![]() ![]() In the center of the dining room you can’t miss our 9 foot neon café sign featuring a cowboy on a horse, twirling a lariat above his head. The petrification of wood is possible in a few hundred years. This very heavy rock often sells for $1 a pound. Not only is it hard to find but it’s also expensive. The patio waiting area walls are built out of petrified wood. Johnnie High’s show has opened the door for many successful singers including LeAnn Rimes, Steve Holy, Lee Ann Womack and many others. Since 1974, the theater has featured Johnnie High’s Country Music Revue every Saturday night. This Babe’s Chicken Dinner House is located right next to the Arlington Music Hall, which opened in 1950 and still features the original theater marquee. But the fanaticism stems mostly from their quality - they are simply delicious, sandwiches that could rival those found in Northeast delis that have been at it for decades.īelow, behold a sampling of the glorious sandwiches of Francolini’s.The Babe’s Chicken Dinner House in Arlington opened in November of 2010. Part of the appeal of the sandwiches is certainly their relative newness - there isn’t much like them in town, at least not to the extent of the Francolini’s opening menu. It didn’t take long for that pop-up, which operated as a pick-up operation out of the Rabbit’s Foot, to create a great deal of buzz. After that Francolini worked at the popular Blue Oak BBQ before reconnecting with Nunez to create the Francolini’s pop-up while also developing the restaurant. They met while both working at Longway Tavern (which is now The Will & The Way), he as the chef and her as a manager. ![]() ![]() “It’s super pillowy and soft and creates a massive sandwich.”įrancolini created Francolini’s with business partner Cesar Nunez. Francolini’s makes the focaccia in-house, however, for the cold sandwiches, “We think it’s pretty awesome,” says Francolini. ![]() Ayu Bakehouse bakes those rolls, which are used for hot sandwiches and cutlet sandwiches. “We developed our sub roll recipe over many months and finally got it to the place where we liked it,” says Francolini. Francolini’s sandwiches are a unique addition to this land of po’ boys, easing an ache for anyone who’s ever traveled to Philly, New Jersey, or New York and been blown away by the region’s Italian-style deli sandwiches - or for those from that area, meeting an even more profound, bordering-on-urgent need.Ĭommon sandwich accoutrements include marinated artichokes, Calabrian chili vinaigrette, fennel salad, Italian salsa verde, sweet pickled garlic, and spicy broccoli rabe stems. There are vegetarian sandwiches layering portobello mushrooms and roasted red peppers with fresh mozzarella and arugula, and an eggplant parm completing a trio of parm sandwiches that includes chicken and meatball.Įach sandwich is a carefully designed and composed creation born from owner Tara Francolini’s upbringing in her home state of New Jersey, where she was immersed in the deli traditions of the Northeast. There are sandwiches stacked with chicken cutlets, pork and beef meatballs, grilled, thin-sliced chicken, and sweet or hot crumbled sausage. There are sandwiches piled with prosciutto cotto, mortadella, salami, capicola, prosciutto di Parma, speck, hot and sweet soppressata, and rare roast beef. There are 20 glorious sandwiches on the menu at Francolini’s, which opened to much fanfare at 3987 Tchoupitlouas Street in mid-July - 14 of them hot, six cold. ![]()
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