The Top 101 Most Delicious New York Sandwiches (101 pics)
101. Tuna Melt, Eisenberg’s
Tunec and rye. $7.50
100. The Elvis, Peanut Butter & Co.
Peanut butter, bacon, banana, and honey on white toast. $8.50
99. Sesame Pancake With Beef, Vanessa’s Dumplings
Thin slices of beef mingled with pickled cukes, carrots, and cilantro, dosed with Sriracha and shoved into a delicious wedge of sesame pancake. $2
98. P.H.O. Real, Sunny & Annie Deli
$7
97. Chacarero Completo, Barros Luco
Thinly sliced beef, mild melted cheese, avocado, tomato, mayo, chiles, and stringbeans, on a smooth and slightly sweet housemade bread that makes all the difference. $7.49
96. Turkey Sandwich, Roll-n-Roaster
Warm slices of fresh-roasted turkey piled on a soft, with a brown-sugared sweet potato on the side. $4.45
95. Llanero Patacon, Patacon Pisao #2
Venezuelan patacones are constructed not with two slices of bread, but with dense, chewy discs of fried green plantains. $6.50
94. Telera Sandwich, Mangia
$8.95
93. Bombay Pav Vada, Sukhadia’s
Deep-fried potato-and-chickpea croquette, painted with chutneys and smushed inside your choice of a burger bun. $4
92. Pulled Pork Sandwich, Dickson’s Farmstand Meats
The Berkshire pork comes from a small Columbia County farm, the sesameed bun from Amy’s Bread across the hall. It’s flavored with chiles, topped with cole slaw. $9
91. Cheesesteak, 99 Miles to Philly
Beef properly cooked to a dullish gray. Onions lending their sweet sweat-sock funk. $6.95
90. Harissa Honey Roasted Chicken Breast, the Smile9
Chicken-breast sandwiches are seldom cravable. This one, roasted with harissa and honey, and with an ensemble cast of sweet roasted peppers, melted manchego, and preserved-lemon mayo. $11.50
89. Eggplant Parm, No. 7 Sub
The eggplant is deep-fried, true, but the sauce is puréed squash and the cheese is Fontina. And, of course, tucked-inside potato chips — No. 7’s signature accessory — barbecue in this case. $9
88. Chicken Club, Cipriani Dolci
The chicken is nicely poached, the bacon crisp, the mayo homemade, and the bread as well-toasted as a campfire marshmallow. $19.95
87. Peppers and Eggs, Defonte’s of Brooklyn
Do as the lady tells you and douse yours with tomato sauce, “the way they do in Red Hook.” $8.50
86. Pig’s Ass Sandwich, Casellula Cheese & Wine Café
Not one, but two excellent cheeses (Five Spoke Creamery Cheddar and the French wheat-rubbed variety, Fol Epi), never before melted over a heap of pig and pickles. $12
85. Roast Pork Special, Shorty’s
Shaved pork loin, mushy broccoli rabe, and sharp provolone, scrambled together into a pungent hash. $10
84. Chopped Liver, 2nd Ave. Deli
Not just the best overstuffed chopped-liver sandwich in town — with the requisite extra rye bread. $12.95
83. Ham and Cheese, Char No. 4
“Ham” made from house-cured pork butt pressed Cubano-style with Cheddar, perked up with pickled jalapeños and a smoked-habanero dipping sauce. $14
82. Sturgeon and Eggs, Barney Greengrass
The centenarian Sturgeon King still whips up a mean sturgeon and eggs. $13
81. Crispy Pork Sandwich, Bark
The pork fiends responsible for this exquisitely crunchy, resoundingly meaty croquette show a modicum of mercy: They top the thing with cool, refreshing cole slaw and pickles. $8.50
80. Torta Ahogada, La Superior
Heaped with carnitas and tossed like a giant pork crouton into a bowl of chile-powered tomato sauce. Eat it with a knife, a fork, a spoon, your hands, or all of the above. $9
