Po' Boy (Roast Beef)
Slow-roasted beef with gravy on French bread; served 'dressed' or plain.
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Slow-roasted beef with gravy on French bread; served 'dressed' or plain.
Fried oysters on French bread with 'dressed' toppings.
Spicy Creole hot sausage on French bread.
Made with the 'debris' (fallen bits) from roast beef and gravy; extra rich.
Pulled roast suckling pig on French bread.
Fried catfish on French bread; common variation.
Cheesesteak with marinara sauce and mozzarella.
Spread of cheddar, pimientos, and mayo on white bread; 'caviar of the South.'
Cheesesteak served inside a large Philly soft pretzel; modern Philadelphia creation combining two iconic local foods.
The Philly cheesesteak is decided on a griddle in 90 seconds, and it comes down to when the cheese meets the meat: thin-sliced ribeye, Whiz or provolone, and the Amoroso roll no other city can fake.
Philadelphia's soft pretzel split and filled with ham, cheese, and mustard: a sandwich built on a bread that arrived already salted, glazed, and finished, the city's cart food folded into a meal.
Fried Lake Michigan yellow perch on a bun.
On a Friday in Lent the Italian-American deli puts up a hero with no meat: soft scrambled eggs folded with slow-stewed sweet peppers on a long roll, a thrift sandwich the calendar built and kept.
Soft fried peppers folded into loose scrambled egg on a chewy Italian roll, made by a Chicago beef stand on its own griddle. The meatless-Friday order, sharp with long hots or sweet with bells.
Fried oyster sandwich; legend says husbands brought these home to make peace with wives.
Los Angeles Jewish-deli style pastrami on a roll with au jus; Langer's and others.
Spanish-style omelet (tortilla española or simple egg omelet) on Cuban bread; quick Cuban breakfast sandwich.
Fried snapper fillet on Cuban bread with lettuce, tomato, and tartar or garlic sauce; coastal Cuban classic.
Slow-roasted mojo pork (lechón asado) shredded and piled on Cuban bread with raw onions and mojo sauce; Cuban Christmas sandwich tradition.
Pan con bistec is Miami's steak sandwich: top sirloin pounded thin, marinated in garlic and sour orange, seared fast, and laid on Cuban bread with sweet onions and a fistful of crisp potato sticks.
In Little Saigon's bakeries the rice-flour baguette is baked to its Saigon spec and the filling range runs whole, the bánh mì rebuilt at full strength in Orange County.
Fried chicken, waffles, or other soul food in sandwich form; East Bay tradition.
Rare round shaved thin and piled on an onion roll, kept dry and dressed three-way with James River barbecue sauce, mayonnaise and cheese: the North Shore answer.