Cafecito

Hands down, best sandwiches in the Loop. Great customer service too, a rare find in Chicago. I go any time I can.

Good food, polite staff, and an interesting environment. It is rare for me to give anything five stars but this one comes very close to wanting to give it five.

The staff is very friendly and treats their regulars very well. I've known a few friends who always get coffee from them every day and once and a while they give them freebies. I'm not much of a coffee drinker, but from what I understand and smell it is fantastic.

My personal favorite sandwich from the place is the Pollo Chipolte it is a wonderful blend of spicy mayo, sweet basil, tomato, melted mozzarella cheese, and chicken all pressed into a nice bread. Very tasty and the price is amazingly low. I'd be willing to pay almost 10 bucks for that sandwich but it is more like 7. (I probably shouldn't tell them to up the price!)

The place will make you an instant fan of Cuban food and their dessert tray on the right will make you consider making so many unhealthy and bad decisions (but also being so good!) while you wait for your order. The time it takes to get food can be a little slow which is acceptable as they're making it pretty much on the spot for you so expect about 5 minutes or so to get your food depending on what it is. I do believe you can order ahead - may be worth it if you want to pick up and go.

If you like Cuban food or are interested in trying it I'd highly recommend it. It is one of those precious little food gems around the loop that everyone should try.

Full disclosure: I've only eaten this when the guys at work put together a lunch print.  But the fact that it is one of the lunch prints that I regularly participate in should be enough evidence of its quality.

At about 5 bucks a sandwich it's an absolute steal.  I personally like the Chivito the best, but I've tried the Jerk and Lechon and they were all good.  I would avoid the Jardin, an eggplant sandwich, but after writing that just now I'm not entirely sure I'd have to actually recommend you not order that.  Why I thought an eggplant sandwich would be good enough to order is a notion I'm having a hard time defending right now.