Just like home, minus the tears

Every November, we get psyched-up for America's Best Holiday . But instead of hanging crepe turkeys around the cafe, or making our employees wear pilgrim hats (hmmm...), we serve lots of pie and Thanksgiving sandwiches. Until now, we have only offered one: the notorious, "I Hate This Family" sandwich. Turkey, sage stuffing, cranberry compote, and lettuce are housed together between two pieces of well-mayonnaised bread. It's not a particularly original combination (although I do think putting starchy food in a sandwich is pretty ballsy), but it's got a powerful nostalgia factor. After being sent to your room during Thankgiving Dinner, this is the sandwich you eat in the dark when everyone's gone to bed.

This year we rounded out the menu with something for the vegetarians: The Day After gets a little more creative, with roasted acorn squash, cranberry relish, hazelnut butter and Oregon Blue Cheese. I really wanted to get brussels sprouts on this, but it got vetoed by Jeff. Finally, for those weirdos out there who have a Thankgiving ham, there's the Uncle Dennis named after our most treasured, biggest pain in the ass customer, Dennis. It's a grilled sandwich featuring ham, havarti and apricot-glazed sweet potatoes. I'm postitive that when Dennis sees we named a sandwich after him, he'll try to sue us for copyright infringement.