[rousseau]

Sometimes I forget this is an urban hipster forum. Newsflash: hot gravy sandwiches never "went away," they've always been and continue to be standard fare at diners. And like pretty much anything, there's good and bad.

I'm a lay connoisseur of hot beef sandwiches (get your mind out of the gutter, you preverts). It's the only thing I get when we're in the mood to go to a diner. I've had terrible ones with sandwich meat-style roast beef and gravy from a package, and I've had really good ones made with beef sliced from a roast, real mashed potatoes and excellent coleslaw on the side.

I see it as a satisfyingly hearty dish for cold weather. I probably have it four or five times per winter.