Best Sandwich Shops
Xoco; Chicago
Iconic chef Rick Bayless uses his wood-burning oven to make sensational Mexican tortas.
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Fozzie's Sandwich Emporium; St. Louis
Chef Mark Lucas uses his own homegrown vegetables for recipes like the black-bean burger with roasted peppers.
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Cochon Butcher; New Orleans
Chef Donald Link's acclaimed Cochon muffuletta, with house meats and olive salad, is always on the menu.
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Cutty's; Brookline, MA
One of the specialties of chef-couple Rachel and Charles Kelsey: The Spuckie, with salami, mortadella and olive-carrot salad.
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Ink.Sack; Los Angeles
The specialty here: flavor-packed 4-inch sandwiches. "I get bored eating a big sandwich," chef Michael Voltaggio says.
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Pane Bianco; Phoenix
Pizza genius Chris Bianco takes on sandwiches; his bread is spectacular.
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Star Provisions; Atlanta
At their food-hall-style market, chefs Anne Quatrano and Clifford Harrison offer glazed-pork-belly banh mi.
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Bunk; Portland, OR
Co-chef Tommy Habetz cooked at NYC's Mesa Grill; partner Nick Wood, at Brennan's in New Orleans—inspiration for their muffuletta.
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Wise Sons; San Francisco
Chefs Leo Beckerman and Evan Bloom's modern Jewish deli with house-cured pastrami.
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Parm; New York City
Mario Carbone and Rich Torrisi (two of F&W's Best New Chefs 2012) have created two of the city's best sandwiches: the meatball parm and the Saratoga Club.
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Zingerman's Roadhouse; Ann Arbor, MI
Chef Alex Young uses justly famed Zingerman's ingredients for sandwiches like the pit-smoked Cornish hen.
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Fundamental; Los Angeles
Chef Brandon Baptiste changes his menu frequently; look for the slow-cooked veal breast.
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No. 7 Sub; New York City
Chef Tyler Kord has made liverwurst hip at outposts in Brooklyn and Manhattan's groovy Ace Hotel.
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Be'wiched; Minneapolis
Chefs Matthew Bickford and Mike Ryan are alums of the city's best restaurants and collaborate on fillings like tuna confit.
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Bäco Mercat; Los Angeles
Chef Josef Centeno makes his own chewy version of flatbread and fillings such as beef tongue schnitzel.
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Butcher & Bee; Charleston, SC
Hours are limited (11 a.m. to 3 p.m., 11 p.m. to 3 a.m.); chef Stuart Tracy's sandwiches are unrestrained.
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Revival Market; Houston
The heritage, all-natural meats in chef Ryan Pera's sandwiches come from the market's own Revival Farms.
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Neal's Deli; Carrboro, NC
On chef-owner Matt Neal's Jewish-Southern menu: grilled pimiento cheese on rye.
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Bakesale Betty; Oakland, CA
Famous fried chicken sandwiches, filled with crispy buttermilk-soaked, cayenne pepper-spiced fried chicken, sell out fast. Bakesale Betty is only open for three hours a day—even less if there aren't enough sweet torpedo rolls to keep making sandwiches.
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Sloco; Nashville
Roughly 90 percent of the ingredients used at this standing-room-only sandwich shop are locally sourced within a few hundred miles.