Butcher paper, a warm loaf of French bread, and a sandwich so wide you need two hands just to lift it. That is the scene waiting at a busy little counter in Washington where most people walk out planning two meals instead of one.
It is the kind of place that stretches a lunch budget without trying, and locals have been lining up for decades. Come hungry, bring patience, and maybe clear a spot in the fridge.
A Sixth Avenue Sandwich Landmark
Drive along 6th Ave in Tacoma and you will spot a modest storefront at 2220 that locals treat like a neighborhood institution. MSM Deli is an old-school sandwich shop, the kind of spot where the menu board matters more than the decor.
Plenty of Tacoma folks call it a 6th Ave staple, and that description fits. The shop has been part of the area long enough that some people connect it with growing up nearby, and at least one newcomer admitted the deli was part of the reason they moved to town…