... the sandwich of roast beef dipped in pan juices is probably Irish in origin. Pay a visit to Brooklyn’s Brennan and Carr, a structure on Avenue U that looks like a cross between a Tudor house and a Civil War stockade. The restaurant was founded in Sheepshead Bay in 1938 when the neighborhood was still mainly farmland, as photos inside the eatery attest. A sign outside says Hot Beef and indeed the specialty of the house is a roast beef sandwich cut from a giant gray roast pulled from a steam cabinet, each sandwich provided with a cup of liquid called broth for the purposes of dipping. So maybe the French dip should be called the Irish dip...
Posted on: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 02:00:21 +0000