Comments on: Check Out All 5 of Cer Te’s Crazy August Sandwiches

By: cutelittlebirdie

cutelittlebirdie — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:28:12 +0000

Hey guys, I had an amazing customer service experience this week at Cer tÃ© that I wanted to share with all of you:

When I heard about the 5-sandwich special for August, I decided I had to make the trek to try the Colonel’s Heart Attack (I work at 34th and 5th). But when I got there late yesterday afternoon, they had run out of biscuits!! I was tired and hungry (it was already 4, and I hadn’t had lunch yet), and disappointed that they didn’t have the sandwich that I had gone out of my way to get. However the manager, Carlos, more than made up for it. He convinced me to try the Gulfano instead (not like I was about to venture somewhere else for my lunch by then), gave me his card, and promised that if I called him the next day, he would set aside a Colonel’s Heart Attack for me, on the house. As if this wasn’t kind enough, when the counter guy was bagging up my Gulfano, Carlos told him to toss in a brownie! When I showed up today, Carlos greeted me warmly, and he had my sandwich all ready to go.

Thanks to Carlos for brightening my Monday and Tuesday with a free brownie and a free sandwich!

By: gumbygaya

gumbygaya — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:28:06 +0000

The Col. Heart Attack was not tasty at all. The chicken was not even close to being deep friend and crispy or tasty. The mac did not look or taste at all like mac. The bread was terrible and the collard greens for me was a weird taste combo.

Not seasoned at all my mellow fellow midtowners

By: famdoc

famdoc — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:47:41 +0000

Just had a PLT and my PLT had nowhere near the amount of portobellos on it as that depicted in the photo, above.
Nor did it have anywhere near as much tomato on it.
First time ever I’ve been disappointed by Cer Te, so I’ll just assume the sandwich maker was having a rough day.

By: lisafnyc

lisafnyc — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:16:24 +0000

I just had the Colonel’s Heart Attach for lunch today. Liked the chicken — a huge piece and nicely seasoned, still crispy on the outside. Liked the pasta and cheese though it could have used a little more sauce. The collard greens were OK, slightly bitter but I guess that’s how collard greens are. I added a packet of hot sauce, which improved the flavor, but I felt the biscuit was too big and too doughy, not soft enough. The sandwich would be better on the round rolls that ‘Wichcraft uses for its chickpea-and-grilled-eggplant combo.

By: Shenanigans

Shenanigans — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:11:00 +0000

Gulfano’s the best sandwich I’ve tasted in years. Unfortunately, they gave mine to the guy behind me in line and made me wait an extra 10 minutes….

By: adamprato

adamprato — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:14:26 +0000

yeah, “The Colonel’s Heart-a-croque”.

By: StreetMeasOnsumer3008

StreetMeasOnsumer3008 — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:26:51 +0000

Damn, now if they could only COMBINE the Heart attack with the Croque mon. Woo!

By: DocChuck09

DocChuck09 — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:37:51 +0000

That Colonel’s Heart Attack sandwich sounds (and looks) like a winner to me. Enough so that I am going to attempt to duplicate it at home.

How could anything with collard greens (properly cooked) NOT be good?

By: wayne

wayne — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:27:40 +0000

CER TE – The Col. Heart Attack is pretty good, but would be improved greatly if you added a little au jus container to the order, with white gravy in it (thereby keeping the spirit of the sandwich and solving both the biscuit dryness and lack of salt issues). Sure, it would be even more impossible to eat with your hands but we at ML love a challenge

You could also then re-name it The Colonel’s Guaranteed Fatal Heart Attack

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:10:02 +0000

those sandwiches are nuts.

does the chef just think how unhealthy can i make something when he comes up with those combos?