In this episode of Sandwich City, we’re going to Cemitas El Tigre, a lunch counter in Sunnyside, Queens. The restaurant serves Mexican classics like burritos and tacos, but it’s best known for its cemitas, a street food-style sandwich from Central Mexico named after the sesame-seed bun it’s served on.

Follow along as we trace the history of the restaurant’s best-seller, the fried chicken cemitas. It was created out of love and curiosity by Danny Lyu, a culinary outsider who first fell in love with cemitas on a trip to Mexico in 2011. He returned from this trip determined to bring the sandwich back to New York, eventually opening Cemitas El Tigre in 2015.

Ever dreamed of owning a used New York City subway seat, or an official sign pulled down from one of the City's 472 subway stations? With the MTA's Memorabilia and Collectibles site, you can!

[…] we are very pleased to present a sales program designed especially for buyers interested in acquiring a little bit of NYC Transit’s History. Along with its outgoing fleet of buses and subway cars, Transit has Station Signs and Fixtures, Vintage Tokens, and other “collectibles” such as Handholds, Doors, Seating and Destination Signs from retired subway cars

Check out the listing page to see what's available for purchase.

Historian and YouTuber The History Guy recently released this interesting profile of Stanley Clifford Weyman, a man known for being The Fabulous Fraud from Brooklyn. Learn all about him and his impersonations in this short 6-minute video.

Stanley Weyman was one of history's most prolific imposters. From the Mayor of New York to the President of the United States to the Queen of Romania, he bluffed his way through a life that was never boring.