Ruben’s occupies a site in Armadale’s heritage-listed Kings Arcade.
1/7Ruben’s occupies a site in Armadale’s heritage-listed Kings Arcade.Elisa Watson
The Reuben sandwich features house-made pastrami.
2/7The Reuben sandwich features house-made pastrami.Elisa Watson
Pick up freshly baked goods,salads,sandwiches and more.
3/7Pick up freshly baked goods,salads,sandwiches and more.Elisa Watson
The cinnamon babka with cream cheese icing.
4/7The cinnamon babka with cream cheese icing.Elisa Watson
The pastrami box.
5/7The pastrami box.Elisa Watson
Outside Ruben’s.
6/7Outside Ruben’s.Elisa Watson
A one-stop shop for lunch,pantry staples and sweet treats.
7/7A one-stop shop for lunch,pantry staples and sweet treats.Elisa Watson

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The tiled floors scream Parisian kitchen but the bountiful refrigerated cabinets are a worldly mix of trout gravlax,miso-roasted brussels sprouts,slow-cooked lamb shoulder,house-smoked pastrami and more.

Truly a one-stop shop,Ruben’s helps shoppers rustle up easy midweek dinners,spreads for parties when a few corners must be cut,and the week’s essentials (including butter and milk). While you’re there,pick up a hulking sanger such as a tuna melt,chicken schnitzel amped up with pickled jalapeno or the obvious choice,a reuben on marbled rye bread.

Emma BrehenyEmma BrehenyEmma is Good Food’s Melbourne eating out and restaurant editor.

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