Defonte's: Why Go Anywhere Else for a Sandwich?

Sure, Subway does that $5 footlong thing, but those aren't real sandwiches. Defonte's in Red Hook has the best deal in town and serves some of our favorite Italian-American classics. The sandwich shop opened a location in Gramercy in 2009, so for those not willing to make the trip to Red Hook, where the original store has been since 1922, you can stop by 21st and 3rd in Manhattan. But if you do go to the Red Hook store, you can get your sandwich and walk (or ride a bike) a few blocks west and eat it by the water. We did that recently with the Nicky's Special, an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink sandwich the size of a newborn that's only $11.95 and easily feeds two.

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