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24 'Effort Before You Dice' Vancouver Sandwiches

by Apr 15, 2014, 6:01am EDT

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There are good sandwiches and then in that location are truly keen sandwiches, ballsy sandwiches that make you want to fall to your knees and give thanks the Groovy Gods of Bread—and All the Not bad Things You Can Put Betwixt 2 Pieces of Bread— for being smart enough to come up together in such a beautiful way. In our search to map Vancouver's truly amazing sandwiches, we asked an expert to put together his definitive list. Meet Kevin Wood; Kevin loves sandwiches (and great arts and crafts beer) and writes the This Sandwich That Beer web log. He also hosts the "This Sandwich, That Beer Throwdown" which heighten money for diverse local charities.
So with no farther ado; and in no particular order, here are Vancouver's Almost Amazing Try Before Yous Die Sandwiches - and yep - a couple from only out of town too.
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Note: Restaurants on this map are listed geographically.

12823 Crescent Route, Surrey
BC V4P 1J6, Canada

Sandwich Pick: Beast Information technology!
This place is worth the drive out of the metropolis and just so happens to be only a few minutes from the beautifully scenic Crescent Beach, which is a swell place you could get with your succulent sandwich from Brute and Brine. Design your own sandwich with basically any item they stock, bank check out the daily featured sandwich, or merely trust them and get them to "Brute it"  for yous.

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810 Quayside Drive, New Westminster
BC, Canada

Sandwich Pick: Pulled Pork
These guys started with their downtown food trucks, which you tin can still discover at various spots around the city. But their crawly pulled pork and beef brisket sandwiches led to a wicked brick & mortar in the New Westward Quay. Nice spot to sit down and savor some serious BBQ.

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1391 E 41st Ave., Vancouver
BC V5W 1R7, Canada

Sandwich Pick : Carne Asada Torta
Is information technology 3am and you demand a torta for under $iv? All-time identify for late night snacks! Photo credit: Sherman's Food Adventures

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2296 Eastward Hastings St, Vancouver
BC V5L 1V4, Canada

Sandwich Choice: Well-baked Pork Belly
They are known for their much talked near brunch and rightly so. But if you'd like to go and avert the large morning line-upwards, head in subsequently in the day and grab a Crisp Pork Belly sandwich for a late dejeuner instead.

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1791 Commercial Dr, Vancouver
BC V5N 4A4, Canada

Sandwich pick: Panini
Real deal Italian Deli in Vancouver'due south nigh diverse neighbourhood. The paninis are huge and come any style you like. I ever get for the half foccacia with prosciutto, salami, provolone and ALL the vegetables.

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701 Kingsway, Vancouver
BC V5T 3K6, Canada

Sandwich Pick: Cochinita Pibil Torta
I'm fairly certain this is one of just three places (other ii also on this map) in Vancouver where you lot tin can get a Mexican torta sandwich. These guys may be the most traditional of them all. All-time torta I've had exterior of Mexico or an LA food truck.

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3250 Main St., Vancouver
BC, Canada

Sandwich Pick: Carne Guisada Bocadillo
Ever heard of a bocadillo? Neither had I until I had this Latin-American-style sub sandwich, done to perfection at El Camino'southward in trendy Mount Pleasant. The Carne Guisada is my favourite coming with slow-braised beefiness short rib, caramalized onion, chimmichuri, manchego cheese and arugula. It'southward juicy!

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3825 Main St, Vancouver
BC, Canada

Sandwich Pick: Oyster Po`male child
The Fish Counter is just as the proper name suggests, offering the freshest sustainable seafood and various prepared items. They also accept a full service take out counter serving upwardly a killer Oyster Po'Boy sandwich, likewise as made-to-club fish and chips, crispy cod tacos and soups.

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3353 Cambie St, Vancouver
BC V5Z 2W6, Canada

Sandwich Choice: Lamb Cilantro Torta
This archetype Mexican sandwich always satisfies and these guys nail it every fourth dimension. Traditional buns, flavours and ingredients proves that Mexican doesn't e'er accept to be tacos, when there are tortas this delicious!

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3473 Cambie Street, Vancouver
BC V5Z 2W7, Canada

Sandwich Choice : Porchetta
Cute lilliputian cafe doing awesome baguette sandwiches and a damn fine porchetta that will satisfy that demand for crispy pork fatty that nosotros all have. Nosotros all have that, right?

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2817 Arbutus Street, Vancouver
BC, Canada

Sandwich Pick: Cubano
Pete's Meat is a gem of a notice for some serious sandwich mastery. A total service butcher shop with a overnice selection of made to club standards done with their own unique twists that use the vast selection of meat cuts. Give their "elevated version" of the Cubano a try and be extremely happy that you did!

