15 editor picks across United States.
15 sandwich restaurants worth the trip across United States, editor-ranked. All cuisines in United States.
Primanti Bros on 18th Street is the 1933 Strip District original in Pittsburgh. The sandwich with fries and vinegar slaw stacked inside the Italian bread.
OrderAn Almost Famous sandwich with grilled meat, slaw and fries packed inside the bread.
TipThis is the original location, open since 1933 and late into the night on weekends.
Goose the Market in Old Northside, Indianapolis is a butcher and charcuterie shop with a sandwich counter and an Italianate wine cellar downstairs.
OrderThe Batali sandwich, a side of charcuterie, an Italian red downstairs.
TipSmugglers Cove wine bar runs in the basement evenings. No reservations.
Turkey and the Wolf in New Orleans is Mason Hereford's daytime sandwich room on Jackson Avenue, a Michelin recognised lunch counter with the collard green.
OrderThe collard green melt with cheddar on cushy rye.
TipLunch only, daytime hours Wednesday to Monday. Closed Tuesday; lines start before noon.
Cochon Butcher in New Orleans is the Donald Link sandwich counter and butcher case beside Cochon, with a muffuletta and Le Pig Mac that have outsold.
OrderThe muffuletta with the house olive salad. Add the Le Pig Mac.
TipLunchtime is queued; come at 11:00 or after 14:00. Same kitchen as Cochon, faster turn.
Fred's Meat and Bread at Krog Street Market in Atlanta opened 2014 with chef Todd Ginsberg's burger and sandwich counter. Located in Inman Park.
OrderThe double cheeseburger or the Cubano sandwich.
TipCounter ordering; pickup at the window. The Bocado burger across town is the spiritual prequel; both run by Ginsberg.
Worth Takeaway on Main Street in Mesa builds craft sandwiches from local product, nearly all made in house, in a small downtown storefront with a lunch line.
OrderWhatever sandwich is on special; the breakfast runs only 8 to 11am.
TipCounter ordering, limited seats; lunch peaks fast, so come early or off-peak.
Garnett's Cafe on Park Avenue is the Fan neighborhood sandwich shop. Long-running daytime counter, made-to-order sandwiches and a strong salad menu.
OrderSandwiches, Salads
A Benton Park sandwich counter, Blues City turns out New Orleans-style po-boys and muffulettas with live blues some afternoons, a lunch-only institution.
OrderThe muffuletta or one of the New Orleans po-boys.
TipThe muffuletta and po-boys are the orders; arrive before the lunch rush. Live blues plays some afternoons.
Rick Gencarelli's chef-driven sandwich shop on SE Hawthorne in Portland, founded as a 2010 food cart and four-time Willamette Week Best Sandwich winner.
OrderThe dirty fries: cut fries with pork scraps and marinated peppers
TipCounter order. The chefwich rotates monthly and is a collaboration with a guest chef.
Bread Head bakes a crackly focaccia-ciabatta hybrid daily for its Montana Avenue sandwich counter in Santa Monica, muffulettas and hot weekday specials.
OrderThe Combo Grinder on the house focaccia
TipFounders Jordan Snyder and Alex Williams grew it from a Main Street pop-up; the Combo Grinder is the benchmark order.
Bub and Pop's is a Philadelphia-style hoagie shop by the NoMa-Gallaudet Metro in Washington DC, built on the Wagner family's South Philly recipes.
OrderThe Italian hoagie with hot peppers; the menu's most-ordered sandwich.
TipLunch line stacks up at 12:30; order ahead via the website to skip the wait. Cash and card both accepted.
A St. Louis Hills deli, Mom's stacks the locally famous Mom's Special and made-to-order subs, reopened in 2025 to hour-long lines of devoted regulars.
OrderThe Mom's Special with thousand-island dressing.
TipThe Mom's Special is the order; the thousand-island dressing is the secret. Expect a line since the reopening.
Victory Sandwich Bar in Inman Park, Atlanta runs $4 mini sandwiches and the Jack and Coke slushy out of a Bernina Avenue bungalow since 2010.
OrderThree mini sandwiches and a frozen Jack and Coke.
TipCash and card. The patio is dog-friendly. Decatur and Inman Park locations stay latest.
Ankar's Hoagies has stacked steamed hoagies and gyros for Chattanooga since 1979, a family-run counter institution still working Brainerd Road daily.
OrderThe classic hoagie, steamed, with the works.
TipBrainerd closes at 16:00 Monday and Tuesday but runs to 20:00 the rest of the week; the Hixson Pike shop keeps longer evening hours.
Cheba Hut toasts its counterculture subs on Taft Hill Road in Fort Collins until 02:00 on weekends, with billiards, a full bar and Kool-Aid on tap.
OrderA toasted White Widow with a Kool-Aid cottonmouth cure
TipThe chain's headquarters sits in Fort Collins; the westside hut adds billiards and stays open latest. Order a White Widow toasted.
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