The Pig and Heifer
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Location:
Pearse Street
Visited:
over 3 years ago
Reviewed by:
Martin McKenna
Rating:
The Pig and Heifer is a very small sandwich joint on Pearse Street, whose name reveals the source of their fillings. They have a couple of other locations around Dublin and do catering too. P&H model themselves on a New York deli, so the very large menu includes pastrami, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, pickles and so on. They also have a good selection of dried ham & salami and cheese including mozzarella, brie and tallegio. It’s not really a build-your-own sort of place, and it gets pretty busy around lunchtime, so expect a ten-minute wait or so. Eating-in is doable, on a shelf around the back but unpleasant when it’s busy, so get a take-away.
My Toscano, with the eponymous dried ham, tallegio, olives, peppers and leaves, (€6) was delicious. The cheese is piled on top of the meat and then briefly microwaved before being put in the bread, which is a thick, airy, soft roll; perfect for the strong flavours of the filling and without the gum-shredding crust of a typical Cuisine de France, Centra/Spar roll. The Pig and Heifer’s sandwiches are a little expensive but enormous; one shared between two not-exactly-ravenous people would probably suffice for a light lunch. (I ate my second half later that afternoon).
The Pig & Heifer’s coffee is very competitively priced; an espresso is €1.50, an Americano is €2.00. I had an espresso on the bench outside while waiting for my sandwich, and while it wasn’t anything to write home about, it was perfectly serviceable for €1.50. The coffee is provided by Lavazza.
The Pig & Heifer comes highly recommended indeed. Delicious, large, genuinely gourmet sandwiches that give you very good value for money.
