Our New Yorkers Collection is a homage to the traditions and characters that make New York City the most vibrant, smart, beautiful, and creative city in the world. The troops of anonymous heroes that can make or break our every day; from the building super to the bodega cat, subway performers, the delivery boys, the firetrucks, the food, the cops, the rats, the cab drivers, the cashiers, the pizza, the bagels, the chopped cheese sandwich!
After doing some research, we found out that the chopped cheese was first served in a bodega in Harlem called Hajji’s, also known as Blue Sky Deli during the 90’s. However, after the first Harlemites tried it, they spread the word, and soon the Chopped Cheese/Chop Cheese (it’s OK to call it both ways) sandwich became a New Yorker thing.
Please check out this cool documentary about this delicious New York sandwich, and visit our online store www.tantrummediastore.com; we have a whole curated collection of New Yorker stuff, apparel, accessories, t-shirts, hoodies, and wallets!