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The Cemitas Arabe at Cemitas Puebla*

Restaurant: Cemitas Puebla
Where: 3619 W. North Ave.Call: 773.772.8435


August 20th, 2009 by b. titcomb

CG flickr “cemitas” description from bindifry:

Spit roasted pork sandwich with queso fresco, avocado spread & chipotle mole sauce. It’s served on a sesame style torta bun. Unique regional hole-in-the-wall on west North Ave.  All puebla all the time.

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I will do some Flowers In The Attic type shit to my kids for some of this.  I need this in my life like a 4% APR credit card at a Nordstrom pump sale.

Want to further jerk your mouth off?  Video always proves more effective for climax.

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  1. Andrew N
    August 21st, 2009 at 07:45 | #1

    That’s no mere “sesame style torta bun.” That’s a seeded egg-bread roll that started showing up in Puebla, Mexico after a wave of Lebanese immigrants arrived. The family has them made special for the restaurant and they are a crucial part of the cemita experience.

  2. d
    August 21st, 2009 at 08:41 | #2

    Gotdamnit, Lebanese-Mexican fusion? Cemita sandwich offically on my radar.

  3. b. titcomb
    August 21st, 2009 at 08:46 | #3

    Thanks for the World History lesson Andrew. I got an “D+” in that shit.

  4. Andrew N
    August 21st, 2009 at 13:35 | #4

    @d

    The arabe \”varietal\” of the cemita (as well as the tacos arabes and tacos orientales) also feature that tasty fusion—when you\’re up at the counter ordering, look to the left side of the grill where you can see the arabe meat. It\’s spit-roasted with onions Gyro-style!

    I\’m horribly embarrassed to suggest looking towards Guy Fieri for *anything*, but he did Cemitas Puebla justice when he stopped by:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYeeUUpPkks

    Also, this place in BYOB. All in all, it rules mightily.

  5. D-Nice
    September 3rd, 2009 at 17:37 | #5

    I dream about this sandwich. Guy Fieri put this place on blast, and it’s good enough to make me think about bleaching my hair, wearing my sunglasses backwards, and using douch-y terms like “this is off the hook.” Ok, not really. But I luvs it. I also dig the owner’s pop doing magic tricks for the kids in the store. Peep the pickled jars of peppers and you’ll be thinking “here comes the brand new flava…”

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