Eggplant Parm Hero
The eggplant parm hero is the senior parmigiana, the meatless form the veal and chicken heroes were copied from, and the only one whose own flesh sweats water into the bread if you skip the salting.
The Sub, Hoagie, Hero & Grinder
Eggplant Grinder
Breaded and fried eggplant with marinara and cheese on a grinder roll.
Egg Salad Grinder
Egg salad on a toasted grinder roll; diner classic.
Chopped Cheese with Hot Peppers
The chopped cheese is built with a spatula, not a press: ground chuck chopped flat on a Harlem bodega flat-top, American slices folded through, hot peppers chopped in or piled cold.
Chicken Parm Hero
At a New York pizzeria the chicken parm hero is built from the pie station: house marinara, mozzarella, a fried cutlet on a crusty roll, run back through the deck oven until the top browns.
Chicken Parm Grinder
A fried chicken cutlet, thick marinara, and mozzarella on a toasted grinder roll, broiled until the cheese blisters: southern New England's plated chicken parm, talked into a roll.
Chicken Cutlet Hoagie
Breaded fried chicken on hoagie roll with various toppings.
Chicken Cutlet Hero
Breaded and fried chicken cutlet on Italian hero with various toppings.
Capriotti's Bobbie
Capriotti's Bobbie folds a Thanksgiving dinner into a sub roll: turkey hand-pulled from whole birds roasted overnight, herbed stuffing, cranberry, and mayo. Wilmington, Delaware, since 1976.
Bodega Hero
Any cold cuts on a hero roll with lettuce, tomato, onion, and dressing; varies by bodega.
Bodega Chopped Cheese
Ground beef chopped apart on a bodega griddle, fused with melted American cheese and onion, scooped onto a hero with cold lettuce, tomato, and mayo: the East Harlem chopped cheese.
Atlantic City Sub
Italian cold cuts sub; White House Sub Shop famous for theirs.