Artisan Cheese Gallery

I'm not particularly a sandwich person, but the paninis at Artisan Cheese Gallery in Studio City are not to be missed. Despite the many, many cheeses and dry goods they have for sale here (including flavored peanut butters and honeys), the sandwiches are truly the shining star. My favorite is the turkey panini with brie and granny smith apple slices. The ham, cheddar, and bacon is another great one, as well as the Mr. Fred (ham, gouda, spicy brown mustard). You can also find a roast beef and several vegetarian sandwiches on the menu (i.e. tuna, veggie melt, portobello, mozzarella, and grilled cheese). There are daily specials as well to try. Each sandwich comes with sweet & spicy pickle slices, which are good if you like that kind of thing. Pretty much you can find about any gourmet ingredient here. Especially intriguing is the vast array of soda. While the food is always good and the service always nice and genuine, one thing that can't be said about Artisan is that it's particularly cheap. Most of the sandwiches are $9.50 as well are the salads, despite their lack of portions on the salad. The daily specials usually run a dollar or so more. I usually end up coming here on a Sunday afternoon, which is in fact probably the worst time to come because people tend to wonder over from the farmers market directly behind the store. But if you are lucky you will still be able to grab a parking spot in the lot out back. If there was ever a cheese you wanted to try, here's the place to do it.

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