Brennan & Carr

Brennan & Carr
Restaurant information
Established	1938 (1938)
Owner(s)	Eddie Sullivan [1]
Food type	Roast Beef Sandwiches
Street address	3432 Nostrand Avenue
City	Brooklyn
County	Kings
State	New York
Postal/ZIP Code	11229
Coordinates	40°36′1″N 73°56′31.5″W
Website	www.brennanandcarrbrooklyn.com

Brennan & Carr is a roast beef sandwich shop in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn^[2] open since 1938. It appeared on Man v. Food (season 2).^[2]

Their Roast Beef sandwich has been named one of the “23 Iconic Dishes to Try in New York” and is the city’s answer to “LA’s fabled French dipped sandwiches.”^[3]

One of the signatures of Brennan & Carr is their beef broth, which consists of the leftover drippings from the oven-roasted beef, poured into a heated vat, and is then used as part of the sandwich-making process.

Regular customers know of 3 separate variations of using broth with their ordered sandwich: The "Dingle-Dangle", which is just the beef of the sandwich dipped into the broth, leaving the roll dry; the "Double Dip", where the entire sandwich is dipped into the broth; and the "K.F.J.", or "Knife and Fork Job", where an entire ladleful of broth is poured onto the entire sandwich, making the result so messy, customers have to use a knife and fork to eat it.

References

1. Shunk, Laura (April 1, 2015). "The 13 Essential Restaurants in Brooklyn That Are More Than 50 Years Old, 2015". The Village Voice.
2. Miller, Stuart (January 12, 2012). "Hot Roast Beef and Close Ties on Avenue U". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
3. "23 Iconic Dishes to Try in New York". Eater NY. December 20, 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.