Roast Beef Sandwich from Hanny's

Roast Beef Sandwich from Hanny’s

Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing our 100 Favorite Dishes with you. Now we're back - with the 2011 edition. Have a suggestion for a dish you'd like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. 68: Roast...

Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing our 100 Favorite Dishes with you. Now we’re back – with the 2011 edition. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com.

68: Roast Beef Sandwich from Hanny’s

There’s lots to be said for having a cool, historic joint downtown for a cocktail or a glass of wine — even better if there’s eats to go along with — even better if the eats are served late into the evening and taste like breakfast.

Hanny’s, the one-time clothing store constructed in 1947, is such a place. Along with bruschetta, big salads, and crispy Roman pizzas, Hanny’s has a sandwich perfect for those evenings when dinner happened a long time ago and breakfast is still a few hours away: the roast beef.

“Fried egg with your ribeye, Ma’am?”

“Why yes. And more olives for my martini, please.”

Stacked and packed with grilled rib-eye, crispy bacon from the experts at Nueske’s in Wisconsin, arugula, and a fried egg, the roast beef sandwich at Hanny’s is a delicious, hearty breakfast between two pieces of ciabatta bread.

You’ll taste the rib-eye first, perfectly prepared and tender, then the snap of flavorful bacon mixing with fresh arugula and the fried, tender goodness of the egg. In a breadless situation, a forkful of the flavors may be difficult to manage. Lucky for you, the crisp-crusted ciabatta is strong enough to hold it all together and tasty enough to become part of the experience.