Who doesn’t like a good sandwich? Hot subs are like hugs for your hands in the frigid Minnesota winters. Cold sandwiches serve as great companions while hanging out in the summer sun, or on your couch with Netflix (don’t fret - we all do it). Here are our essential sandwiches in Minneapolis, from classic bar subs to breakfast biscuits and beyond.
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Armed with delicious soft sub rolls toasted to perfection, Big Ten’s subs are fantastic. Locked and loaded with a thick stack of meat and cheese and piled high with lightly dressed lettuce, there’s a reason why people keep coming back to this place – and it’s not the free self-serve popcorn. (Although, that’s great, too.)
The pulled chicken sandwich at Brasa Rotisserie features fresh, in-house pulled chicken in a light pepper gravy, topped with lettuce on a ciabatta bun. The meat is high-quality and the gravy compliments the rotisserie flavor of the chicken.
Featuring fluffy biscuits that are a struggle to wrap your mouth around, Butter’s breakfast biscuit sandwiches are, we dare say, the best in the city. Get one Clint style – topped with avocado, garlic mayo and sprouts. It looks amazing and tastes even better.
Caffrey’s may be most known for their late night hours, but the variety of sandwiches is worth exploring. Just about anything stuffed inside that crusty, tender bread is magical. Start by ordering the meatball sub and go from there.
This neighborhood butcher shop in Linden Hills is the place to go for a roast beef sandwich. It’s served on rustic baguette-style bread with sinus-clearing horseradish mustard, tomatoes, lettuce and pickled red onions. The meat itself is tender, juicy and cooked perfectly. The only downfall is that they make a limited amount of these babies per day – so get in early to snag yours.
If you haven’t had the slow-roasted pork arepa from Hola Arepa – something is seriously amiss. Succulent pork creates a bed for black beans, salty cotija cheese and tangy Hola sauce, all nestled in the Latin griddled cornmeal cake. It may look small, but it’s unique, filling and certainly tasty.
Not only are the Bahn Mi at Jasmine Deli authentic and delicious, they run between $3.75 and $4.00. That’s a major steal for proteins like Vietnamese meatballs, grilled pork – even curried mock duck – topped with spicy pickled carrots, cucumber, cilantro, and jalepenos. Piled into a crunchy baguette with a spread of butter, they’re an easy choice for lunch, dinner, picnics, or space travel. Done and done.
Serving up traditional Mexican sandwiches in two locations on Lake Street, if you happen to visit while Manny’s working the register, which he often does, he would recommend Manny’s Special – a torta filled with grilled steak, onion, mushroom, tomato, jalapeño, ham and cheese, avocado, refried beans, lettuce and chipotle pepper mayo. Savory, a bit spicy, salty, and gooey inside a crusty shell of bread – what are you waiting for?
For a taste of the coast in our landlocked – well, if you don’t count the 10,000 lakes – state, head to the North Loop’s Smack Shack. The Smack Shack original lobster roll features a chilled lobster salad with cucumber and tarragon stuffed inside a thick and toasty piece of griddled milk bread. The lobster, tender and sweet, pairs well with the crisp cucumber, earthy tarragon and warm bread.
The porchetta sanwdwiches at Terzo may be the best-kept secret in the realm of Minneapolis sandwiches. Using fresh pork belly and shoulder from Iowa’s Fresh Air Pork, you can only get one from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. from the wine bar’s takeout window. There are four types, but the rapini is our favorite – a heaping mound of garlic-rubbed, slow roasted pork topped with garlic-parsley aioli and a slightly bitter grilled rapini enclosed in a ciabatta bun. The bitter rapini is the perfect balance for the fatty pork, and the garlic-parsley aioli is the savory cherry on top.
Armed with delicious soft sub rolls toasted to perfection, Big Ten’s subs are fantastic. Locked and loaded with a thick stack of meat and cheese and piled high with lightly dressed lettuce, there’s a reason why people keep coming back to this place – and it’s not the free self-serve popcorn. (Although, that’s great, too.)
The pulled chicken sandwich at Brasa Rotisserie features fresh, in-house pulled chicken in a light pepper gravy, topped with lettuce on a ciabatta bun. The meat is high-quality and the gravy compliments the rotisserie flavor of the chicken.
Featuring fluffy biscuits that are a struggle to wrap your mouth around, Butter’s breakfast biscuit sandwiches are, we dare say, the best in the city. Get one Clint style – topped with avocado, garlic mayo and sprouts. It looks amazing and tastes even better.
Caffrey’s may be most known for their late night hours, but the variety of sandwiches is worth exploring. Just about anything stuffed inside that crusty, tender bread is magical. Start by ordering the meatball sub and go from there.
This neighborhood butcher shop in Linden Hills is the place to go for a roast beef sandwich. It’s served on rustic baguette-style bread with sinus-clearing horseradish mustard, tomatoes, lettuce and pickled red onions. The meat itself is tender, juicy and cooked perfectly. The only downfall is that they make a limited amount of these babies per day – so get in early to snag yours.
If you haven’t had the slow-roasted pork arepa from Hola Arepa – something is seriously amiss. Succulent pork creates a bed for black beans, salty cotija cheese and tangy Hola sauce, all nestled in the Latin griddled cornmeal cake. It may look small, but it’s unique, filling and certainly tasty.
Not only are the Bahn Mi at Jasmine Deli authentic and delicious, they run between $3.75 and $4.00. That’s a major steal for proteins like Vietnamese meatballs, grilled pork – even curried mock duck – topped with spicy pickled carrots, cucumber, cilantro, and jalepenos. Piled into a crunchy baguette with a spread of butter, they’re an easy choice for lunch, dinner, picnics, or space travel. Done and done.
Serving up traditional Mexican sandwiches in two locations on Lake Street, if you happen to visit while Manny’s working the register, which he often does, he would recommend Manny’s Special – a torta filled with grilled steak, onion, mushroom, tomato, jalapeño, ham and cheese, avocado, refried beans, lettuce and chipotle pepper mayo. Savory, a bit spicy, salty, and gooey inside a crusty shell of bread – what are you waiting for?
For a taste of the coast in our landlocked – well, if you don’t count the 10,000 lakes – state, head to the North Loop’s Smack Shack. The Smack Shack original lobster roll features a chilled lobster salad with cucumber and tarragon stuffed inside a thick and toasty piece of griddled milk bread. The lobster, tender and sweet, pairs well with the crisp cucumber, earthy tarragon and warm bread.
The porchetta sanwdwiches at Terzo may be the best-kept secret in the realm of Minneapolis sandwiches. Using fresh pork belly and shoulder from Iowa’s Fresh Air Pork, you can only get one from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. from the wine bar’s takeout window. There are four types, but the rapini is our favorite – a heaping mound of garlic-rubbed, slow roasted pork topped with garlic-parsley aioli and a slightly bitter grilled rapini enclosed in a ciabatta bun. The bitter rapini is the perfect balance for the fatty pork, and the garlic-parsley aioli is the savory cherry on top.
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