The Bolton neighborhood restaurant from Steinbeck’s chef Andy Gonzales continues to serve up a mean burger, but don’t skip the crazy creative sandwiches here. This includes a tempura battered fried fish sandwich and the Crunchwrap du jour, the Companion’s take on a certain fast food joint’s popular sandwich, which can come stuffed with ingredients like spicy pork vindaloo. Make sure to pair that sandwich with the smothered tater tots, topped with smoked pork, shaved Brussel sprouts, melted cheese, and salsa verde. 

This College Park staple restaurant serves a Cajun-leaning food menu mixed with Southern and traditional pub grub dishes. A standout on the all-day menu here includes a blackened chicken sandwich topped with pepper jack cheese, red onions, fresh-made coleslaw, and remoulade sauce.

This Southern-Korean barbecue restaurant offers a must-try spicy Korean pork sandwich on its menu with chopped rib meat marinated in fermented chile paste, topped with kimchi coleslaw, black sesame seeds, and a sliced scallion. Order the sandwich with a side of Brunswick stew or collards.

Owned by Tassili Ma’at, this West End raw food restaurant is now an institution in the neighborhood, and for good reason. Whether following a raw food or vegan lifestyle, the food at Tassili’s Raw Reality Cafe is just plain delicious. Order the South of the Border wrap stuffed with chilli peppers, kale, black-eyed pea hummus, tomatoes, Moroccan couscous, and avocado. Pair it with a side of Popolicious Herbal Popcorn, too. It’s a spicy, savory treat.

Operating from the Forrest Eatery ghost kitchen in Berkeley Park, MattChews stays open late for Korean-American comfort dishes, including the crave-worthy bulgogi cheesesteak. This messy, but oh-so-good sandwich comes with marinated bulgogi ribeye, which is then topped with carrots, scallions, bell peppers, caramelized onions, melted provolone, and drizzles of honey sriracha mayo stuffed in a Cuban hoagie roll.

Noni’s Deli on Edgewood dedicates half of its menu to seriously large sandwiches. There’s no wrong order here, but do try the meatball sub topped with provolone on toasted ciabatta or the Grandfather with pastrami, braised red cabbage, Russian dressing, and Swiss cheese on pressed pumpernickel bread. Do not skip the garlic fries here.

A staple in the Grant Park neighborhood for local residents, grilled cheese lovers will find what the restaurant dubs as the King of Grilled Cheese on the menu. Served on buttery challah bread, the sandwich is stuffed with tangy pimento cheese, arugula, sliced avocado, and tomato.

Word to the wise: order whatever daily sandwich special is listed on the menu at Staplehouse Market. Sandwiches here have included an Italian grinder stuffed with pickled vegetables, salami, pepperoni, and pistachio mortadella and a muffuletta on milk bread with mortadella, hard salami, maple ham, sheep’s milk cheese sauce, broccoli, and olive condiment. During the season, the soft shell crab sandwich is an absolute must. Grab a bottle of wine, beer, or a cocktail and head out back to the garden patio.

Ticonderoga Club at Krog Street Market includes on its menu the perennial Ipswich New England-style fried clam roll topped with tartar sauce and served with Cape Cod chips. Another must-order sandwich on the menu is the Yankee BEC served on a toasted sesame seed kaiser roll. The BEC isn’t always on the menu, so make sure to order the sandwich when it’s offered.

This Forest Park restaurant draws crowds during lunch clamoring for its burgers, gourmet hot dogs, and big sandwiches, including the fried green tomato BLT, the hot pastrami and Swiss on marble rye, and the Alabama Slammer with chicken tossed in white barbecue sauce and topped with pepper jack cheese, pickled onions, and mushrooms. Add a cup of daily soup or a side salad and make it a combo meal.

Poncey-Highland seafood market Fishmonger sells fresh-caught fish, oysters, and shrimp from around the South in its cold cases and includes a cafe-style food menu featuring raw bar delights, dishes like shrimp louie, crudos, and fish sandwiches. The breakout star on this menu, however, is the blackened grouper sandwich topped with Florida sauce, herb salad, and pickled peppers on a toasted bun smeared with nori butter. Fishmonger is currently BYOB until it receives its liquor license. 

After finding success with JenChan’s in Cabbagetown, Emily and Jen Chan opened a tiny outpost of the restaurant in the former We Suki Suki space in East Atlanta Village serving everything from Taco Bell-style hard shell tacos and Mexican pizzas to bánh mis and Korean corn dogs. Make sure to try the Mongolian dip from Mik Chan’s — a half pound of spicy Mongolian beef pressed into a Cuban sandwich roll stuffed with sauteed onions and melted provolone cheese. There’s bone marrow jus for dipping.

As the name states, it’s all about the classic Louisiana po’boy here. Try the the shrimp po’boy topped with spicy remoulade or turn up the heat with Crystal hot sauce and blue cheese or ranch dressing. For a taste of New Orleans, order the muffaletta po’boy with traditional olive salad.

Venture up to Dunwoody and head right to E. 48th Street Market for hero sandwiches stuffed with everything from meatballs, sausage and peppers, and eggplant parmigiana, to portabello mushrooms, chicken salad, and Italian pepper ham.

Some have dubbed this sandwich the “best cheesesteak in town.” The Mad Italian has been a longtime favorite of Atlantans seeking hearty sandwiches and homey pasta dishes. But the cheesesteak here is the move, made with sliced steak topped with griddled onions and slathered in white American cheese. It’s all stuffed inside a toasted hoagie roll shipped straight from a bakery in Long Island.

This Decatur restaurant from award-winning chef Meherwan Irani continues to evolve its menu of Indian street foods, and that means it occasionally offers paneer sandwiches served on a griddled pav bun. Paneer is marinated and grilled then topped with cucumbers, onions, green chutney, Maggi ketchup, and a dusting of chaat masala.