After a long night of dancing, people would stop for a medianoche, so named as an allusion to the time it was often eaten. At midnight. The pressed, toasted sandwich is made with a sweet egg bread similar to challah or Hawaiian bread. The filling is lechón, slow-cooked marinated pork, ham, cheese, pickles, butter and mustard. More

Los Angeles is a quilt of communities, each with its own culture. One patch is Mar Vista, a diverse neighborhood spanning less than three square miles on the west side of LA. Here you'll find Earl's Gourmet Grub, the brainchild of Yvonne McDonald and Dean Harada. Earl's began as a popular stall at the Mar Vista Farmers' Market and later evolved into a brick-and-mortar shop, mere steps from the market. More

Is it considered meta for a sandwich shop to have a kind of separate sandwich pop-up? Because that's just what Deli Board is doing with 1058 Hoagie, an all-hoagie pop-up available for pick-up and delivery (watch their Twitter or Facebook for dates). I'll say this—I stopped wondering as soon as I tried them, fittingly, at last week's Giants vs. Phillies game. More

So it's only May, but we felt compelled to document the most photogenic sandwiches we've eaten so far in 2012. We eat a lot of sandwiches, some not as memorable, but these are the images of tortas, grilled cheeses, and po' boys we can't erase from our minds... More

The sandwich is served on a lightly fried, house-made brioche doughnut, glazed with a maple-chicken jus and topped with oven-baked pecans. Between the doughnut halves lies ChurchKey's twist: buttermilk fried chicken and strips of applewood smoked bacon. In the end, what you're really eating is a child's dream: three of the best "junk foods" in a single, glorious monument to gluttony. More

Ask Matt Lewis—owner, chef, and chief raconteur at Where Ya At Matt—where the inspiration for his peacemaker sandwich came from, and he gets a little glint in his eye. Streetcar Sandwiches, he says, and begins to wax nostalgic about the long-closed shop that had a spot on Carrollton in New Orleans until the late Nineties. In the future, Seattleites may carry that same glint in their eyes when talking about Matt's sandwiches, as he takes this New Orleans classic to the Seattle streets in his food truck. More

Is deviled ham as reviled a potted meat as SPAM? These compacted canned meats, high in sodium and shelf stabilizers, may be the stuff of hurricane warning survival supplies, and let's admit it, they're looked down on for being rather unsophisticated. But for me, they are part of the scrapbook of memories of trips to the beach and my grandfather's farm. More

I have something of a problem with the trout salad sandwich at The Sentinel—namely, that I can't seem to stop ordering it. This is a problem because every sandwich available at The Sentinel is, well, awesome. More

"The Elvis" is a grilled sandwich oozing out peanut butter, bananas, and bacon. People unfamiliar with it blanch when they discover what the ingredients are, but one bite proves the combination to be fit for a king. More

A little ways down Lee Highway, away from the more high-profile Arlington hot spots—like Michael Landrum's expanding stable of "Ray's" restaurants—is The Italian Store. It's a smallish Italian grocery and deli where, if you're willing to brave the often 30+ minute waits during peak hours and cadre of well-meaning but inattentive young men behind the sandwich counter, you'll be rewarded with one of the best Italian subs in the D.C. area. More