Name
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Image
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Regional availability
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Description
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American sub
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Nationwide
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Turkey breast, ham, American or cheddar cheese, chopped or shredded lettuce, tomatoes and onions
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Beef Manhattan
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Midwest; Origins in
Indianapolis, Indiana
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Roast beef
and gravy served open faced, often with Mashed Potatoes on top or on the side
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Beef on weck
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Buffalo, New York
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Roast beef
on a
kimmelweck roll
, often with
horseradish
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BLT
|
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Nationwide
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Bacon, lettuce, and tomato
|
Bologna sandwich
|
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Nationwide
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Traditionally made from pre-sliced
bologna sausage
between slices of
white bread
, along with various condiments, such as
mayonnaise
,
mustard
, and
ketchup
|
Breakfast sandwich
|
|
Nationwide
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Often made with eggs, cheese, and either bacon, sausage, or ham
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Cheese dream
|
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Nationwide
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Open-faced
grilled cheese
sandwich with bacon
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Cheese sandwich
|
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Nationwide
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A basic sandwich generally made with one or more varieties of cheese on any sort of bread
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Cheeseburger
|
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Nationwide
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Meat patty on a roll with cheese, often served with lettuce, tomato, pickles, and other toppings
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Cheesesteak
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Nationwide; origins in
Philadelphia
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Made with thinly sliced pieces of
beefsteak
mixed with cheese on a
hoagie roll
, with additional toppings often including peppers, onions, and mushrooms
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Chicken sandwich
|
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Nationwide
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A sandwich which typically consists of a boneless, skinless breast of chicken served between slices of bread, on a bun, or on a roll.
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Chopped cheese
|
|
New York City
|
Also known as "a chop cheese",
[4]
is a type of
sandwich
originating from
New York City
. It is made on a grill with
ground beef
, onions, and topped by melted cheese and served with lettuce, tomatoes, and condiments on a
hero roll
.
[4]
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Chow mein sandwich
|
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New England
|
Gravy-based
chow mein
mixture placed on a hamburger bun, served hot
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Clam roll
|
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New England
|
Fried clams served in a New England hotdog bun
[5]
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Club sandwich
|
|
Nationwide
|
Sliced cooked poultry, fried bacon, lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise, often on toast
|
Crab cake sandwich
|
|
Nationwide; origins in
Chesapeake Bay
region
|
Crab cake
on a roll, often with a sauce such as
tartar sauce
|
Cuban sandwich
|
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Tampa
and
Miami
|
Developed in
Tampa, Florida
, despite the name. Made with ham, roasted pork, Swiss cheese, pickles, mustard, and sometimes salami on
Cuban bread
.
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Cudighi
|
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Upper Peninsula of Michigan
|
Spicy Italian sausage served on a long, hard roll, often with mozzarella cheese and tomato sauce
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Dagwood sandwich
|
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Nationwide
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Tall, multi-layered sandwich made with a variety of meats, cheeses, and condiments; named after comic-strip character
Dagwood Bumstead
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Denver sandwich
|
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Denver
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Denver omelette
on bread
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Diablo sandwich
|
|
Uncertain
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Inspired by the film
Smokey and the Bandit
; various recipes proposed
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Fat sandwich
|
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New Brunswick, New Jersey
|
Combination of ingredients such as burgers, cheese, chicken fingers, French fries, mozzarella sticks, gyro meat, bacon, etc.
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Fluffernutter
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New England
|
Peanut butter
and
marshmallow fluff
usually served on white bread
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French dip
|
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Nationwide; origins in
Los Angeles
|
Thinly sliced roast beef on a
French roll
or
baguette
, usually served
au jus
|
Fried-brain sandwich
|
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Midwest
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Sliced calves' brains on sliced bread
|
Gerber sandwich
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St. Louis
|
Half section of Italian or French bread, spread with
garlic butter
and topped with
ham
, and
Provel
or
Provolone cheese
, seasoned with a sprinkling of
paprika
and then toasted
|
Ham and cheese sandwich
|
|
Nationwide
|
Ham and cheese, often on white bread
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Hamburger
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Nationwide; origins disputed
|
