Seasonal Sandwich no. 5 & 6- Gerard's Deli & Starbucks

The search continues for the best Christmas Sandwich in Dublin.....

Gerard's Deli

After visiting the Warhol exhibition in the Hugh Lane Gallery on Wednesday, we sauntered back through town from the Northside to the Southside making our way to Gerard's Deli on Earlsfort Terrace in order to have their Christmas Sandwich. which we had seen advertised on Instagram. The sandwich was made on a roll and they suggest it be toasted - so that's what we did!

There is no seating to speak of in Gerard's and it is more of a sandwich to go place that probably services all of the offices in the locality. 

However, we did manage to stand at a small counter near the back of the shop where we split a sandwich between us.

Here's the pic of the toasted sandwich with our scores to follow, and as a point of information this sandwich was €7.50.

1. Price.                                     Enid 4/5      Ciaran 4/5
2. Ingredients                            Enid 3/5      Ciaran 3/5
3. Construction / aesthetic.      Enid 3/5      Ciaran 3/5
4. Atmosphere/ Experience       Enid 3/5      Ciaran 2/5
5. Tradition                                Enid 2/5      Ciaran 2/5

Total for Gerard's is 29 out of 50

Starbucks Holiday Sandwich

After stopping in Voila on Baggot Street to see if they had a Christmas Sandwich (they don't) we headed on to Starbucks on Waterloo Road where we ordered one of their Holiday Sandwiches, which again we got toasted.

At a cost of €6.25 it was tasty even though I was picking up a hint of cinnamon from it - perhaps it was in the stuffing? Is this a thing?

Here's our scores for this sandwich

1. Price.                              Enid 4/5      Ciaran 4/5
2. Ingredients                          Enid 3/5      Ciaran 4/5
3. Construction / aesthetic.       Enid 3/5      Ciaran 4/5
4. Atmosphere/ Experience        Enid 3/5      Ciaran 3/5
5. Tradition                                Enid 3/5      Ciaran 2/5

Starbucks sandwich got a total of 33 out of 50

So as you can see neither of these sandwiches are top scorers with Greenville Deli sandwich still at the top. And if you want to read about the last contender, click here to read about the Santy Bagel from Itsa.