A Toast is Born -- Or, Five Things We'd Like to See at Wilco's Sandwich Shop
We're all for free enterprise that honors music, so we were excited when Pitchfork reported on the Sky Blue Sandwich Company Ltd. in Toronto, Canada. The company's named not only the store, but everything on the menu after songs by Wilco.
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But there are some problems. For starters, shouldn't someone in Jeff Tweedy's St. Louis stomping grounds have come up with this idea a long time ago? With this kind of neglect, it's no wonder the band rarely plays here. [Ed. note: We're being facetious on that last part.]
And second, there are plenty of good pun opportunities gone to waste. Sure, the shop does a good job of using the songs to describe the actual sandwiches. The Kingpin, for example, is "...the bigwig of all hot sandwiches. Succulent, slow roasted pulled pork marinated in a sweet and tangy bar-b-q sauce and served on toasted white bread," while the Mermaid Avenue is a salmon salad.
If you're going to open a theme restaurant, at least have the decency to whack your clients over the head with it at every turn.
And so here we present to you: five Wilco-themed sandwiches lacking from Sky Blue Sky Sandwich Company Ltd.'s menu.
Forget the Flour: This gluten-free, low-carb special wraps half a pound of bacon and half a pound of twangy sharp cheddar cheese in a box full of lettuce. Served with a garnish of pink carnations, red roses and yellow daffodils.
Summer Sausage Teeth: A supper to eat alone. Slices of Hickory Farms summer sausage, sliced thin and served on saltines with yellow mustard and slivers of raw white onion. You'll feel lucky to have it here, in this kitchen, in this chair. Candy floss included to remove sinewy sausage bits from teeth.
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