One or more cooked patties of ground meat, usually beef, placed inside a sliced bread roll or bun, often served with cheese, lettuce, tomato, bacon, onion, pickles, and condiments such as mustard, mayonnaise, ketchup, relish, and chiles
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Hamdog
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Decatur, Georgia
|
Hot dog wrapped in a beef patty, deep-fried, covered with chili, a handful of French fries, and a fried egg
|
Handwich
|
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Orlando, Florida
|
A
cone
-shaped piece of bread with a sweet or savory
filling
, intended to be held and eaten with one hand
|
Horseshoe sandwich
|
|
Springfield, Illinois
|
Open-faced sandwich consisting of thick-sliced toasted bread, a hamburger patty, French fries, and a "secret" cheese sauce
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Hot brown
|
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Louisville, Kentucky
|
Variation of
Welsh rarebit
, consisting of
turkey
,
bacon
, and
Mornay sauce
|
Hot dog
|
|
Nationwide
|
A cooked
sausage
, traditionally grilled or steamed and served in a partially sliced
bun
[6]
[7]
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Italian beef
|
|
Chicago
|
Seasoned roast beef, dripping with meat juices, on an Italian-style roll, often served with peppers
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Italian sandwich
|
|
Nationwide; origins in
Maine
|
Various meats, cheeses, and vegetables on
Italian bread
|
Jucy Lucy
|
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Minneapolis?Saint Paul
|
Cheeseburger
with cheese inside the patty, as opposed to on top
|
Limburger sandwich
|
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Midwest
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Limburger cheese
on bread
|
Lobster roll
|
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New England
|
Lobster
meat served on a hot dog roll, often with butter
|
Luther Burger
|
|
Nationwide; origins are disputed
|
Hamburger
or
cheeseburger
served between two
glazed doughnuts
|
Manwich
|
|
Nationwide
|
Canned
sloppy joe
sauce, served on a roll or bun
|
Maxwell Street Polish
|
|
Chicago
|
Polish sausage
with grilled onions and
yellow mustard
served on a bun
|
Meatloaf sandwich
|
|
Nationwide
|
Meatloaf
with sauce served on sliced bread
|
Melt sandwich
|
|
Nationwide
|
Some type of filling (such as beef or tuna) served on bread with melted cheese
|
Monte Cristo sandwich
|
|
Nationwide
|
Ham and cheese sandwich
dipped in egg and fried
|
Muffuletta
|
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New Orleans
|
Muffuletta
loaf split horizontally and covered with layers of marinated
olive salad
,
mortadella
,
salami
,
mozzarella
, ham, and provolone
|
Pastrami on rye
|
|
Nationwide; origins in
New York City
|
Pastrami
on
rye bread
|
Patty melt
|
|
Nationwide
|
Hamburger patty topped with
caramelized onions
and cheese, between two slices of bread
|
Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
|
|
Nationwide
|
Peanut butter
and
jelly
or
jam
on bread
|
Peanut butter, banana and bacon sandwich
|
|
Nationwide
|
Peanut butter, banana, and bacon bread; also known as an "Elvis sandwich"
|
Pilgrim
|
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Nationwide; origins in
New England
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Roast turkey,
cranberries
or
cranberry sauce
and cheddar cheese
|
Po' boy
|
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Nationwide; origins in
Louisiana
|
Roast beef or fried seafood served on a
baguette
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Polish Boy
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Cleveland
|
Kielbasa
on a bun, with
french fries
,
barbecue sauce
or
hot sauce
, and
coleslaw
|
Pork tenderloin sandwich
|
|
Midwest
|
Breaded and fried
pork
cutlet served on a roll or bun
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Primanti sandwich
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Pittsburgh
|
Grilled
meat, melted cheese, an oil & vinegar-based
coleslaw
,
tomato
slices, and
French fries
between two thick slices of
Italian bread
.
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Reuben sandwich
|
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Nationwide; Origins in Omaha, Nebraska
|
Corned beef
,
Swiss cheese
,
sauerkraut
, and
Russian dressing
, grilled between slices of
rye bread
|
Roast beef sandwich
|
|
Nationwide
|
Roast beef on bread
|
Roast pork Italian
|
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Philadelphia
|
Italian-style roast pork shoulder (
porchetta
),
broccoli rabe
, and sharp
provolone
cheese on a
hoagie roll
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Runza
|
|
Nebraska
and environs
|
Beef, pork, cabbage or sauerkraut, onions, and seasonings in a bread pocket
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Sailor sandwich
|
|
Richmond, Virginia
|
Hot
pastrami
, grilled
knackwurst
, melted Swiss cheese and
hot mustard
on
rye bread
|
Sandwich loaf
|
|
Nationwide
|
Any variety of ingredients assembled in a manner which resembles a
layer cake
|
Sandwich wrap
|
|
Nationwide
|
Meats, cheeses, and vegetables served in a wrap
|
Sausage sandwich
|
|
Nationwide
|
Sausage and other ingredients on bread
|
Sealed crustless sandwich
|
|
Nationwide
|
Filling sealed between one large layer of bread
|
Sloppy joe
|
|
Nationwide; origins are unclear
|
Ground beef
,
onions
,
tomato sauce
or
ketchup
,
Worcestershire sauce
, and other seasonings, served on a hamburger bun
|
Sloppy joe (New Jersey)
|
|
New Jersey
|
A double decker thin sliced
rye bread
sandwich made with one or more types of sliced deli meat, such as turkey, ham,
pastrami
,
corned beef
,
roast beef
, or sliced
beef tongue
, along with
Swiss cheese
,
coleslaw
, and
Russian dressing
|
Spiedie
|
|
Binghamton, New York
|
Cubes of marinated chicken, pork, lamb, veal, venison or beef, served on a bun or between slices of Italian bread
|
St. Paul sandwich
|
|
St. Louis
|
Egg foo young
patty (made with
mung bean sprouts
and minced white onions) served with
dill pickle
slices,
white onion
,
mayonnaise
, lettuce, and tomato between two slices of white bread
|
Steak sandwich
|
|
Nationwide; many local variations
|
Chipped Beef served on a bun or roll
|
Submarine sandwich
|
|
Nationwide; many local variations
|
Length of bread or roll split lengthwise and filled with a variety of meats, cheeses, vegetables, and condiments
|
Tavern sandwich
|
|
Great Plains
|
Unseasoned ground beef on a bun, mixed with sauteed onions, and sometimes topped with pickles, ketchup and mustard
|
Tuna fish sandwich
|
|
Nationwide
|
Tuna fish served on bread
|
Turkey Devonshire
|
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Pittsburgh
|
Hot open-faced sandwich on toasted bread with hot turkey, bacon, tomatoes, and a cheese sauce
|
Veggie burger
|
|
Nationwide
|
Hamburger
-style patty made only of non-meat ingredients
|