# What is your favorite sandwich? You only get one choice **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 19, 2016, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sandwich-you-only-get-one-choice/772449 "2016-11-19T18:24:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sandwich-you-only-get-one-choice/772449/21 "2016-11-19T22:03:20Z")
I’ll put in another vote for the Reuben. But it has to be a real Reuben: Corned beef, Swiss cheese, sauerkraut, and Russian dressing, on rye bread, and pan-grilled. Too many places try to monkey around with that basic formula, and none of it is an improvement. Though a well-made BLT, with real tomatoes, is a serious contender, too. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sandwich-you-only-get-one-choice/772449/22 "2016-11-19T22:03:53Z")
Pastrami and chopped liver on rye. Overstuffed. From the Kosher Nosh in Glen Rock New Jersey where my wife’s parents used to live. Haven’t had it in probably over a decade but wow. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sandwich-you-only-get-one-choice/772449/23 "2016-11-19T22:08:04Z")
Italian sub ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sandwich-you-only-get-one-choice/772449/24 "2016-11-19T22:09:08Z")
Meatball sub. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sandwich-you-only-get-one-choice/772449/25 "2016-11-19T22:18:38Z")
Just about any capicola, ham and salami sub. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sandwich-you-only-get-one-choice/772449/26 "2016-11-19T22:20:31Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I’ll put in another vote for the Reuben. But it has to be a real Reuben: Corned beef, Swiss cheese, sauerkraut, and Russian dressing, on rye bread, and pan-grilled. Too many places try to monkey around with that basic formula, and none of it is an improvement… Seriously? We gotta get a pastrami Reuben into you. I ate corned beef as a kid, first tried pastrami around age 16, and haven’t ordered corned beef in a deli since. I felt like the soldier in “The Tinder-Box” when he throws away all the silver so he can fill his pockets with gold. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sandwich-you-only-get-one-choice/772449/27 "2016-11-19T22:46:30Z")
Well, the best corned beef I’ve had has been better than the best pastrami I’ve had, but it’s quite possible that I’ve just never had really good pastrami. I don’t suppose you know of anywhere in the Cleveland area to recommend? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sandwich-you-only-get-one-choice/772449/28 "2016-11-19T22:51:38Z")
For me, a Reuben has to be made with corned beef. When I lived in L.A., I liked the pastrami sandwich with provolone from [Sorrento Italian Market](https://www.facebook.com/pg/Sorrento-Italian-Market-43475889490/photos/?ref=page_internal) in Culver City. Last time I was down there, I got two for the drive back to Washington. Man, I could go into that store just to inhale… ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sandwich-you-only-get-one-choice/772449/29 "2016-11-19T23:10:10Z")
Hmm… I’d probably say a Roast Beef Dip. Haven’t actually had one in years, but I remember them at this restaurant a few blocks from the office I worked at back then… 🙂 Can I give an honorable mention to a hot turkey on white? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sandwich-you-only-get-one-choice/772449/30 "2016-11-19T23:24:02Z")
A blonde and a redhead. 😃 Failing that, a Phillipe’s French Dip. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sandwich-you-only-get-one-choice/772449/31 "2016-11-19T23:25:40Z")
Dipped Italian beef with sweet peppers. But I’ll do a good gyro without complaint. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sandwich-you-only-get-one-choice/772449/32 "2016-11-19T23:27:26Z")
I’m waffling between Reuben and Italian beef. I guess I’ll go with beef this time. Dipped & hot, please. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sandwich-you-only-get-one-choice/772449/33 "2016-11-19T23:27:57Z")
Either a pastrami Reuben or a pastrami Sloppy Joe (pastrami, cole slaw, swiss, russian dressing on untoasted rye bread). Either one would be fine as my permanent exclusive sandwich. ETA: the pastrami is hot on the sloppy joe, everything else is cold ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sandwich-you-only-get-one-choice/772449/34 "2016-11-19T23:47:42Z")
Sliced hard-boiled eggs with mayo on white. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sandwich-you-only-get-one-choice/772449/35 "2016-11-19T23:53:21Z")
Braunschweiger and cheese on whole wheat with yellow mustard. Note: that is not braunschweiger with just a slice of cheese, the body of the sandwich is 50/50 braunschweiger and cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sandwich-you-only-get-one-choice/772449/36 "2016-11-20T00:01:17Z")
Rare to medium rare roast beef on white or wheat bread, with butter and lettuce. if I get a side, I’d like potato salad, and a nice Coke to drink. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sandwich-you-only-get-one-choice/772449/37 "2016-11-20T00:04:15Z")
I am a woman of simple tastes. Untoasted, buttered fresh onion bagel with thinly sliced ham and cheddar cheese. Pile the ham high, please. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sandwich-you-only-get-one-choice/772449/38 "2016-11-20T00:07:06Z")
falafil. I don’t know which region’s variant it is but the one I could probably subsist on forever is: - falafil balls - lettuce - parsley - pickled cukes - kabees el lift (pickled turnips) - tahini sauce - wrapped in khebz. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sandwich-you-only-get-one-choice/772449/39 "2016-11-20T00:21:07Z")
Roast beef, swiss cheese, lettuce, tomato ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sandwich-you-only-get-one-choice/772449/40 "2016-11-20T00:30:47Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Well, the best corned beef I’ve had has been better than the best pastrami I’ve had, but it’s quite possible that I’ve just never had really good pastrami. I don’t suppose you know of anywhere in the Cleveland area to recommend? When I was a kid in the '60s-'70s, my parents took me to the original **Corky & Lenny’s** at Cedar and Warrensville, which dated back to 1956, at least three times a year. I see the “new” location on Chagrin (opened in 1973) is still in business. That would be the first place I’d look for good pastrami in Cleveland. Anyway, look on the East Side, where the Jews are. Parma for your kielbasa, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sandwich-you-only-get-one-choice/772449.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-sandwich-you-only-get-one-choice/772449.md?page=3)