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Chopped Cheese
Blue Sky Deli (Hajji's)
2135 1st Ave
$8.00
The original chopped cheese, from the East Harlem bodega where the sandwich was born.
Why
- Griddle-chopped beef and onions bound in melted American cheese
- The bodega with the strongest claim to inventing the chopped cheese
- Covered by The Infatuation, CBS, and America's Test Kitchen
Sources
- The Infatuation: Blue Sky Deli Review
- The Infatuation: Where To Eat A Great Chopped Cheese in NYC
- CBS New York: Hajji's Deli in Harlem is known for its chopped cheese
- America's Test Kitchen: East Harlem's chopped cheese sandwiches are a bodega classic
- First We Feast: The Cult of the Chopped-Cheese Sandwich
- Google reviewers: 873 Google ratings averaging 4.6
Blue Sky Deli (Hajji's) has no website. As far as we can tell this is the only page on the internet that tells you what to order here.
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