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Best Sandwiches in America 2017: Breakfast

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El Gringo Food Truck

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Winner: Buenos Dias

Restaurant: El Gringo Food Truck, Baltimore 

Units: 1

Creator: Chef Stephen Carey

Price: $8

Food cost: $1.64

Ingredients: Spam, eggs, fresh guacamole and pico de gallo on a corn arepa.

What makes it special: El Gringo puts its own twist on the breakfast taco by using a corn arepa instead of a tortilla. Carey says the use of Spam also sets it apart and gets customers talking. The combination of a crunchy arepa exterior, fried eggs, salty Spam, creamy cheese and fresh guacamole and pico de gallo make the creation a bestseller.

What others are saying: El Gringo’s arepas were highlighted in a May article by the Baltimore Sun about the growing popularity of the corn-based item. In addition to the breakfast arepa, El Gringo also serves arepas stuffed with a medley of pork — Spam, pulled pork, bacon and honey-chipotle barbecue — or a Mexican crab cake.

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About the Authors

Lisa Jennings

Executive Editor, Nation's Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality

Lisa Jennings is executive editor of Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality. She joined the NRN staff as West Coast editor in 2004 as a veteran journalist. Before joining NRN, she spent 11 years at The Commercial Appeal, the daily newspaper in Memphis, Tenn., most recently as editor of the Food and Health & Wellness sections. Prior experience includes staff reporting for the Washington Business Journal and United Press International.

Lisa’s areas of expertise include coverage of both large public restaurant chains and small independents, the regulatory and legal landscapes impacting the industry overall, as well as helping operators find solutions to run their business better.

Lisa Jennings’ experience:

Executive editor, NRN (March 2020 to present)

Executive editor, Restaurant Hospitality (January 2018 to present)

Senior editor, NRN (September 2004 to March 2020)

Reporter/editor, The Commercial Appeal (1990-2001)

Reporter, Washington Business Journal (1985-1987)

Contact Lisa Jennings at:

[email protected]

@livetodineout

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-jennings-83202510/

 

Marcella Veneziale

Associate web editor, Nation's Restaurant News

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