SAMMY WEEK, DAY 3: OLD FASHIONED ITALIAN DELI
Sure, the Old Fashioned Italian Deli is in Littleton—a bit of a haul for us Denverites—but where else are you going to get a Beef on Weck around here? A ridiculously flavorful assembly of roasted top round, gravy and horseradish on a kummulweck roll—a kick-in-the-face kaiser roll topped with coarse kosher salt and caraway seeds. Very strange to the uninitiated, and maybe to aficionados too, but delicious nonetheless. Just be sure you mean it when they ask you if you like horseradish—"yes" gets you extra and you may spend your lunch trying to keep your sinuses from melting out of your face. Run by Tom and what looks like several generations of family. You'll leave almost believing him when he tells you—straight-faced, without irony—that "you're only a customer for maybe the first couple visits; after that, a friend."