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Shawn Hirn

In article .com>,
wrote:

> Does anyone remember the most delicious sandwich of the 1960s, a
> roast beef sandwich which melted in your mouth and was so tasty, you
> could not stop at one sandwich. It was served on a sesame roll. It was
> sold by a franchise called Nebas, which was around for a short period
> in the sixties.... To my recollection, they were in New York state and
> on the east coast.
>
> They probably could not compete in price with the fast food franchises
> that evolved soon afterward. I always preferred a roast beef sandwich
> to what is out there today.
>
> Arby has a pale imitation of a roast beef sandwich which is tasteless
> and needs sauces to make it edible..
>
> A joke going around says that "Neba" meant "never buy a roast beef
> sandwich at Arbys.

I grew up in Pennsylvania. I never heard of Neba.