Favorite Unavailable Sandwiches

They may not be deemed to have been worthy by professional restaurant critics or know-it-all foodies. Still, my all-time five favorite sandwiches from Richmond restaurants that no longer exist are as follows:

• The original Commercial Café’s BBQ, as served on N. Robinson St. from about the early-80s to the late-80s.

• The Clover Room’s club sandwich, as served on W. Broad St. from sometime in the late-50s to the late-70s.

• Grace Place’s open-faced muenster/tomato/sprouts sandwich, as served on W. Grace St. approximately from the late-70s to the early-90s.

• Texas-Wisconsin Border Cafe’s soft-shell crab sandwich, as served on W. Main St. approximately from the mid-80s to the mid-90s.

• The original Village Restaurant’s submarine sandwich, as served on W. Grace St. from the late-60s to about 1980 (when Steve and Stella Dikos owned it).  

By the way, I haven't looked up the dates these places actually opened and closed. Instead, the dates I've offered above are when I was eating those beloved sandwiches.