Smash Toast, a retro-inspired sandwich shop steeped in late-1990s and early-2000s flair, has quietly slipped a surprise into its new West Abram Street location in Arlington. Tucked behind a disguised bookshelf in the dining room sits Folklore Grove, a tiny independent bookstore that turns a simple lunch run into a browse-and-bite situation. The mash-up aims to be a true third space, pairing nostalgic comfort-food sandwiches with indie-bookstore coziness, and early visitors say the combo lands somewhere between after-school snack time and a hidden literary hangout.
Opening this week in Arlington, Smash Toast leans hard into “mom-made” classics like peanut butter & jelly, grilled cheese and a roster of what the shop dubs “delicious melts,” according to CW33. The…..