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1944 Westward fourth Ave, Vancouver
BC, Canada

Sandwich Selection: Grilled cheese
Legend is ane of the highest regarded restaurants in the urban center with their "Subcontract to Tabular array" concept by chef Trevor Bird. Head in for lunch and give their astonishing grilled cheese a try. The addition of their house-made onion jam is what makes this one special.

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781 Davie St., Vancouver
BC V6Z 2S7, Canada

Sandwich Option: The Cowboy
If you're looking to find a real Philly Cheesesteak in Vancouver, wait no further than this spot. Try the classic with shaved prime rib and cheese or The Cowboy covered in BBQ sauce and crispy fried onions.

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859 Hornby St, Vancouver
BC V6Z 1T9, Canada

Sandwich Pick: Pulled Pork
Hubbub is a must when information technology comes to sandwiches in this city! They offering only ane sandwich,which starts with a base of pickled jalapenos, creamy garlic sauce, romaine lettuce, cilantro, and crunchy caramelized onions atop a toasty baguette. But you gild that sandwich with your selection of protein, choose between Pulled Pork, Turkey Sausage, Chicken Breast, Veggie or Shrimp. This odd combination of flavours comes together to get one of the all-time sandwiches in the urban center.

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1049 Alberni Street, Vancouver
BC V6E, Canada

Sandwich Selection: Salumi Panini
The Italian Kitchen would autumn into the "upscale" category of Vancouver restaurants, but I recently learned that tucked in the lobby of the building next door is an adjoining total service lunch counter. The quality does not go downward, simply the price and time to get dejeuner sure does!

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800 West Pender St., Vancouver
BC V6C 1J8, Canada

Sandwich Pick: Mattina Breakfast Panino
Breakfast sandwiches need to be both delicious and $5 or less. At Scuie all of them are only that; including the Mattina which comes with Scrambled Eggs, Prosciutto Cotto and Fontina. Roman-inspired, freshly-made and authentic flavours are what you tin can look at Scuie.

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370 Cambie St, Vancouver
BC V6B 2N3, Canada

Sandwich Pick: Porchetta
Porchetta. That's all you need to know.

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ii H2o St, Vancouver
BC V6B 1A4, Canada

Sandwich Choice: Chopped Beef Po`male child
Carolina –style southern BBQ in Vancouver'southward virtually celebrated neighbourhood. Head down to Gastown for their pulled pork, beef brisket, ribs and a mouth-watering chopped beefiness po'boy. Also give the hush puppies a try while you're there, because HUSH PUPPIES.

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269 Powell Street, Vancouver
BC, Canada

Sandwich Choice: Large Lou's Roast Beef
A small and friendly butcher shop on the border of Vancouver'south Gastown neighbourhood with a sandwich counter featuring a top notch Roast Beefiness sandwich, their take on the "Banh Mi" and a finely crafted Porchetta aslope others.

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219 Marriage St, Vancouver
BC V6A 2B2, Canada

Sandwich Pick: Tofu Banh Mi with fried egg
Now there are a lot of places in the metropolis where yous can get pretty standard and super tasty Banh Mi sandwich. But if you lot feel like hanging out in a really nice room with some killer cocktails and bully craft beer, so head here for their summit notch version of the classic Vietnamese sub.

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501 E Georgia St, Vancouver
BC, Canada

Sandwich Pick: Prosciutto, Pear and Blue brie
Hither you lot'll notice the best baguette mode sandwiches in the metropolis in a quaint little room with a small town experience. Hit the downtown location for a little oasis in the city. Photo credit: Sherman's Food Adventures

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3108 Edgemont Blvd, Northward Vancouver
BC V7R 2N6, Canada

Sandwich Selection: Braised Short Rib
The Meatery is tucked inside Windsor Meats, a popular butcher shop of Westward and N Vancouver residents since 1948. They utilize the freshest cuts on a finely curated bill of fare of butcher-to-bun carvery-way sandwiches. Catch a house-made sausage roll while you're there too!

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3 Lonsdale Ave, Northward Vancouver
BC V7M 2E4, Canada

Sandwich choice: Gooey Cheese Grillers
  Best grilled cheese in the city. Hands down. The true secret that makes this sandwich so skilful? It's done open up-faced in the pan and then finished in the oven to ensure that the very generous corporeality of cheese is as the name suggests "gooey". Photo credit: Sherman's Food Adventures

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644 Queensbury Ave, N Vancouver
BC V7L 1E3, Canada

Sandwich Pick: Cubano
Cubano sandwiches are just the best and this one is true to the original. Make the trip over the span to Northward Vancouver and finish in to S'wich Cafe earlier heading up to the mountains.

