Connecticut Steamed Cheeseburger (Ted's)
At Ted's in Meriden the beef never touches a hot surface: patty and cheddar steamed in separate metal trays, the molten cheese poured over the meat. A Connecticut-only burger since 1959.
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Connecticut Lobster Roll
Warm lobster slipped into melted butter and spooned hot into a griddled split-top roll, eaten before the butter cools. The older New England roll, and the one that never went cold.
Connecticut Hot Dog
Hot dog served in a split-top bun with sauerkraut and spicy mustard.
Coney Island Hot Dog (Original)
Beef frankfurter on a steamed bun with spicy meat sauce, raw onions, and yellow mustard; the template for all American chili dogs. Nathan...
Coney Island Hot Dog (Michigan)
Michigan's version of chili dog; Lafayette vs. American Coney Island rivalry.
Colorado Green Chile Burger
A Colorado green chile burger arrives smothered: a cheeseburger flooded with gravy-thick pork green chile until the bun gives way, eaten with a fork. Built on the Pueblo Mosco chile.
Colombian Arepa de Huevo
A Colombian Caribbean street food that fries its own filling shut: corn dough puffed hollow, slit, packed with a raw egg, and fried again until the shell crackles and the yolk still runs.
Coddies
A fried cake of salt cod and mashed potato pressed between two saltine crackers with a stripe of yellow mustard. Faidley's Seafood has been serving it in Baltimore's Lexington Market since 1886.
Club Sandwich
The defining feature of a club sandwich is the slice of toast nobody eats around: the third one, through the middle, a structural beam that braces the tower and keeps the wet layers from the dry.
Cleveland Polish Boy
A grilled kielbasa is only the foundation. The Cleveland Polish Boy stacks french fries, coleslaw, and barbecue sauce on top until the sandwich gives up on being neat, which is exactly what it is after.
Clam Roll
Fried whole belly clams or clam strips on a hot dog bun with tartar sauce.
Cincinnati Chili Dog
Hot dog topped with Cincinnati chili, cheese, onions, and mustard.
Chopped Sandwich (TikTok)
A built sub taken apart on a board, chopped fine, scooped back into a roll. The 19 March 2023 TikTok from @big_erics_bbq fixed a technique the deli counter has always had.
Chopped Liver Sandwich
Sauteed chicken livers hand-chopped with onion and hard-boiled egg, bound with schmaltz on Jewish rye: a kosher deli spread engineered by the absence of butter.
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.
Chopped Brisket
Smoked Texas brisket chopped on a butcher block with the bark worked through the pile, dressed with a thin tangy sauce, on a soft white bun with pickle and raw onion.
Chopped Beef Sandwich
The Texas barbecue counter's value order: smoked brisket ends and bark-heavy trimmings chopped, tossed in thin red sauce to bind them, and pressed into a soft bun with onion and pickle.
Chinese Roast Pork Sandwich
Char siu (red-glazed roast pork) sliced and served on a baguette or roll; Chinatown bakery staple for under $5.
Chimichanga
A chimichanga is a burrito sealed shut and dropped in oil until the wrapper turns to a rigid blistered shell, then crowned with chile and crema.
Chicken Sandwich Wars (Global Impact)
The 2019-2021 Chicken Sandwich Wars reshaped global fast food; Popeyes, Chick-fil-A, and their competitors' influence created premium fri...
Chicken Sandwich Wars Entry
Generic category: 20+ chains launched premium fried chicken sandwiches 2019-2021 following Popeyes' viral debut; KFC, Zaxby's, Sonic, Jac...
Chicken Salad Sandwich
The mayo-bound salad whose filling is genuinely cooked and seasoned to a cook's signature: pulled chicken, celery, often grapes and pecans. A Southern point of pride, grapes-or-no-grapes the argument.
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.