While once it drew downtown shoppers, it's now more of workingman's kind of place. Except that the workers wear white collars or pantyhose. The one constant, as it was for his father before him, is that Dave slices all the sandwiches himself as customers pass through the serving line. I'm even a stickler about how stuff is put together on a sandwich. That's why the roast pork and beef, corned beef and baked ham are done in an oven on the day they're served.
Nothing is pre-cooked.
It's why only top-notch meats are used and the fat trimmed away. In his quest for the best, Dave buys only the more expensive green leaf lettuce instead of the iceberg variety. All but a couple of the salad dressings are homemade. Fresh eggs go into the thousand island dressing, and red potatoes instead of Idahoes are used for potato salad. Beef-laden chili is usually available as are two or three other choices.