Byron Graham

Little Carmine's Italian Sandwiches.

For nearly twenty years, Carmine's on Penn Italian Restaurant has been stuffing Denver with its heaping bowls of gourmet pasta. Though Carmine's pricing is often as bloated as its patrons' bellies -- largely due to serving sizes that are injurious for a single person to consume -- the restaurant jas always focused on high-quality, often locally sourced ingredients.

See also:
- Sometimes a sandwich is just a sandwich
- Bigger isn't better at Carmine's on Penn
- A Happy Ending: Carmine's on Penn proves that fairy tales can come true.

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While there are many sandwiches in the world, there is only one that achieves perfection without even trying: the Thanksgiving sandwich. And while it's difficult to argue with Thanksgiving dinner -- turkey, stuffing and cranberry -- on a bun, it has been hard to find Thanksgiving sandwiches (also know as Pilgrim sandwiches) in Denver. But that has changed recently. Here are five places where you can get your Turkey Day leftover fix without having to clutter up your fridge. (And to make your own sandwich, check out this obscenity-laden post from our sister paper in Dallas.)

See also:
- Spicy Pickle makes Pilgrims happy with the Harvest Panini
- I'm thankful for Spinelli's Market
- Gobble This: The bird is the word at Pat's Philly Steaks and Subs

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Dave Herrera

You can still order a Fool's Gold Loaf sandwich from Nick Andurlakis,

Did you know that Elvis, who left the building for good 35 years ago today, once flew all the way to Denver in the middle of the night just for a sandwich? Well, he did -- true story. But this was no ordinary sandwich. This was the Fool's Gold Loaf, a ginormous, artery-hardening contraption conceived and featured at the long-defunct Colorado Mine Company in Glendale, a restaurant run by Buck and Cindy Scott that was once a prime hangout for media types, politicians, cops... and Elvis.

See also:
- Retired Denver Police Captain Jerry Kennedy on the time Elvis bought him a Lincoln
- John Bucci on being the proud owner of the church pew Elvis once sat in at Holy Family
- Retired Denver police officer Bob Cantwell on The King's "nurse" making a house call
- Bob Kortz on tracking down a black diamond for The King in the middle of the night

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The Franklin from the Denver Biscuit Company.

Odds are good that "chicken" isn't the first thing most people think of when they consider a sandwich. After all, there are so many other kinds of sammies that get higher billing: pastrami and Italian sandwiches, turkey and egg salad, meatball, roast beef and BLTs. Even peanut butter and jelly.

But still, there are plenty of chicken-sandwich fans out there, judging from all the white-breast-beating over Chick-fil-A these days. If you're one of those who's boycotting the chain, here are five chicken-sandwich alternatives:

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The only thing that could possibly have made the discovery of a new Pilgrim sandwich any better is that fact that I'll soon be able to wash it down with a cold Colorado beer.

Backcountry Provisions, the oddly-but-rustic-and-poetically-named LoDo sandwich shop, plans to start serving two beers on tap alongside a lineup of five or six canned Colorado brews sometime in the next month; Backcountry's liquor license application was recently approved.

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Come to me.

Ask a Jew about his or her main dream in life. Some look for spiritual enlightenment, others just crave happiness. Most mothers want their children to finish their law or doctoral degrees.

But a few of us Chosen have set our sights on the Jimmy's Favorite sandwich at Jimmy & Drew's 28th Street Deli. Imagine a fantastic Reuben: melted Swiss, mouthfuls of sauerkraut, the tang of Thousand Island dressing, piles of warm pastrami -- and then get rid of the bread and throw the whole thing on a few fresh-griddled potato latkes. Oy vey.

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Props to the Spicy Pickle for having the guts to roll out its new Harvest Panini, essentially a Thanksgiving -- or Pilgrim -- sandwich remade and given a less holiday-specific (or politically thorny) name.

I have a long and delicious history with Thanksgiving sandwiches but have bemoaned the difficulty of finding them in Denver -- outside of a few places, such as Pat's and Spinelli's.

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Got the munchies?

If so, there's really only one place to be today: Cheba Hut.

"We are throwing a party system-wide," says Matthew Trethewey, spokesman for the Fort Collins-based sub sandwich chain, which has a dozen stores in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Oregon and celebrates its anniversary every year on April 20. "4/20 is our Christmas. It's our biggest day of the year."

To mark the holiday, all the Cheba Huts are offering a $4.20 deal that includes a four-inch sandwich, chips and a drink, all served in a commemorative, dated Frisbee. And since the Denver store, at 1531 Champa Street, is only blocks from today's massive 4/20 rally at Civic Center Park, Trethewey says they're expecting quite a bit of traffic.

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Lance Barto, executive chef of Strings, 1700 Humboldt Street, is always playing with his menu, as are most chefs this time of year when the freshness of springtime calls for new ingredients and new dishes.

He's just added kesra, a traditional Moroccan flat bread, to his spring menu, the recipe of which is posted after the jump.

"We are serving a version that is lightly leavened by yeast," says Barto. "In the restaurant, we're grilling the bread and pairing it with our mussel dish, but you could use it for something similar at home, or more simply, it'd be a great vehicle for a dollop of hummus for a snack." Barto adds that you can even use it to make sandwiches, or eat it "straight out of the oven with some fresh butter."

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"Rise & Shine was started by Seth Rubin after he decided working for others was a bad idea. He combined his love of great coffee and good, old-fashioned, Southern-style biscuits to create the concept of a biscuit kitchen and cafe."

According to its Facebook page, that's the back-story behind Rise & Shine Biscuit Kitchen and Cafe, which opened earlier this month at 330 Holly Street, in the same space that occupies Basil Doc's Pizza. The small chalkboard menu hustles plain biscuits (all of which are baked in house), breakfast biscuits and biscuit sandwiches, alongside jolts of java. Hours are Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.