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The rumors are true: P&W Sandwich Shop, Bwog’s favorite lunchtime haunt, is closing.
Shocked and appalled by what we hoped was a cruel finals prank (remember Hawkma?), Bwog called over only to receive confirmation of the tragic tip. P&W is owned by the same family who operates Hungarian, next door. Due to “lease termination,” P&W’s last day will be December 24th. Bwog will most miss the zany sandwich names, “sundries,” and friendly service.
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@Anonymous We should protest!!! Whoever owns the building is an idiot!
@Anonymous P&W has offered a rare combination of healthy, delicious, fairly price food served by people who are down to earth enough to care about their community. As a worker at St. Luke’s Hospital for the last eleven years it has been my go-to lunch spot. Inaddition to the creative sandwiches and soups, what makes this place so special are the owners and the way they interact with customers. I am regularly awed by Wendy, who deals with crowds of tourists and elementary school students from the Cathedral School with such calm and personal attention to everyone. And it’s been great to see her and her husband and kids all working together. This is the sort of place that I fear I’ll have to say “they don’t have places
like that anymore”, when it closes. Many thanks to P&W!
@anon The only silver-lining of this tragedy is Bare Burger is moving into the space.
@CC '13 Friends of P & W:
I’m thinking of sending a letter to the landlord, from members of the Columbia community who cannot simply watch as P & W gets pushed out.
From what I understand, the lease has been raised, and P & W would either have to increase their prices, or start selling cigarettes and beer to pay rent–two things they do not wish to do.
P & W is such an important part of our community. It is one of the only Mom-and-Pop stores around. The staff is made up of personable and caring people, who provide a loving atmosphere and energy that our neighborhood needs. It’s an energy that NYC needs.
If you would sign your name, please give this comment a thumbs up, and we’ll move from there.
@Anonymous Let’s do this
@Anonymous Gonna miss the vibe. A great neighborhood place. The best sandwiches. And I love the folks who work there; always a warm and pleasing greeting, a friendly smile, and…well, you know what I mean!
@I think this is terrible! The sandwiches here were so dope fresh, that it was worth the commute to campus from another borough to eat there…tsk tsk cross out another great eat on this island.
@Cheese and Pickle! Only place that I know in NY with a Cheese and Pickle (British Open) sandwich on the menu!
@Anonymous One of the few places near campus worth going to sober.
@Anonymous No more Sasquitch?
@Anonymous :(. Man! I can’t even imagine how the people in Manhattanville must feel.
@Anonymous simply heartbreaking.
@Noah WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK. THIS SHIT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. they know my name there, i will not stand for this.
@Anonymous the sign in the window says it’s last day is Christmas Eve
@Anonymous ah! the chicken salad is so good!
@Anonymous It’s a pity that they are so relatively obscure, wince this place has the friendliest, most interesting staff in Morningside. Their food is delicious and in addition to being a deli, they essentially served as a general store with all kinds of items from clarinet reeds and guitar strings to bandanas — can you think of other places that you can get those sorts of things? I will miss P&W dearly.
@Anonymous Seriously! Where the hell else am I going to get replacement strings within a block of my dorm? And a delicious sandwich too?!?!
@Anonymous what kind of food did they sell?
@Anonymous you are the lowest form of life on earth.
@Anonymous Hey, there’s nothing wrong with not having heard of something good.
@Yanyi That is quite sad. Each time I went there, I was served a sandwich, not an oversized monstrosity whose size outpaced its taste. The combinations were always well thought-out, their scale in proportion to each other weighed well. Prices lower than HamDel, M2M, etc, but quality above them all.
I hope they’ll manage to stay around, somehow. They will be missed.
@I think that... Sometimes, people just don’t realize that everybody is over on the other side and that’s why people always do things like that. I only wish for everybody out there in the world to understand that things are going to be like they can be, however. But usually, it’s often the case that that’s not how it is.
@what the hell? You, sir, make no sense.
@Anonymous This is the worst thing to have happened to me during finals. Why!!!!!!
@CC '12 Wow that’s to bad- are there any implications for Hungarian?
@CC '12 *too
@Anonymous no, hungarian is staying.
@letz occupy p/w
@P&W actually has the best sandwiches in morningside. I plan to eat a sasquitch every day until it closes
@Anonymous Hands down the best sammich in Morningside
@Anonymous So here’s the deal. I’ve never been to P&W. I’m debating whether I should, so that I can get a taste of it before it’s gone. Or if I should avoid it, therefore preventing myself from having an experience that I will be unable to have again.
Help?
@Anonymous Better to have loved and lost then to have never loved at all.
@yes yeah…. yeah yeah yeah… yeah… yeah…… yeah yeah …… yeah ….. yeah …. yeah
@Anonymous I’m crying.
@Anonymous NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
@p/w luvrxoxoxo WE WILL MIS YOU P AND W! KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE MISSED! we loved your wide selection of UTZ
@Anonymous It was a pretty unremarkable sandwich shop…doubt anyone cares
@Anonymous I care. deeply.
@Anonymous Hope you don’t mind a terrifically bland Morningside heights, because that’s what’s headed your way.
@CC'13 Question: Do they sell spicy specials or are they HamDel?
Answer: No
Question: Do I thus care?
Answer: No
@salonee you sir, have no soul.
@track button you are my life, thank you for your crusade for sandwich justice
@Anonymous HamDel and CrackDel sandwiches are for drunk fools.
P&W had character. It was a wonderful place.
Go home, fool.
@DUH PEOPLE CARE um DUHHH people care. Everyone has different tastes so just relax. P&W is an amazing place and its not just about the sandwiches. The people there are really awesome and supportive of the neighborhood – they facilitate a used book exchange, post neighborhood announcements, and sell post-cards of St. John the Divine. They are part of what makes the Columbia neighborhood of Morningside Heights feel homey – similar to the Hungarian vibe but I would argue more personal because its always quieter in there and you can better talk to the people who are working the counter. The world is a scary place without the detail and personal touch of places like P&W.