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1. Beast & Brine

Sandwich Choice: Beast It!
This place is worth the drive out of the urban center and just so happens to be simply a few minutes from the beautifully scenic Crescent Beach, which is a groovy place you could go with your delicious sandwich from Beast and Alkali. Pattern your own sandwich with basically whatever detail they stock, check out the daily featured sandwich, or just trust them and go them to "Creature it"  for you lot.

12823 Crescent Route, Surrey
BC V4P 1J6, Canada

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two. Re-Up BBQ

Sandwich Pick: Pulled Pork
These guys started with their downtown nutrient trucks, which you lot can still notice at various spots around the city. But their awesome pulled pork and beefiness brisket sandwiches led to a wicked brick & mortar in the New West Quay. Dainty spot to sit down and savor some serious BBQ.

810 Quayside Drive, New Westminster
BC, Canada

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iii. Duffin'due south Donuts

Sandwich Pick : Carne Asada Torta
Is it 3am and you need a torta for under $4? Best place for late night snacks! Photo credit: Sherman'southward Food Adventures

1391 E 41st Ave., Vancouver
BC V5W 1R7, Canada

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four. The Scarlet Railroad vehicle

Sandwich Pick: Well-baked Pork Abdomen
They are known for their much talked about brunch and rightly then. Merely if yous'd like to go and avoid the large morning time line-upwards, head in later in the solar day and grab a Well-baked Pork Belly sandwich for a tardily tiffin instead.

2296 East Hastings St, Vancouver
BC V5L 1V4, Canada

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5. La Grotta Del Formaggio

Sandwich pick: Panini
Real deal Italian Cafeteria in Vancouver's most diverse neighbourhood. The paninis are huge and come any way you similar. I ever go for the half foccacia with prosciutto, salami, provolone and ALL the vegetables.

1791 Commercial Dr, Vancouver
BC V5N 4A4, Canada

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6. Sal y Limón

Sandwich Selection: Cochinita Pibil Torta
I'1000 fairly certain this is i of only iii places (other two likewise on this map) in Vancouver where you can get a Mexican torta sandwich. These guys may be the virtually traditional of them all. Best torta I've had outside of Mexico or an LA nutrient truck.

701 Kingsway, Vancouver
BC V5T 3K6, Canada

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7. El Camino'southward

Sandwich Pick: Carne Guisada Bocadillo
E'er heard of a bocadillo? Neither had I until I had this Latin-American-style sub sandwich, done to perfection at El Camino'south in trendy Mountain Pleasant. The Carne Guisada is my favourite coming with slow-braised beef short rib, caramalized onion, chimmichuri, manchego cheese and arugula. Information technology's juicy!

3250 Main St., Vancouver
BC, Canada

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8. The Fish Counter

Sandwich Pick: Oyster Po`boy
The Fish Counter is merely as the proper noun suggests, offering the freshest sustainable seafood and diverse prepared items. They also have a full service accept out counter serving up a killer Oyster Po'Boy sandwich, also as fabricated-to-order fish and fries, crispy cod tacos and soups.

3825 Primary St, Vancouver
BC, Canada

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9. Las Tortas

Sandwich Pick: Lamb Cilantro Torta
This archetype Mexican sandwich always satisfies and these guys nail information technology every time. Traditional buns, flavours and ingredients proves that Mexican doesn't always have to be tacos, when there are tortas this delicious!

3353 Cambie St, Vancouver
BC V5Z 2W6, Canada

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x. Pronto Buffet

Sandwich Selection : Porchetta
Cute little cafe doing awesome baguette sandwiches and a damn fine porchetta that will satisfy that need for crispy pork fat that we all take. We all have that, correct?

3473 Cambie Street, Vancouver
BC V5Z 2W7, Canada

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11. Pete's Meat

Sandwich Pick: Cubano
Pete's Meat is a jewel of a notice for some serious sandwich mastery. A total service butcher shop with a nice selection of made to gild standards done with their ain unique twists that utilize the vast selection of meat cuts. Give their "elevated version" of the Cubano a try and be extremely happy that you did!

2817 Arbutus Street, Vancouver
BC, Canada

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12. Fable

Sandwich Pick: Grilled cheese
Legend is 1 of the highest regarded restaurants in the city with their "Farm to Tabular array" concept by chef Trevor Bird. Caput in for luncheon and give their amazing grilled cheese a try. The addition of their house-made onion jam is what makes this one special.

1944 W quaternary Ave, Vancouver
BC, Canada

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13. The American CheeseSteak Co.

