Buon Appetit

I think the place is closed. Went by today (1÷15÷15) for lunch & the place was gutted. There were some construction workers in the back but the strange thing is their window signs are still up. Not sure what’s going on.

Stopped in here for a Panini the other day. It was between lunch and dinner. The place was empty, but the staff was attentive to me and friendly. The food was good.
Will repeat.

First off I got my sandwiches delivered.
Expected time was 45 min and was here within 20 min. Excellent speedy delivery!
Now let’s get to the food…
I ordered the ditmar blvd hero, actually three of them.
The bread was good but a little hard outside.
The meats were excellent besides the hot capicola, tasted a bit dried out and flavor less.
Toppings were a little bit of lettuce and tomato, vinegar and oil.
And the cheese was delicious on this sandwich. It was a jalapeño cheddar. Mmm!
But overall my experience was excellent, I’d like to try a few more sandwiches from this place. Although if you have sensitive teeth like the guy below, I’d say stay away from the bread lol.

*please read my previous review as this is an update*
As per my previous review, I gave Buon Appetit Deli Catering 5 stars despite not being happy with the Robert Deniro hero being toasted on my last visit. I accept blame for the possible miscommunication and gave them a pass. Today we ordered 3 hero sandwiches via Seamless and no passes will be given…
Woke up today and my family wanted to eat some sandwiches. They wanted to order some scuzzy ones in Elmhurst as it’s convenient. But i suggested Buon Appetit and promised they would be good. So despite the 1.5 hour round-​trip commute to Buon Appetit, I ordered three hero sandwiches on Seamless (see pictures) for pick-​up:
1. Yankee Clipper Hero (Joe D): Chicken cutlet, eggplant, fresh Mozzarella, roasted peppers, red onions, black olives and balsamic vinaigrette for $ 7.50…
2. Astoria Park Hero: Hot roast beef with gravy, melted Cheddar cheese and fried onions on a toasted garlic hero for $ 7.50…
3. Ditmars Boulevard Hero: Hot capicola, ham, pepperoni, Jalapeño cheese, lettuce and tomato with oil and vinegar for $ 7.50…
I had simple requests for the sandwiches:
a. Un-​toasted bread for all three sandwiches
b. No lettuce and oil & vinegar on the side for the Ditmars hero
c. No black olives on the Yankee Clipper hero
When I got home and opened them, I realized none of my requests were met~!!! I specifically asked for un-​toasted bread because it’s too hard and hurts my mouth and teeth. If i had wanted a sandwich with horrible bread, I would have gone to Sal, Kris, & Charlie’s Deli where their bread equally sucks, but the sandwich is twice as big. It’s kind of ironic too because I placed the order on Seamless in advance with instructions to make it easier for them. And my requests would actually mean less work; just slap everything together and wrap it to-​go. But I guess that doesn’t work and the only way you will get a sandwich the way you want it is by going there and ordering it in person or maybe ordering it on Seamless and then calling in to remind them. Either way you should check your sandwich before you leave…
As for the taste of the sandwiches, I have no comment. I didn’t really get to enjoy them as my gums and teeth were in pain. Will I go back? Yeah I will because I’ve had phenomenal sandwiches before, but for now I’m dropping their 5 star rating down to 2 because of what happened today. It’s a penalty of a star on each of the hero sandwiches they toasted. To travel all the way there and not get what I reasonably wanted was so disappointing. And I tipped too~!!! Hero sandwich fail…

Buon Appetit is open early and has a pretty good selection of food. They do the simple food and the more complex well and what’s more their delivery driver will drive right up to our warehouse door to drop food!
Great place to get breakfast, and they even deliver energy drinks for those of us who end up burning the candle at both ends!

Had the Astoria Park hero… the most delicious sandwich I’ve had in my entire life. The price is very affordable and the owners are friendly and welcoming!

Great food, always fresh and delish. The deli itself is really clean and well-​kept. The heroes are HUGE, definitely a bang for your buck. Delivery was fast and reliable. The staff is SO friendly, too! Highly recommend this place!

