Everyone knows I love a good theme and at The Speakeatery in Asbury, you guessed it, the theme is life under the 18th Amendment. Tucked away in a small corner of a storefront on Cookman Ave, The Speakeatery has plenty of unique sandwich options named after some of your favorite Roarin' 20's slang and characters including "The Bootlegger" which is buttermilk soaked fried pork chop with sausage gravy served on a biscuit, and "The Flapper" which is roasted turkey, swiss, cranberry aioli and arugula. (I will be trying all of these, naturally, likely following Big Mike's.) Today's focus as far as the top 25 NJ sandwiches go, will be "The Elliot Mess," of course, a play on the famous Prohibition Agent who brought down Al Capone, Elliot Ness. Ness famously turned down Capone's bribe of $2,000 (equivalent to $16k today) every Monday morning in exchange for turning his eye to the illegal bootlegging activities that would be made legal again shortly after the 21st Amendment was passed. Couldn't be me but I suppose I do not have a sandwich named after me at The Speakeatery so who's the real winner here? I was expecting the Elliot "Mess" to be messier but it wasn't. It was delicious though, with turkey and roast beef dancing with cranberry aioli and horseradish mayo, a combination of two worlds blended into one. I'll leave which one is the bootlegger and which one is the federal agents up to your imagination. There was also muenster cheese on this sandwich which you never really see but love to see it. And of course, how can we forget the vegetables. This sandwich is topped with arugula, roasted red peppers, tomato, and coleslaw, making it The Speakeatery's most ingredient-heavy sandwich on the menu. And because of that, and beach season rapidly approaching, I opted for the "half" which was filling enough at $9. There was a very chill vibe inside with the workers listening to the most recent Joe Rogan podcast, since grab and go is the only option momentarily I found this charming. Excellent experience and I can't wait to try the rest of the sandwiches on the menu, which also include a pork roll, egg, and cheese (not named after a bootlegger).
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