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All-beef hot dog with mustard, onions, and spicy meat chili sauce; Greek-American diners throughout NJ.
All-beef hot dog with mustard, onions, and spicy meat chili sauce; Greek-American diners throughout NJ.
A deep-fried all-beef dog dressed in one strict order, mustard then onion then a fine cinnamon-clove Greek meat sauce. Order it all the way, the Paterson way.
Smoked beef brisket on white bread or a bun with pickles and onions; often served with sauce on the side.
A scored disc of Taylor ham or pork roll griddled flat, folded with egg and American cheese onto a New Jersey hard roll. The North Jersey and South Jersey names for the same sandwich.
Loose seasoned ground beef scooped from a steam well onto a soft bun, the Sioux City sandwich named for the counter it was sold across, eaten with a spoon and no apology.
Burrito with all the extras: guacamole, sour cream, cheese.
The North Shore three-way scaled up: rare thin-shaved roast beef on an onion roll, dressed with James River barbecue sauce, mayo, and cheese, loaded big and built to hold.
Italian-style meatballs in marinara sauce with optional cheese on a sub roll; Subway's signature hot sub.
Genoa salami, pepperoni, and Black Forest ham on Subway bread with choice of vegetables and sauces; Subway's bestselling sandwich. B.M.T....
Same sandwich concept with different regional names across America.
Generic term for a long sandwich on a cylindrical roll; regional names vary.
Stuffed quahog filling on a roll; clam, breadcrumb, and chouriço mixture.
Cheesesteak or chicken sub with buffalo chicken fingers and hot sauce added.
Burger patty and cheese steamed in a metal tray, served on a bun; unique to central Connecticut diners.
Thinly sliced or chopped steak on Italian bread, similar to but distinct from Philly style.
Steak with garlic butter sauce on bread; Des Moines Italian-American creation.
Egg foo young patty on white bread with mayo, pickles, onions, and lettuce; Chinese-American diner creation.
Provel cheese-laden St. Louis pizza folded or used with fillings.
Cut from the shoulder, the St. Louis pork steak is grilled for char then braised in Maull's barbecue sauce until it falls apart, served on square white bread whose real job is soaking up the sauce.
Cubes of marinated chicken, pork, or lamb grilled and served on Italian bread; Binghamton's signature.
Marinated fire-grilled cubes of chicken, pork, or lamb stripped off the skewer into a split roll with onions and peppers, the loaded form of Binghamton's spiedie and its vinegar-and-mint marinade.
On a spicy chicken sandwich the heat is in the flour, fried into the crust so it stays welded to a juicy fillet. From Wendy's 1996 staple to the 2019 Popeyes launch that lit the chicken sandwich wars.
Grilled Spam on rice wrapped with nori seaweed; Hawaii's iconic snack, sandwich-adjacent.
The Lakota fry-bread Indian taco of the Northern Plains: USDA commodity pintos, ground beef, salsa over a hot round. South Dakota made fry bread its state bread in 2005.