Monthly Archive: March 2020

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Wraps of the World

In April of 2019, Bloomberg published an article, “The Best Sandwiches In New York, as Picked by Top Chefs.” In laying out their guidelines for what constituted a sandwich, they had this to say:...

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Yakisoba-pan, Japan’s Spaghetti Sandwich

One of our recurring bugbears here at the Tribunal is the dreaded carb-on-carb sandwich. The Chip Butty, Guajolota, Toast sandwich, Spaghetti sandwich… Seems like a lot of people around the world like sticking something...

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Mild Sauce, Fried Hard

Mild sauce, though, is a west side and a south side phenomenon in Chicago. Served at a variety of establishments–fish and shrimp houses, chicken shacks, barbecue joints, sandwich shops, basically any place where you can order fried foods down to and including French fries–mild sauce has been a favorite at restaurants serving African-American neighborhoods since the 1950s. There, it is ubiquitous.

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German Wurstbrot

Five years ago in February of 2015, Sandwich Tribunal covered the first of what would become many open-face sandwiches on our List, the German Butterbrot. Back then, I had this to say about open-face...