ZipPicks Awards
Best Sandwiches in Tribeca
Master Critic Review
Devon & Blakely at One World Trade Center
7.6
Devon & Blakely’s One World Trade outpost is a lunchtime standby for office workers wanting specialty sandwiches, pressed panini, and a large salad bar under the Oculus. Open since the early 2000s, it emphasizes variety and speed over personality, pairing build-your-own salads with a long list of composed sandwiches like Chicken Milanese and pressed Cubans.
Must-Try Dishes:
Chicken Milanese on ciabatta, Pressed Cuban sandwich, Hummus & avocado sandwich
Scores:
Value: 7.5
Service: 7.4
Consistency: 8
Food Quality: 8.1
Atmosphere: 6
Cultural Relevance: 7
What makes it special: High-capacity sandwich and salad bar inside the Oculus built for office lunch traffic.
Who should go: Office workers needing fast custom sandwiches or salad bar lunch.
When to visit: Weekdays before 12:15 or after 1:30 to dodge peak rush.
What to order: Chicken Milanese, Pressed Cuban, hummus and avocado on multigrain.
Insider tip: Grab a specialty sandwich then take it upstairs to eat under the Oculus skylight away from the line.