Hometown Hero: The Legend of New York’s Chopped Cheese

First We Feast is proud to present our first documentary, “Hometown Hero: The Legend of New York’s Chopped Cheese.“ To understand the real New York, you’ve got to understand the chopped cheese. So, what exactly is a chopped cheese? On the surface, that would seem simple. The bodega specialty gets its name from the “chopping“ of hamburger patties, which occurs on the griddles in delis throughout Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Harlem. The minced meat is covered in cheese, slipped into a roll or hero, and