Oct 2002: Brooklyn's largest circulated newspaper features an article on various sandwich shops, including yours truly, Press 195. Below is an excerpt, click here for the full article.
Brian Karp and Chris Evans, owners of Press 195, a sandwich and wine bar that opened this summer on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, could qualify as total sandwich freaks. Stop in on a Saturday and you'll find them behind the grill, assembling and pressing sandwiches and pitching in when the waitresses get swamped.Karp purchases his ingredients from small, local purveyors near his weekend home in upstate New York. That means that the honey jalapeno mustard comes from the farm of "a nice guy named Lou," and the maple syrup used in the pesto hails from a farm in Prattsville.The menu, featuring 16 pressed sandwiches, offers unexpected choices like the No. 9: homemade roast pork, queso blanco (traditional Mexican white cheese), pickled jalapenos, cilantro, red onions and a roasted garlic spread. This pungent, creamy and spicy Mexican take on the panini, made with ciabatta from Park Slope's Uprising bakery, has big, brawny flavors, yet the sandwich fits neatly in your hand. The more traditional No. 13, with slices of ripe tomato, fresh basil, a slice of creamy mozzarella and a dab of pesto, slightly sweetened with maple syrup, tasted cleanly of summer tomatoes and basil.
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