It started as a conversation among friends: Tower Grove South needs a proper, gourmet sandwich shop — particularly, somewhere to get a really good French dip.
Those musings are about to become a reality for business partners Byron Smith, Thomas Crone, Fred Hessel and Jeff McGraw, who are scrambling to put the finishing touches on their forthcoming sandwich shop, Eat Sandwiches(3148 Morgan Ford Road).
Eat Sandwiches is slated for a mid-October opening and will occupy the original Local Harvest Grocery space, which is just south of its current incarnation. According to Smith, a veteran of Hot Locust Cantina and Kitchen K, the menu will feature gourmet deli sandwiches featuring housemade meats, breads and condiments.
"We feel like we are filling a gap in the neighborhood for high-quality sandwiches," Smith explains.…