I can't believe I've lived this close to Saltie and only just went there this past weekend. These sandwiches were AMAZING even though they totally sound weird and potentially gross. I got the Ships Biscuit ($9) and the Spanish Armada ($10) because they sounded the least bizarre. The Ships Biscuit came with soft scrambled egg and ricotta on a giant salted (get it? Saltie...salted) foccacia bread. The egg was perfectly cooked (soft, wet and yolky) and the ricotta was a perfect combination. But it was the soft salted bread that really just made the sandwich so different from any other sandwich I've had. The Spanish Armada came with a potato tortilla and aoli mayo on the same salted bread. When I finished both of these sandwiches I was already craving another one. I can't put my finger on the exact reason they were amazing, but it was just the right combination and the use of really fresh tasting ingredients. They also had a delicious sounding beet salad with goat cheese and bib lettuce but at $9 and the fact that it was still breakfast time, it didn't seem right to order it at that moment. But if they have it next time I go during lunch or dinner, I'm all over it.
The rest of the sandwiches just sound plain weird: for example, the Scuttlebutt had egg, cauliflower, pickles, feta, black olives, capers and aoli. I can name 3 things that I absolutely hate on that list, but that's the kind of sandwich they are famous for. Ordinarily, I would never come near this sandwich but at Saltie, I'm willing to give it a try. The reasons why this place doesn't get 5 stars are: cash only, no place to sit, and closes early (6pm). Otherwise, I would have been really close to giving this place at least a 4.5 rating.
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