Arnold Reuben was the owner of a celebrated New York delicatessen of the 1940s and 1950s.

His establishment was known for its elaborate sandwiches named for celebrity regulars.

For example, a tasty combination of cream cheese, white currant jam, tongue, and sweet pickles on whole wheat was known as the Frank Sinatra, for reasons only Reuben could understand.

One day the story goes, he put together a grilled combination of sauerkraut corned beef, and Swiss cheese on sourdough pumpernickel. Or maybe he didn't.

The Reuben has also been credited to Reuben Kay, a wholesale grocer in Omaha, Nebraska who may have invented the sandwich for a weekly poker group.

My first thought on hearing both stories was that Arnold Reuben probably should get the credit, because a Reuben is just too messy to eat during a poker game.

But Reuben named his sandwiches alter celebrities. If he had invented the sandwich, wouldn't he have called it a Tony Bennett? You make the call.