Sandwich Choice: The Cowboy
If you're looking to notice a existent Philly Cheesesteak in Vancouver, wait no further than this spot. Effort the archetype with shaved prime rib and cheese or The Cowboy covered in BBQ sauce and crispy fried onions.

781 Davie St., Vancouver
BC V6Z 2S7, Canada

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14. Hubbub Sandwiches

Sandwich Option: Pulled Pork
Hubbub is a must when it comes to sandwiches in this city! They offer merely one sandwich,which starts with a base of pickled jalapenos, creamy garlic sauce, romaine lettuce, cilantro, and crunchy caramelized onions atop a toasty baguette. But y'all order that sandwich with your pick of protein, choose betwixt Pulled Pork, Turkey Sausage, Chicken Breast, Veggie or Shrimp. This odd combination of flavours comes together to go one of the best sandwiches in the urban center.

859 Hornby St, Vancouver
BC V6Z 1T9, Canada

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15. IK2Go

Sandwich Option: Salumi Panini
The Italian Kitchen would fall into the "upscale" category of Vancouver restaurants, but I recently learned that tucked in the lobby of the building next door is an bordering total service lunch counter. The quality does not go down, just the cost and fourth dimension to go lunch sure does!

1049 Alberni Street, Vancouver
BC V6E, Canada

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16. Sciué Italian Bakery Caffé

Sandwich Pick: Mattina Breakfast Panino
Breakfast sandwiches demand to exist both succulent and $five or less. At Scuie all of them are just that; including the Mattina which comes with Scrambled Eggs, Prosciutto Cotto and Fontina. Roman-inspired, freshly-made and authentic flavours are what you tin can look at Scuie.

800 Westward Pender St., Vancouver
BC V6C 1J8, Canada

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17. Meat & Staff of life

Sandwich Option: Porchetta
Porchetta. That'due south all you need to know.

370 Cambie St, Vancouver
BC V6B 2N3, Canada

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xviii. Peckinpah BBQ

Sandwich Pick: Chopped Beefiness Po`boy
Carolina –style southern BBQ in Vancouver's most historic neighbourhood. Head down to Gastown for their pulled pork, beef brisket, ribs and a rima oris-watering chopped beef po'boy. Also requite the hush puppies a endeavour while you're at that place, because HUSH PUPPIES.

2 H2o St, Vancouver
BC V6B 1A4, Canada

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19. Big Lou'southward Butcher Store

Sandwich Pick: Large Lou'south Roast Beef
A small and friendly butcher shop on the edge of Vancouver's Gastown neighbourhood with a sandwich counter featuring a superlative notch Roast Beef sandwich, their have on the "Banh Mi" and a finely crafted Porchetta alongside others.

269 Powell Street, Vancouver
BC, Canada

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xx. The Spousal relationship

Sandwich Option: Tofu Banh Mi with fried egg
Now there are a lot of places in the urban center where yous can get pretty standard and super tasty Banh Mi sandwich. But if yous feel like hanging out in a really nice room with some killer cocktails and great arts and crafts beer, then head here for their acme notch version of the classic Vietnamese sub.

219 Matrimony St, Vancouver
BC V6A 2B2, Canada

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21. Finch'south Marketplace

Sandwich Selection: Prosciutto, Pear and Blue brie
Here you'll find the best baguette style sandwiches in the urban center in a quaint little room with a minor town feel. Hit the downtown location for a little oasis in the city. Photo credit: Sherman's Food Adventures

501 Due east Georgia St, Vancouver
BC, Canada

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22. The Meatery

Sandwich Selection: Braised Brusque Rib
The Meatery is tucked inside Windsor Meats, a pop butcher shop of West and North Vancouver residents since 1948. They utilize the freshest cuts on a finely curated menu of butcher-to-bun carvery-fashion sandwiches. Catch a business firm-fabricated sausage roll while you're there besides!

3108 Edgemont Blvd, North Vancouver
BC V7R 2N6, Canada

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23. Burgoo

Sandwich pick: Gooey Cheese Grillers
  All-time grilled cheese in the city. Hands downwardly. The true undercover that makes this sandwich so skilful? It'due south done open-faced in the pan and then finished in the oven to ensure that the very generous amount of cheese is as the name suggests "gooey". Photo credit: Sherman's Food Adventures

3 Lonsdale Ave, North Vancouver
BC V7M 2E4, Canada

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24. Due south'wich Cafe

Sandwich Selection: Cubano
Cubano sandwiches are merely the best and this ane is true to the original. Make the trip over the bridge to North Vancouver and stop in to Southward'wich Cafe earlier heading upward to the mountains.

644 Queensbury Ave, North Vancouver
BC V7L 1E3, Canada

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