The California burger is certainly a good attempt at an interesting veggie burger, or sandwich as the case may be. Blood-red in hue, the veggie patty is a housemade creation of lentils, mushrooms, beets, cashews and bulgur wheat. The California version is topped with grilled onions, white cheddar, and avocado, on your choice of bread (go with the sprouted wheat bread). More

The California Grilled Cheese at Good Earth Cuisine was a surprise winner; one of those sandwiches that quickly proves itself to be more than the sum of its parts. What are those parts, you ask? Just American cheese, avocado, tomatoes, and bread. More

My trips to LAMill—an airy, super-hip, super-sleek, coffee oasis in the Silverlake neighborhood of Los Angeles—tend to focus squarely on caffeine consumption. Picking up some beans, sipping on a caffe con leche, an occasional splurge on something siphon dripped. But on a recent visit, the cafe's sandwich menu caught my eye, specifically the Eggplant Miso, and even more specifically the housemade nori focaccia on which this vegetarian creation is served. More

The Antipasto focaccia panini from the People's Food Co-op deli in La Crosse, Wisconsin, is so much more than "vegetarian panini" would you have you think. It's packed with vegetables and chips are included in the $4.95 price (you could get carrots but we're talking kettle-cooked chips here!). Punchy sun-dried tomatoes, sliced cucumbers, provolone cheese, red onion, salad greens and pepperoncinis on Asiago focaccia bread that's spread with pesto. More

The thinly sliced mushrooms in this vegetarian sandwich are silky without being slimy, earthy and plenty satisfying, topped with goat cheese and pleasantly bitter frisée. The sherried onions balance out the sandwich with a bit of acid; this is definitely a grown-up lunch. More

Il Cane Rosso has become a household name in Ferry Building terms thanks to their slow-cooked delectable pork and beef sandwiches. But you'd be remiss to ignore the non-meat-centric offerings Rosso has to offer, like the Spicy Delicata Squash ($9). An offering on the winter menu, I assumed a squash sandwich would be sweet. But the combination of delicata squash, creamy crescenza cheese, and pepita pesto was delightfully savory. More