A customer once paid a small fee to use the kitchen at a Missouri deli, and the sandwich he invented that day has been on the menu ever since. The Gerber Special is an open-faced creation with ham and melted Provel cheese piled onto toasted garlic bread.
It is simple, cheesy, and completely unforgettable. Locals have been ordering it for decades, and it has become a St. Louis classic.
The deli has kept the same recipe since the early nineteen seventies, and the regulars keep coming back for that same perfect bite. A sandwich born from a customer’s craving turned into a local legend…