79. Hot Roast Beef With Mutz and Gravy, John’s Deli
The “midnight gravy” lubricates the hero loaf, priming it for the tender, pinkish beef. $7.25
78. Chicken Sandwich, Chick-fil-A
77. Brisket, Blue Smoke
Very tasty brisket sandwich, mounded neatly with pickles and slaw on a housebaked brioche bun. $11.95
76. Falafel, Taïm
Herb-dappled, fried to order, and stuffed into puffy grilled pita. $5.25
75. The Scott Baio, Lioni’s
Prosciutto di Parma, soppressata, fresh mozzarella, basil mix, banana peppers stuffed with provolone and more prosciutto. $13
74. Cuma, Farinella
Melting sautéed eggplant and wheels of sublime smoked mozzarella, plus thin crusty focaccia baked by a bona fide Neapolitan pizzaiolo, equals an eggplant parm for the ages. $9.25
73. Oyster Po’ Boy, Cheeky Sandwiches
$8.50
72. Fried Chicken Sandwich, Georgia’s Eastside BBQ
One assertively seasoned, crunchy-battered chicken breast. $7
71. Non Ti Scordar Di Me, Via Quadronno
Speck, Brie, and pâté on superb housemade rolls. $14.50
70. That Way, This Little Piggy Had Roast Beef
$8.50
69. Chicken Katsu Sandwich, Tebaya
Deliciously greasy, Wet-nap-defying, deep-fried chicken topped with a scoop of heavily mayo’ed slaw on a squishy burger bun. $6.25
68. Reuben Crusher, R.U.B.
Made with housmoked pastrami. $11.75
67. Cemita Al Pastor, Tulcingo del Valle
It’s the sesameed bun and the pungent herb papalo, the torta, and it’s the commingling of seasoned pork, pineapple, chipotles, avocado, Oaxaca cheese, and refried beans. $7.50
66. Fried Whiting Sandwich, Famous Fish Market
The peppery-battered fried whiting with a dash of Tabasco. $5.50
65. Saltimbocca, Kesté
Modestly stuffed with prosciutto di Parma, fresh mozzarella, and a drizzle of olive oil. $9
64. Marinated White Anchovies, ’wichcraft
Good anchovies, a soft-cooked egg, salsa verde, and roasted onion on country. $8.95
63. Kentucky Hot Brown, Bar Americain
Roast turkey, griddled tomato, and bacon on savory French toast, smothered in Mornay sauce. $18
62. Torta Cubana, Ricos Tacos
Scrambled eggs, crumbled sausage, an outsize chicken cutlet. $7.50
61. Le Focaccine, Sant Ambroeus
The tiny, salty, flaky, buttery housebaked rolls they call focaccine might just be the best thing to ever happen to prosciutto di Parma and fresh mozzarella. $9
60. Tea Sandwiches, Fatty Crab
Cucumbers, watercress, cream cheese. $9
59. Shrimp Roll, Luke’s Lobster
These tiny shellfish make a huge impression, spritzed with lemon butter, dusted with spices, and squeezed into a butter-toasted, lightly mayo’d bun. $7
58. Mackerel With Leeks, Num Pang
A garlic-butter-toasted Parisi bun stuffed with flaky fish, soft-cooked leeks, and a generous slathering of chili mayo. $8.20
57. Lamb Dip, ilili
$18
56. Bacon and Marmalade on Pumpernickel, Prune
By lavishly spreading the top slice of grilled pumpernickel so that it trickles down, glazing the hot bacon like a honey-baked ham. $9
55. Picante Sandwich, Despaña
Spicy chorizo, zingy Basque peppers, and nutty, melting Mahón. $8.50
54. Croque M, the Mark
Two quail eggs. $15
53. PMB, Sullivan St. Bakery
An ingenious off-season BLT that hits all the right sweet-and-salty notes with crisped pancetta, ripe mango, and fresh basil. $6
52. BBQ Rib Sandwich, Momofuku Ssäm Bar
The succulent Heritage pork, the sturdy bun, and the oniony slaw. $12
51. Egg Toast, Blue Ribbon Bakery Market
It’s the pickled peppers that make this open-faced specimen sing. Perfectly hard-cooked eggs, olive-oil mayo, and great bread. $5.50
