Beef on Weck with Horseradish
Trade the jarred smear for horseradish grated fresh at the counter and the Buffalo beef on weck turns confrontational, a sinus-clearing rush over caraway, pretzel salt, and rare beef dipped in jus.
Andrew Lekashman
Bean and Cheese Taco
Refried beans and cheese in a flour tortilla; SA staple.
BBQ Sandwich (Global Export)
From a 2011 truck under London's Hungerford Bridge to Tokyo and Seoul pits, the smoked pulled pork and brisket bun is American barbecue sold to cities with no pit tradition.
BBQ Bacon Burger
A Carl's Jr formula from the 1980s, quietly upgraded on every diner menu: sharp cheddar in place of American cheese, a swap that changes more than it seems.
Bánh Mì (American)
The US-adapted bánh mì softens the Saigon original, starting with a heavier bread. Chieu Lê's 1981 food truck and Lee's Sandwiches carried it to an American audience that had never eaten one.
Baltimore Pit Beef
Charcoal-grilled beef round sliced thin on a Kaiser roll with horseradish and tiger sauce.
Baltimore Lake Trout Sandwich
Fried whiting (not trout) on white bread with hot sauce and saltines; Baltimore soul food.
Bagel with Whitefish Salad
Bagel with smoked whitefish mixed with mayo and onion.
Bagel with Sturgeon
Bagel with smoked sturgeon; high-end Jewish deli item.
Bagel with Sable
Bagel with smoked sablefish (black cod) and cream cheese.
Bagel with Nova
Bagel with Nova Scotia-style cold-smoked salmon and cream cheese.
Bagel with Lox
Bagel with cream cheese, smoked salmon, capers, red onion, and tomato.
Bacon Egg and Cheese (BEC)
Bacon, fried egg, and American cheese on a roll; NYC bodega classic.
Bacon Biscuit
Crispy bacon on a buttermilk biscuit, often with egg.
Avocado Toast
Not exactly a sandwich, but California's health-food icon; often open-faced.
Atlantic City Sub
The Atlantic City sub is sold whole, half, or quarter off one long dressed Italian roll, at a boardwalk counter running since 1946 whose back wall holds Sinatra's towel and decades of visiting names.
Arizona Cheese Crisp Sandwich
An Arizona cheese crisp cooks the tortilla itself: a large flour round, buttered, blanketed in cheese, broiled rigid and blistered, then cut into shards. Tucson's open-faced, never-folded crisp.
Arby's Classic Roast Beef
Slow-roasted round shaved off a slicer onto a small sesame-onion bun, dressed only with Arby's Sauce and Horsey Sauce. The Raffel brothers' founding menu item, on every counter since 1964.
Arby's Beef 'n Cheddar
Thin-sliced roast beef under pourable cheddar cheese sauce and sweet-tangy Red Ranch on a toasted onion roll: two liquids on one bun, Arby's signature specialty since 1978.
Animal Style Burger
In-N-Out secret menu: mustard-cooked patty, extra spread, pickles, grilled onions.
American Burger (Global Export)
A griddled beef patty on a soft bun left the US as a franchise spec: Richmond in 1967, Ginza in 1971, Moscow's Pushkin Square in 1990.
Alabama White Sauce Chicken Sandwich
Hickory-smoked chicken dipped in mayonnaise, cider vinegar, and coarse black pepper, then pulled onto soft white bread. Big Bob Gibson's Decatur, Alabama dressing, in the dip-pot tradition since 1925.