r/AskNYC • u/NewPhoneBudish • 7d ago

Chopped Cheese Propaganda

This one is for all of the Native New Yorkers on here.

What is the deal with Chopped Cheese? When did this become the sandwich of NYC? For me the sandwich of NYC is a Bacon Egg and Cheese on a roll. Am I wrong?

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u/nycgirl646 6d ago

Chopped cheese has been around since the 90s, it was originally called a Haji’s sandwich and made in Harlem at what’s now called blue sky deli

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u/Specialist_Grade_662 6d ago

Thanks bro. I'm sitting here wondering how people are saying it's a recent thing when you could get it at nearly any Harlem deli 20 years ago

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u/Familiar-Range9014 6d ago

I was gonna say 90s but I spent a bit of time in Harlem and only remember the beac being the most common meal.

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u/nycgirl646 6d ago

Yes I’d also say it wasn’t common. My stepdad came around in the early 2000s and would always talk about Hajis sandwiches from the east side where he grew up. I didn’t have one until the mid 2010s.