Eating

Nica's Market

603 Orange St.
New Haven, CT
(203) 787-5919
nicasmarket.com

There's a real neighborhood atmosphere to Nica's Market. The Sabino family and their staff know many, if not all, of their customers. And there is a family gathering element to the tiny market, in which they make the most delicious sandwiches around, like you'd get when you're coming home for a family event. How delicious are they? They're first place in our readers' poll - again.

Keeping it simple and using fresh ingredients is why the Sabinos have reeled in the top spot. One of their bread-bound delights that gets rave reviews and much praise as one the best "sangwiches" ever made is The Flag. What makes this item so fabulous? Is it the multiple ingredients? All the components that make up one of these good eats?

Made with fresh bread, fresh "motz," fresh basil, olive oil (matching the colors of the Italian national flag, get it?), it's got to be the secret ingredient of "love" -- if we may be so sentimental -- that makes this sandwich, and all of Nica's sandwiches, a winner.