What is a hero sandwich

A hero is a long sandwich

A hero sandwich is a long Italian-American roll split and filled. In other cities the same idea is a sub or a hoagie. In New York, hero is the word. The roll is the point: long enough to be a meal, sturdy enough to hold cold cuts or a hot cutlet with sauce. It is not a wrap, and it is not a calzone. A wrap is a tortilla. A calzone is dough baked or fried around a filling. A hero is a sandwich you can see.

Fillings split into cold and hot. A cold hero is meats, cheese, lettuce, oil and vinegar. A hot hero is a cutlet, meatballs, or sausage with sauce and cheese. Both are heroes. The temperature is the difference, not the name.

What we make

The hero page is the local version. On the menu, an Italian hero is ham, salami, pepperoni, provolone, lettuce, tomato, oil and vinegar, $13.49. A chicken parm hero is chicken with sauce and mozzarella, $13.99. A meatball parm hero is meatballs, marinara, and parmesan, $13.99. A Philly cheesesteak hero is Philly steak and classic cheese, $13.99. An American hero is ham, turkey, roast beef, American cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes, $13.49. Those are printed descriptions. Other heroes are named for Brooklyn neighborhoods and have their own lines. Read the one you want. Do not assume they all contain the same meats.

Wraps are made to order and are a different section. A breakfast wrap is bacon, egg, and cheese. It is not a hero. Catering heroes are the long party versions: 3-foot serves 10, 6-foot serves 20. That is hero catering, not the $13.99 sandwich.

How to order one

Say the name. Chicken parm is not eggplant parm. The cheesesteak hero is not the cheesesteak pizza. If you need it without a vegetable that is in the description, ask (718) 815-7070 before you assume the kitchen will change it. Oil and vinegar on the Italian hero is in the description. Say if you want it dry.

Order at Order Online, which is order.brooklynsfinestsi.com, or call (718) 815-7070. On an iPhone or iPad, the app sends the same menu. The shop is at 1250 Hylan Boulevard, Staten Island, NY 10305. The shop is open until 10:00 PM, and until 10:30 PM on Friday and Saturday. A hero is a pickup food. It also sits fine in the dining room next to a pie someone else ordered. Delivery inside 4 miles includes heroes when checkout accepts the address.

The short definition

What is a hero sandwich, here, is a long roll with a filling from our hero list, hot or cold, made at 1250 Hylan Boulevard. It is the sandwich half of a pizzeria menu. Order it when you want one meal in your hands. Order a pie when the table is sharing. Order a 3-foot or a 6-foot when the sharing is the sandwich.

The menu has the names and the prices. This post has the idea. If the filling matters, read the line or call. Then eat the hero the same day. A dressed cold hero is better soon. A hot parm hero is better hot. Neither one improves by waiting until tomorrow, though a parm will reheat in a hot oven better than a cold hero full of lettuce will. Order it for the meal you are having, not for a hypothetical lunch next week. Say the hero by name, hot or cold, and say if you want the Italian one dry. A chicken parm hero is a sandwich. A chicken parm plate is an entrée. A 3-foot is a party. Those are three sizes of the same idea and three different orders. Wraps are not heroes. A cheesesteak hero is not the cheesesteak pizza. Read the line, then pay the price on that line. Most of the everyday heroes sit in the low to mid teens. The order screen is the exact number. Eat a hot hero while it is hot. Eat a cold hero the day you bought it, before the lettuce gives up. Add a pie if the table is bigger than one person. The hero is one meal in a long roll. That is the whole definition, at a counter on Hylan Boulevard that has been making them since 2012. Say the name. Hot parm is not a cold Italian. A wrap is not a hero. A 3-foot is the party size. Eat it the day you buy it. Add a pie if the table is bigger than one appetite. The menu has the fillings. The phone is there if a line is unclear. That is a hero sandwich at this shop, nothing more mysterious than a long roll and a filling you can read before you order. Hot or cold, say which, and eat it the day you buy it. A wrap is a different order, and a 3-foot is the party size. Order the printed name and eat it today.

Visit the shop

Brooklyn's Finest Pizza is at 1250 Hylan Boulevard, Staten Island, NY 10305. Call (718) 815-7070.

• Monday – Thursday: 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM
• Friday – Saturday: 10:00 AM – 10:30 PM
• Sunday: 10:30 AM – 10:00 PM