This recipe for hearty roast beef and brie sandwiches was inspired by the delectable Gatsby Arrow sandwich at Booeymongers in Georgetown. It’s a sensational flavor combination!
Ok, before I start telling you about the best sandwich in the Entire World, I need to give you just a tiny bit of background, and I will start this by telling you I am a proud graduate of Georgetown University. That’s right, I am a Hoya just like my dad, and while I’m not telling you exactly HOW long ago I graduated, let’s just say that Patrick Ewing lived in the on-campus apartment right next door. You do the math.
Georgetown was a fabulous place to go to college in so many ways. The gorgeous campus, the fact that we were right in Washington DC, some of the best professors in the world, and a campus pub where I would…well, never mind.
You will note that the cafeteria was NOT included in the list of Georgetown wonderfulness. Because it was not wonderful. At all. Ever. So every so often we would trundle down Prospect Street to the world’s most fantastic sandwich shop, which is (thank goodness!) still there, and that is Booeymonger.
Affectionately known by the Hoya faithful as Booey’s. And there was only one thing I ever got at Booey’s…the Gatsby Arrow.
I have no idea how it got that name, I just know it is the most delicious sandwich I know…a baguette stuffed with rare roast beef, Brie cheese and lettuce. When I make my own version I use a little Dijon mustard as well. It brings me right back to my college days, only without the blue book exams and the eight track tapes.
So here you go, the very best sandwich I know. Go Hoyas!
Roast Beef and Brie Sandwiches, aka The Gatsby Arrow
Prep Time: 10 minutes- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
- Category: Lunch
- Method: No Cook
- Cuisine: American
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This recipe for hearty roast beef and brie sandwiches was inspired by the delectable Gatsby Arrow sandwich at Booeymongers in Georgetown. It’s a sensational flavor combination!
Ingredients
- One loaf french bread
- 1/2 pound rare roast beef, sliced very thin
- 1/2 pound Brie cheese
- Romaine lettuce leaves
- Dijon mustard
Instructions
- Split the loaf of bread down the middle and spread one or both sides with mustard, depending on how much of a mustard-lover you are.
- Layer the roast beef on the bottom of the loaf, top with lettuce and then slices of Brie. Place top of loaf on sandwich. Cut into as many sandwiches sections as you like!
I love that you love brie. Just saying. It means that when I come here, I know I'm in for a swoon. This sounds fantastic!
yep i've never heard of this BUT am glad i did. lol
love new reasons to use brie
You make me want to keep brie on hand all the time. :)
I would like to dispute step #3. I believe it should say…3. Run & hide to eat it so that no one knows there are Roast Beef & Brie sandwiches in the house.
as a current DC resident, I can't believe I haven't tried this yet. I can't wait! looks delicious!
My friends from Madeira introduced me to Booey's (drinking age 18 back then!)- thanks for the trip down memory lane!
How marvelous! Booey's sounds fabulous and I thank them for introducing you (and now me) to this delight of a sandwich. Of course, brie is good anytime, anywhere, anyhow.
looks pretty fantastic! im a huge sandwich fan :) xoxo jcd :: cornflake dreams
yum! I live in DC – used to live a couple blocks away from Booey – it's still a Hoya hotspot :)
As a current Hoya, I must say that I love Booey's too! Thanks so much for the recipe! I can't wait to try it out for myself!
I make a similar sandwich using pastrami instead of roastbeef and it tastes pretty awesome too!
We live just 30 minutes from Georgetown, so I can't wait to go find Booeymongers and try their famous sandwich! In the meantime, I'll probably just make it myself :)
I actually laughed out loud when I opened this post — I'm a Georgetown alum too, and I still live in the neighborhood and can literally see Booey's from my window!
I'm more of a Georgetowner (turkey, avocado, sprouts) or Patty Hearst (turkey, bacon, melted provolone and Russian dressing) fan myself, but I probably eat four meals a week from Booey's!
Glad to see the Georgetown/Booeymongers love. Keep it up!
Making my mouth water!
Glad to see so many Hoyas found this post…all of you PLEASE go have an original Gatsby Arrow for me, okay? :)
Hoya Saxa! Although I was more of a chicken madness man myself. CAS’91
★★★★★
Hurray, another Hoya heard from! And you can’t go wrong with any of those sandwiches. Memories…