50. Super Heebster, Russ & Daughters
Creamy whitefish-and-baked-salmon salad to horseradish-dill cream cheese and wasabi-infused flying-fish roe. $10.45
49. Chicken Bánh Mì, Bánh Mì Saigon
Meat bathed in a funky marinade of garlic, lemongrass, and fish sauce that’s so good you might mistake it for pork. $4.25
48. Bánh Mì, Má Pêche
Layers chicken-liver pâté, ham terrine, and Vietnamese mortadella on a Tomcat baguette. $10
47. Oyster Roll, Pearl Oyster Bar
Perfectly fried oysters shoved into a butter-toasted Pepperidge Farm top-loader. $16
46. Grilled Cheese, Milk Truck
The Gruyère, bread, and butter. $5.50
45. Lamb Meatball Sliders, Locanda Verde
Garnished with goat cheese, pickled cucumbers, and tomato sauce, the meaty minis are cozily ensconced in squishy house-baked buns. $12
44. Tête de Cochon Sandwich, Resto
The curry braise, the maple Banyuls, and the pickled veggies and spicy aïoli, kind of a cross between a bánh mì, a BLT, and a St. Louis pig “snoot” sandwich. $12
43. Bacon, Egg, and Lettuce, Bklyn Larder
Hard-cooked egg, soft and creamy against the crunchy greens and thick-cut bacon. $8
42. The Mussolini, Mike’s Deli
Anchovies, cappicola and fontinella cheese. $8
41. Vegetarian Sandwich, Abraço Espresso
Broccoli rabe, butternut squash, or even asparagus, often matched with a cheese from Di Palo’s. Olive-oil-slicked-and-griddled Sullivan St. Bakery stecca makes the perfect crisp-edged foil.
40. Mumbai Grilled Sandwich, Mumbai Xpress
Swiss-style Gujarati cheese, a piquant coriander chutney. $5.99
39. Egg & Cheese, Prime Meats
The pedigree eggs come from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; the thick, chewy bacon from Faicco’s; the Cheddar from Saxelby Cheesemongers. Everything else (breakfast sausage, kaiser rolls, tender buttermilk biscuits) is made in-house. $9
38. Pork ‘Burger,’ Xi’an Famous Foods
Pulled pork piled on the Chinese equivalent of a toasted English muffin. $2
37. Eggplant Parmigiana, Catene Italian Deli
Eggplant parm with spicy tomato sauce. $6.50
36. Mushroom Sandwich, Northern Spy Food Co.
A mushroom sandwich for mushroom lovers, not a drab stand-in for meat. You don’t often encounter hen-of-the-woods between the bread, especially in such felicitous company as oil-poached potatoes and Cabot clothbound Cheddar. $10
35. Pork Meatball Hero, the Meatball Shop
Spicy pork, spicy meat sauce, crispy baguette, provolone. $9
34. Porchetta Calabrese, Salumeria Rosi
Calabrian chile paste and provolone. $11.50
33. Smoked Salmon and Caviar Croque Monsieur, Le Bernardin
$70
32. Turkey Leg, Henry Public
The resolutely undry turkey sandwich, further improved by a potent peppery punch and thick saucopping slices of Pullman toast. $12
31. Muffuletta, Fort Defiance
$10
30. Cubano Sandwich, El Sitio
$4.40
29. BLT, Frankies Spuntino
Faicco’s bacon nonpareil. $10
28. Chicken Shawarma, Karam
It’s all about the toum, the lemony Lebanese garlic sauce that has the power to transform all it touches — in this case, spit-carved chicken rolled up in a pita and smooshed in a sandwich press. $6
27. Panelle and Potato Special, Ferdinando’s Focacceria
Sicilian joint deep-fries delicious slabs of chickpea flour and potato croquettes and tucks them into a semolina roll with ricotta and Pecorino. $5
26. Country Ham Biscuit, Egg
Meat tucked into a crumbly biscuit with Grafton Cheddar and homemade fig jam. $8
25. Roast Pork With Bread and Butter Pickles and Provolone, Colicchio & Sons
