of food photography? You have mad skills. And I never talk like that.
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They have the best iced coffees at Lee's!
I also find it interesting, I've never been to a Lee's location without seating. Usually they have a large dining area with tons of places to sit down and nosh.