Located at the very corner of Lower Queen Anne on the ground floor of an office building is The Sandwich Tree. On Thursdays they have a French Dip special so I decided to make the trip on a mild January afternoon. They were surprisingly busy, but the line moved quickly because of the efficient staff. Within a few minutes I received my $5.99 French Dip and side salad and headed back to the office lunchroom.

Unfortunately, the French Dip special was not so special. The first thing that came to my mind was the notion that I could have made this sandwich in my own kitchen. They used a hoagie roll instead of a baguette, a huge no no for a French Dip. Inside the roll were merely two thinly sliced pieces of roast beef. East Coast deli owners would have been rolling in their graves had they seen this skimpy portion of beef. The MSG free au jus had the perfect amount of salt and was by far the best part of the French Dip.

Overall, I wouldn’t recommend this “special” unless it is raining and/or you don’t want to stray too far from the office.

Meat = 0.0
Bread = 0.0
Au Jus = 1.0
Cost/Quantity = 0.5

Total = 1.5