A Cubano incognito, distinguished by a pronounced element of sweetness from the pickles and the garlic-confit aïoli, a nice counterpoint to the lush pork and salty country ham. That, plus an uncredited performance by a cheesesteak roll imported from Philly. $13
24. Mama’s Special, Leo’s Latticini
The freshest mozzarella, the pepperiest pepper ham, and the sleekest salami on beautiful bread with all the fixings. $7.50
23. Porchetta Sandwich, Di Palo Dairy
Italian cheese, roast an excellent porchetta. $12.99
22. Grilled Three-Cheese Sandwich With Housmoked Ham, Breslin Bar & Dining Room
A tangy three-cheese melt with housmoked ham, and a smooth, glossy external sheen that comes from butter and grated Parmesan. $16
21. Chicken Parm, Torrisi Italian Specialties
A proud standard-bearer of the red-sauce tradition: Progresso bread-crumbed, draped with homemade mozzarella, and crowned with fresh basil inside a soft Italian roll. $7
20. Sloppy Bao, Baoguette
A Manwich for the modern multiculti appetite: curried ground beef garnished with green mango, cilantro, and as much jalapeño as you can bear. The secret ingredient? Ketchup. $7
19. Tuna, Bouchon Bakery
On a big sturdy housebaked roll with a black-olive tapenade on bottom, a pristine Bibb-lettuce leaf on top, and the freshest, herbiest, most perfectly textured tuna salad imaginable squeezing out the sides. $9.25
18. Quattro Panino
$12
17. Smoked Pork Shoulder Bánh Mì, Fatty ’Cue
A gourmet bánh mì upgrade (Heritage pork, spicy aïoli, housemade pork-and-duck-liver mousse) $9
16. Connecticut Lobster Roll, Red Hook Lobster Pound
Lucking meaty butter-griddled morsels into a likewise butter-griddled top-loading bun, with a final flourish of paprika and scallion. $15
15. Duke’s Churasco, Island Burgers and Shakes
Melted jack cheese and jalapeño. $10.75
14. Pastrami, Katz’s Delicatessen
$14.95
13. Croque Monsieur, Bar Boulud
Ham, cheese, béchamel. $16
12. Breakfast Melt, Murray’s Cheese
A farmstead egg, smoky Nueske’s bacon, and a brash young Fontina that melts like Velveeta. $5.99
11. Smoked Meat, Mile End
$8
10. Porchetta Sandwich, Porchetta
The essence of pig on a Sullivan St. Bakery ciabatta roll. $10
9. Meatball Sandwich, Terroir Tribeca
The most buoyant balls in a hotly contested field, distinguished by the veal-ricotta blend, the bright sauce, and a crisp, airy roll impervious to sog. $11
8. Romeo, Alidoro
Italian bread is scooped, Bel Paese is spread, smoked chicken breast is languorously sliced and generously mounded. There’s hot-pepper dressing for oomph and feathery arugula for color. $10
7. Scuttlebutt, Saltie
Salted, dimpled focaccia wedges barely contain an absurdly unwieldy Technicolor medley of vegetables, feta, and eggs. $9
6. Uni Panini, El Quinto Pino
Creamy blobs of sea-urchin roe, Korean-mustard-oil-flavored butte. $15
5. The Ruth Wilensky, Mile End
Premium brisket and short ribs, oak-smoked, and pressed inside a squishy onion roll. $7
4. Pâté Thit Nguôi, Ba Xuyen
$3.75
3. Cubano Sandwich, the Spotted Pig
$17
2. Pane e Panelle, Bar Stuzzichini
Properly thin and shatteringly crisp, with Parmesan and parsley whisked into the batter. They’re shoved into a Tomcat seeded brioche bun slathered with creamy ricotta and speckled with tangy caciocavallo. $10
1. Smoked Brisket, Fatty ’Cue
Brandt Beef brisket and Cabot clothbound Cheddar (both housmoked) with pickled onions, aïoli, chile jam, and cilantro on toasted Parisi bread. $10
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