{"id":2419,"date":"2016-03-21T10:00:50","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T14:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.citywalkerapp.com\/?p=242"},"modified":"2016-03-21T10:00:50","modified_gmt":"2016-03-21T14:00:50","slug":"going-reuben-hunting-12-sandwiches-to-try-in-d-c-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citywalkerapp.com\/cw\/going-reuben-hunting-12-sandwiches-to-try-in-d-c-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Going Reuben Hunting: 3 Sandwiches to Try in D.C."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Reuben is the best kind of hot mess. Its origin story is unclear, but the sandwich&#8217;s deliciousness is obvious.\u00a0The proportions and ingredients just work together.<\/p>\n<p>The fattiness of the meat \u2013 traditionally corned beef or pastrami \u2013 pairs with the acidity of the sauerkraut and marries well with the rich and creamy textures of Thousand Island dressing and melted cheese, all shoved between two slices of hearty rye bread. It should require more than a couple of napkins to polish off a well-made Reuben.<\/p>\n<p>As is the case with most sandwiches, the success of a Reuben rests squarely on the quality of its ingredients. While D.C. isn&#8217;t known as a great deli city, there are plenty of restaurants churning out tasty takes on the Reuben, from classic renditions to creative recipes using everything from smoked salmon to kimchi. Check out these 12 takes on the sandwich.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"m-map__item-title\"><span class=\"m-map__title-number\">1<\/span>\u00a0Buffalo &amp; Bergen<\/h3>\n<p>Buffalo &amp; Bergen is known for its bagels. So it&#8217;s no surprise that this bustling Union Market cafe puts serves its Reuben sandwich on a fresh rye New York water bagel.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"m-map__item-title\"><span class=\"m-map__title-number\">2<\/span>\u00a0C.F. Folks<\/h3>\n<p>This cozy deli counter just off Dupont Circle includes both a pastrami and a corned beef Reuben. They&#8217;re also a relative bargain at under $8 each.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"m-map__item-title\"><span class=\"m-map__title-number\">3<\/span>\u00a0Cafe Kimchi<\/h3>\n<p>The corned beef Reuben at this Barracks Row cafe gets a Korean twist with the addition of grilled kimchi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Reuben is the best kind of hot mess. Its origin story is unclear, but the sandwich&#8217;s deliciousness is obvious.\u00a0The proportions and ingredients just work together. The fattiness of the meat \u2013 traditionally corned beef or pastrami \u2013 pairs with the acidity of the sauerkraut and marries well with the rich and creamy textures of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[736,737,158,184,159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-barracks-row","category-dupont-circle","category-food","category-sandwich","category-washington-dc"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/citywalkerapp.com\/cw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/sandwich.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9buia-D1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citywalkerapp.com\/cw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citywalkerapp.com\/cw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citywalkerapp.com\/cw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citywalkerapp.com\/cw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citywalkerapp.com\/cw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citywalkerapp.com\/cw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citywalkerapp.com\/cw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citywalkerapp.com\/cw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citywalkerapp.com\/cw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citywalkerapp.com\/cw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}