La Grotta Del Fromaggio – The Cave of Cheese

Located next to Fratelli Bakery on The Drive is La Grotta Del Fromaggio… or the The Cave of Cheese.

When I was younger, I thought that they only sold cheese here. But then, on a visit to Fratelli, I noticed that it’s more like an Italian grocery store that also serves things like freshly made sandwiches (much like Benny’s Market in Strathcona).

I also noticed that they sell those cute little Italian candies that you get at some restaurants.  I just love these things and they come in an assortment of colours.

They have small pouches of these that you can buy or, as I learned, you can actually buy a huge bag of these (I think I had bought a 2kg bag once).

The thing is that these candies don’t last forever (especially in heat) so it’s better to just buy a small bag unless you’re got a really big sweet tooth.

Back to the hand-crafted sandwiches… you can choose pretty much everything that you could want for your sandwich including the type of bread and all of the toppings.  I picked a medium sub ($7) which they brushed with olive oil and vinegar, edam cheese, mortadella, chipotle mayo, dijon mustand and a little bit of all of the veggie toppings (including lettuce, tomato, red onions, roasted peppers, artichoke hearts, green olives, hot peppers, and what I think was pickled eggplant).

Then they grill the whole thing up in one of their panini presses.  This place gets really busy during the lunch rush and I have to say that the sandwich was pretty good if you’re looking for an Italian-style sandwich.

1791 Commercial Drive
Vancouver, BC

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