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If Fred Penner ever visits Epic Wedge Eatery, he’ll be hard-pressed to live up to his claim of eating 100 sandwiches in one sitting.

The new St. John’s restaurant (1402 Main St.) serves up some sizable sammies, the biggest being The Samsqwinch. A triple-decker monster, the Samsqwinch contains four ounces of roast beef, plus turkey, bacon, lettuce, tomatoes, red onions, pickled jalapenos, pepper mayo and house mustard on a onion pretzel bun. Oh, and there’s a de-crusted grilled cheese sandwich in the middle.

"It’s our most expensive sandwich ($18), but it’s over half a pound," said Brian Bashucky, owner and chef at Epic Wedge Eatery.

"It’s killer. It’ll put you on the couch."

If you’re ordering enough to feed a whole party (or you’re just the hungriest person alive) there’s the Karl Winzlow, a seven-meat behemoth served up with a quarter-pound of cheese, all the fixings and stacked up using an entire loaf of white bread ($48).

Bashucky opened Epic Wedge Eatery in mid-November. The 30-year-old, who lives in the St. John’s neighbourhood, also owns Hood Hop’rz, a clothing store/head shop located two blocks south of the restaurant on Main Street.

PHOTO BY JARED STORY The Toni Montanna sandwich.

Bashucky, a self-taught sammie artist, said he likes to experiment and have fun with his food, a fact that is evident in the names and taglines of his sandwiches.

In addition to the Samsqwinch, the restaurant offers such epic wedges as The Toni Montanna ("Say hello to this little wedge"), the Randy Samich ("You’re gonna want to put this one in a headlock") and La Homer ("Did someone say DOH-nut"), a turkey and bacon sandwich encased in a glazed donut.

"We didn’t want to do the basic corned beef and mustard deli sandwich. We wanted to go beyond that," Bashucky said.

Save for the Samsqwinch, the sandwiches range in price from $6 to $13. Epic Wedge also offers fresh-made soups, salads and coleslaw and is working on getting smoothies on the menu by the summer. Also, each sandwich is served with a big dill pickle.

Bashucky said he strives to locally source most of his ingredients, getting his lettuce from a hydroponic farm in Landmark and his meat from Favour-Rite, a Starbuck-based meat supplier.

"We use the same turkey that the Wagon Wheel did. A lot of people have been comparing our clubhouse to theirs," Bashucky said.

Epic Wedge only seats four, but Bashucky said business has been booming, with people dining in, taking out and calling the restaurant for catering services. Bashucky said Epic Wedge is bringing diners back to the North End.

"Everything that was good, like Kelekis and Alycia’s, everything that was the best has closed down," Bashucky said. "Now we have us, Baraka (1783 Main St.) and a few other places bringing it back. We’re bringing a lot of people back to the area. I ask people where they’re from when they come here and a lot aren’t even from this area."

Epic Wedge Eatery is open Monday to Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on

Saturdays from noon to 6 p.m. For more information on the restaurant, go to www.facebook.com/epicwedgeeatery or phone 204-691-7707.