Pickerman’s California Classic is a throwback sandwich

Some sandwiches are like slipping on a pair of old slippers. They’re comfortable and easy and you don’t think about them until the next time they’re right in front of you.

Pickerman’s Soup & Sandwiches (116 West 63rd Street) is hoping to get your attention with a primary-colored, hand-drawn window sign that lets you know the Brookside joint is the “home of the California Classic.” The colorful reminder worked and I walked inside yesterday.