Pal, please: You’ll want your own sandwich and salads at Pal’s Take Away. Photo by Kimberly Chun.
By Kimberly Chun
I love Dynamo Donut’s newest neighbor – nestled in Tony’s Market, at 2751 24th St. and Hampshire – ’cause he’s absolutely delish.
Pal’s Take Away – essentially a stand within the corner bodega across the way from DD – sources its sparkling fresh food stuffs from Acme, Marin Sun, Dirty Girl, Riverdog, Full Belly, Knoll, etc., as well as chums’ fruit trees – and it keeps a concise menu, focusing on sandwiches made to order and two or three salads, tops.
Pal also likes mango on his homemade strawberry jam and almond butter offering – but I’ll forgive him for that because my spring peas salad – with fresh shelling, sugar snap, and snow peas and a blissful dose of mint and champagne vinegar – kind of made my day. I don’t care what some cooks say about frozen peas being a perfectly acceptable substitute for fresh: you can tell the difference, and this salad is the ideal way to relish these tiny-tailed babies.