Hungry? Try this beautiful mess in Edgewood

I was thunderstruck by Bona Fide Deluxe’s Okie hoagie the first time I peeled back its paper wrapping.

I held it like a chunky baby, one that you’d call “husky.” The soft, chewy hoagie roll was piled high with seasoned top-round that was ultra-tender from slow smoking in-house. Because of its juiciness, I surmised that the shaved-thin shreds of beef had been returned to the braising liquid.

This hoagie is inspired by the regionally famous Oklahoma burger, in which thin onion slivers are smashed into the meat. Plenty of sweet, griddled onions mingle with the sandwich’s paper-thin beef. Pickle slices add crunch. Holding the beautiful mess together are melted American cheese and Bona Fide’s creamy, punchy deluxe sauce.