Mifan or Mafan: Queenie's Sandwiches

After closing their Yonghegong location, Queenie’s reopened in much more spacious digs on Jiaodaokou Dongdajie. Love it or hate it, you can’t deny that Queenie’s Sandwiches brings something special to the table. Most notably, the hazy dive provides a temporary home at any ungodly hour of the morning for boozed-up bar rats stumbling out of the hutongs looking for a quick nightcap (or five) before they catch their Didi Premier back to reality at dawn. 

Though, we must say, Queenie’s also brings excellent sandwiches to the table – dirt-cheap and delicious – and have recently debuted a breakfast menu, with the intent of reinventing itself as a top daytime destination. Come for late-night pick-me-ups like their Saigon Style sandwich (a QS spin on bahn mi, RMB25!), and stay to take a nap in the plush booths immediately after.

[Images via Valerie Osipov/That's]

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