About
Good food, bold flavor, and a whole lot of personality.
Welcome to the Shack
It started in 1978. Nardine Iskander opened a little market in San Bernardino. A neighborhood spot where people grabbed what they needed, paid a bill, said hi, and went on with their day.
Then her daughter Manal got behind the counter and something started to happen. The sandwiches got bigger. The flavors got bolder. The menu started having opinions. A turkey became The Signature. A tuna got named after Fast and the Furious. A pastrami became The Joker. The recipes stopped being recipes and started being characters. Green Shack stopped being a market and turned into a place people drove across the IE just to walk into.
Because the food is only half the show. The other half is what happens behind the counter. Loud chefs. Loud regulars. Somebody roasting somebody. Three people calling your name before you make it to the register. Strangers turn into regulars in one visit. Regulars turn into family in two. People come just to watch. Then they take that first bite and the show makes sense. The energy was the setup. The food is the punchline.
Best of the IE. Yelp Awards. Tripadvisor trophies. The City of San Bernardino put us on the actual Monopoly board, a real square with our name on it.