Grilled chicken salad comes fresh and with a great portion of chicken that isn’t greasy. Their hero sandwiches are hugeee and delicious. Highly recommend this place. Delivery has always been reliable and fast.

Owner is a stand up guy. The sandwiches are legendary. The Joe D packs enough chicken cutlet and breaded eggplant to choke a horse. They make Italian sausage in the back. This store is an anchor of the neighborhood and pillar of the community.

Great place for a quick lunch or a fresh sandwich. The lunch is very affordable and fresh. The have a big a variety of sandwiches and wraps. Staff super police and friendly. They also have a catering service. I’ll book them for my next birthday party!

Buon Appetit is my go to for when I need something delicious and filling. They offer everything you would want in a neighborhood deli plus more.
Food: Delicious and huge. One sandwich is probably enough for a meal for 2 and it’s all made in front of you. There are over 30 choices for sandwiches and you can definitely make your own. They even offer whole wheat rolls and breads which sell out fast. My boyfriend and I split a sandwich there and they even gave us an extra pickle for free since they knew there would be two of us.
Service: Regardless of if you eat in or take out everyone is extremely friendly and caters to your needs. They make sure you get what you ordered, quick and fresh. They take the time to explain the menu to you and what they have on display. We were starting to eat our sandwich when someone runs up to us with mustard and apologizes. I didn’t even think of eating it with mustard, but it was the perfect addition. It’s also a family run shop and you can definitely tell. It’s nice to see the generations working together and they treat all their customers like they’re family.
Environment: Never pressured to eat quickly. Nice fresh flowers on the table. Quick service, but they invite you to sit and look around. Everything is very clean and you can see all the food on display.
Other: They also sell sausages, olive oil, and other related goods.

This is my favorite sandwich place in Queens hands down. Paul and Carmine are real gentlemen and they really make some tasty food. I’m not going to lie, forget everything else (which is probably very good) and just focus on the thirty some-​odd sandwiches on the wall. You CANNOT go wrong. If you can, make sure they put your sandwich of choice on a toasted garlic roll whether it says so or not. It’s heaven. The dried sausage that Paul makes ON LOCATION is ridiculously delicious. Oh, and one more thing, you won’t get ripped off. These guys charge a fair price for a great product. I cannot recommend them highly enough.

I’ve been spending a lot of weekends in Astoria lately, and though I never crave sandwiches, I can probably have a sandwich from here every week without getting tired of it. I would also probably add fried eggplant every time. The menu is huge, but I really liked the Robert De Niro and the Pastrami King (melted jalapeño cheese!).
The fried chicken special, which we ordered for delivery, was actually surprisingly good too, coming from a sandwich shop. Who would’ve thought.

Ordered catering for my company last week, got a 6 foot hero consisting of The Godfather, All American, Marco Polo, and Grilled Marinated Vegetable and it was delicious. I also got a side of the Ceasar Salad and it was really good. Also ordered macaroni and potato salad… awesome service for a very reasonable price. I will definitely order again!

I live only a couple of blocks away from this place and I was always seeing very positive Unilocal reviews but for some reason never managed to stop by. Well, I decided to change that and I broke the seal last night by ordering a Ditmar’s sandwich.
Let me tell you, I was not disappointed at all.
The sandwich used fresh cold cuts (the Ditmars has jalapeño cheese, which added some nice warmth to it) but it was most certainly the bread that hooked me. The sandwich was served on an Italian style sesame hero that was the perfect amount of soft center, hard exterior.
The sandwich was excellent, right up there with Sal & Kris’s.
The place has quite the selection so check it out.
Will definitely go back and would recommend anyone hungry enough (or 2 people that want to split) and in the mood for a sandwich to check this place out.

