'wichcraft, wich way to the door?

Not even a spell could save the this restaurant.

A more casual sister to Craft and Craftbar next door, this restaurant boasts a menu of sandwiches, soups and salads in the under $10 range.

The decor is airy, with high, high ceilings and creaky wooden floors. I ordered a $5 prosciutto and butter sandwich on baguette bread along with a $2 cafe au lait. For $5, the thin sandwich was robbery. The bread was chewy, and seemed a tad old. The prosciutto was dried out. The restaurant pre-makes the sandwiches, and you can tell.

My dining companion ordered a soup (tomato) and sandwich combo (sicilian tuna, fennel, black olives and lemon on wheat) $8, which she tried to customize. Apparently, customization is a no-no, since her sandwich came back to her untoasted and without lettuce as requested. We glanced at a neighboring table and noticed a diner with lots of lettuce in his sandwich. In the middle of our meal, she actually spit out her food and exclaimed, what is this stuff?!

Needless to say, lunch was not delicious. Decide for yourself whether this restaurant casts a spell over you.

'wichcraft, 49 East 19th Street (between Park Ave. South and Broadway), New York, NY 10003, tel. 212-780-0577

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