Di Bruno Bros.

Di Bruno's is a Philly legend. They sell top-notch ingredients at top-notch prices. They also do one of the best Italian pork sandwiches in the city. But this review is about the foccacia sandwich I bought today: Abbruzzo Amore (apologies for bad spelling). This thing was huge! It was also made right in front of me from fresh ingredients. There's no doubt about it, it's a work of art; it's also exactly as described. Now I can't work out whether it's amazingly good, or awful. Hear me out. Firstly, the bread is made there and, as you can see in the photo, is fresh and oozes oil - it's foccacia - arguably it's supposed to. Secondly the ingredients are high quality, in large portions, but the ensemble is so rich and creamy (and huge) that eating the whole thing feels like asserting yourself to be the fat greedy westerner that the rest of the world despairs about. Thirdly it costs $15, hich is not overpriced considering the size and the ingredients IMO... but could they not do a $7 version at half the size? Maybe I would walk away feeling less oily and stuffed. It's a terrific sandwich. And also gross. See the problem?