Lunchbox

This morning's post is a short one. This past Thursday Justin and I took a little field trip to the Bethesda area to see Wild with Reese Witherspoon and to visit Lunchbox, a Bryan Voltaggio-owned joint that is similar in setup to a Chipotle but with different food.

After the movie we fought our way down Wisconsin Avenue in the beginnings of DC rush hour traffic (we're crazy) to find this place, which is tucked in a partially underground shopping center right on the main drag. After squeezing into a garage with the lowest ceiling ever, meandering our way through one shopping center, crossing the street and cutting through some other crazy underground hallways we finally found it.

Lunchbox serves hot and cold sandwiches, salads, soups, and a selection of sides. I chose a sandwich called The Pilgrim with smoked turkey, meunster, and cranberry sauce on herbed foccacia, along with the loaded potato salad of Yukon gold potatoes, dill, egg, bacon, cheddar, scallion, and chives. I really liked my sandwich. The herbs on the bread went well with the cranberry and smoky flavor of the turkey. The potato salad was good, more creamy than chunky and was pretty tasty. It seemed a little heavy on the butter though.

Justin picked the Supreme Pizza soup with foccacia croutons and the Fileo fish with catfish, tartar sauce, iceberg lettuce, and cheddar served on a potato roll. His soup was really yummy and indeed tasted like pizza in a bowl. I didn't snag a bite of his sandwich which should tell you something right there. It was so good he scarfed it down!

We really enjoyed Lunchbox. I was joking that they should swap out the Panera near us for it even though I do like Panera. I would just recommend visiting for lunch rather than dinner when the traffic isn't too bad. It took us 2 hours to get home!