Ike's Comes To Walnut Creek - Sandwich Heaven Has Arrived

The great Matt Cain is not on the mound so far this year. The great Matt Cain is on Locust Street, on the menu at Ike's sandwich shop.

Though the Giant's pitcher is struggling to get strikes this season, after pitching a perfect game last year, his namesake sandwich hit it out of the park the other day.

Featuring provolone, turkey and roast beef, the sandwich came with Ike's famous "dirty sauce" on slices of house-made Dutch crunch bread. After hearing so many people rave about this place, I admit I was skeptical. After all, how can a mere sandwich be anything more than that?

Ike's has found a way. It was pure delight.

The lines were nowhere near as long as they are for his San Francisco store. Though it was busy on a recent Tuesday at noon, I got in and out within a half hour. The staff was delightful, friendly and upbeat, and though the menu is fairly daunting, with dozens of namesake sandwiches from which to choose, once a decision was made and ordered, it came quickly.

And it disappeared just as fast. I should have savored the experience, but it was just too good.

I'm told there is an Ike's app you can download for your phone, to order a sandwich ahead of time and just swoop by and pick it up. These are remarkable times we live in.

I will definitely be back, and I suggest you put this on your "lunch to-do" list. You won't be sorry.

Ike's Sandwich Shop
1159 Locust St.
Walnut Creek