There’s a big side out front saying «Grand Opening» so I thought I give this place another try yesterday. I had the Riker’s Island sandwich and I wasn’t so impressed. The hero bread is totally different now. It was chewier and not crusty on the outside. They used to have whole wheat hero bread but no more or none that day. The fried chicken cutlet was not fresh meaning it wasn’t fried that morning. It was the fried cutlet that was sitting in the front refrigerator. It looks like it was done the other day and sitting in there so the bread crumbs were mushy. The broccoli rabe was OK.
I believe the quantity of food given is very good and the prices are very reasonable so it’s still a nice place to go. Unfortunately there’s many good sandwich places in Astoria i.e. Sal & Kris, Rosario, and Andrew & Frank that I think this place might not survive. I hope I’m wrong since I believe the new owners are very nice.

I want a cheek to kiss when I walk in here. I want a big ring to wear and a Godfather to beg. I want to be Frank Sinatra when I’m here. Bada bing, bada boom. This is your Italian joint where you can open up your fat maw and try to make that beast of a hero your female dog.
It’s not quite Sal, Kris & Charlie’s — those guys are Artists — but Buon Appetit is a close second. Kind of like Salieri to their Mozart. Buon Appetit has the advantage of location that SK&C doesn’t have. The latter is under pigeon crap row, while BA has a prime spot in between a stretch of Ditmars that is quickly becoming restaurant row.
The sandwiches are very good. A lot of them have clever names (Derek Jeter, Robert DeNiro, and Astoria Park) with great combinations. I had their classic Donnie Brasco which was quite good. The Italian meat was so tasty (there’s a sentence to not take out of context), and the bread was boom boom. I popped back a Snapple to round the bing bing out and perfetto.
Well, not quite perfetto, but molto bene.
Oh, and it was cute, when I was there, they had girls handing out free samples of their wraps. I don’t know, it didn’t seem overly-​promotional; just a very humble attempt at sharing their food. I liked that.

Breakfast time lol
Came here as its on the way to the subway station from my Brother’s place. Nice little mom and pop italian sandwich and deli place.
The workers here are super nice and all the sandwiches and entrees they have are ginormous! Its nothing super amazing but decent and a good value

I’ve ordered 2 or 3 sandwiches from here and the bread has been solid enough on the outside, yet nice and soft when you bite down on the inside, which is always a plus to me. Too many places serve sandwiches on rock-​hard bread that ruins the entire thing from the jump.
Another plus is that it appears they will serve you any sandwich on GARLIC BREAD upon request. Meatball Marinara on Garlic Bread = dinner tonight/​game over.
Keep up the good work BA —

Recently, I’ve decided to go on a new restaurant quest with the help of Unilocal,since I’ve found myself eating at my same favorite restaurants over and over again here. This particular place I passed many times, without noticing once. Then one time I passed and looked inside and thought «huh, cute lookin deli.» another time I passed and thought «huh, they have seating!» And then finally I passed and thought «remember to look this up on Unilocal when you get home.» I’m so thankful I did!!!
Today my dude and I went here for lunch. WONDERFUL!!! We arrive and all of the tables inside were filled with firemen. Within 5 minutes we realized they eat here all the time, as did everyone who came in — the deli staff and customers seemed to know each other well and everyone was super friendly. We looked at the ginormous sub menu (I want all of it!) and picked what we wanted. I got the «Back to the Future» but I wasn’t sure what kind of meat was inside (they called it ‘superstate’ for some reason). The guy gave us a sample — salami. I think they got superstate from sopressata. Anyway I was pleased for the sample. My dude got the «Buffalo Bill». Both sandwiches — AMAZING. Mine was filled with wonderful quality meat, cheese, arugala, balsamic vinagrette, sundried tomatoes, etc. It tasted fantastic.
Also the service was great. I was searching for a black cherry soda that wasn’t diet and there didn’t seem to be any left. The owner (I believe he was the owner) went searching through the vast fridge trying to find me one, and did! Then since all the firemen took the seats, he brought us a table from somewhere and set it up and cleaned it and put paper on top. He was just the friendliest funniest guy, and then we had a delightful meal on top of it. Anyway… it was great. Totally coming here again and again. Had a good old fashioned italian deli feel. Great prices too! Yum!