Roll N Roaster

The best homegrown fast food in New York City can be found in Sheepshead Bay, no ifs, ands or burgers about it. The south Brooklyn neighborhood is home to roll n roaster, a roast beef (and so much more) restaurant that's been feeding the community and its Before the Saturday-night rush starts at Roll-N-Roaster, the kitchen staff of 32 starts to work all the machines: the ovens roasting beef, the juicers squeezing lemons, the grills searing burger patties, the cash register pinging under a yellow sign that There’s a simple reason why Roll-N-Roaster is a Sheepshead Bay icon. For 40 years, the restaurant — noted in the 2010 Zagat Survey for having “inhalable roast beef sandwiches” — has consistently served up top-quality comfort food at reasonable This is the latest edition of Who Goes There? a regular feature in which Lost City's Brooks of Sheffield cracks the doors on mysteriously enduring Gotham restaurants—unsung, curious neighborhood mainstays with the dusty, forgotten, determined look—to At Roll n' Roaster they've been making "simply delicious" food for over 40 years. The menu focuses on roast beef sandwiches, but extends to fried shrimp and a pizza. What makes it cool? In a time when "throw back" to "old" New York often requires Read more about my trip to Sheepshead Bay here. Got a suggestion for a cool spot that's off the beaten path? No snack is too remote for Gears 'n' Grub! Tweet me a tip @wormulus. Our weekly guide to New York dining includes food news and reviews, as well as .

Get our stories in your inbox, free. Like Brooklyn Daily on Facebook. Tweets of Roll ‘n Roaster’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. The Twitterverse was abuzz with rumors that the Emmons Avenue fast-food staple was swept away by Hurricane Sandy’s Hello! And welcome to Gears 'n' Grub, an illustrated series about the great snacks I find on bike rides across New York City. Our first stop: the old Roll-N-Roaster in Sheepshead Bay, which I came across after a trip to Bottle Beach (also know as Dead While “You can have CHEEZ on anything you PLEEZ” would be enough to entice even the strongest will-powered man into Roll-n-Roaster, there are reasons galore to visit – though most do include said CHEEZ. First and foremost is the wonderful roast beef While independent restaurants are certainly guilty of going a bit over the top (for example, a commercial for Brooklyn’s Roll-N-Roaster is so outrageous that it’s entered into the New York pop culture lexicon and is still airing more than 30 years .

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