My family and I have been frequenting Il Fornaio for years, mostly because it's an inexpensive gem of a hole-in-the-wall that's nothing like the overpriced tourist traps that make up the bulk of the restaurants on the Mulberry strip.

I've never eaten banh mi before. Shameful, I know. Happily, I corrected that little problem earlier this afternoon at Baoguette, a Vietnamese sandwich shop in Gramercy that Kendrick frequents for lunch.