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. 

Cody Taylor and Jiyeon Lee’s 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.

This low-key East Point counter restaurant offers a “world-famous” — and ridiculously oversized —chicken sandwich on its menu. The bun comes nowhere close to containing the super-sized crispy fried chicken filet, and that’s the point.

This Japanese grocery beneath Wagaya Japanese restaurant on 14th Street in Midtown includes prepared sandwiches like a pork cutlet katsu or tamago sandwich ready for an easy grab-and-go lunch. Wagaya Grocery features mostly Japanese food products, candies, sake, beer, and ingredients, but does offer a wide selection of Chinese and Korean items.

For nearly 15 years, Elliott Street Deli & Pub in Castleberry Hill has been a tried-and-true neighborhood gathering spot with some of the city’s best sandwiches and cold beers. A spot where the sandwich order is rarely wrong, try the French dip served on a hoagie roll with a side of French onion soup for dipping, the hot pressed fontina cheese sandwich topped with tomatoes, spinach, and a little truffle oil, or the Rachel — a hot pressed pastrami topped with sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, and 1000 Island dressing.

This Cuban sandwich and coffee shop located inside a converted tiny house serves breakfast and lunch until mid-day. All of the Cubans and other sandwiches on the menu here come served on La Segunda Central Bakery bread — the oldest Cuban bread maker in the United States — and are created using family recipes. Make sure to order flan for dessert, too. A second location is now open in Cumming, Georgia, with upcoming locations at Chattahoochee Food Works in Underwood Hills and in Roswell opening soon.

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.

Word to the wise: order whatever daily sandwich special is listed on the menu at Staplehouse Market. Past sandwiches here have included an Italian grinder stuffed with 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. Grab a bottle of wine, beer, or a cocktail and head out back to the garden patio.

Grab sandwiches from D.B.A. Sandwich Company at Irwin Street Market, owned by Matt Coggin of D.B.A. Barbecue in Virginia-Highland. The menu at this counter-service shop features a small selection of sandwiches from the barbecue restaurant, including pulled pork, chopped brisket, and a Cuban paired with Brunswick stew, mac and cheese, and snacks, such as D.B.A.’s pimento cheese with Alabama fire crackers.

Fred’s at Krog Street Market may be known for its burgers, but one of the best sandwiches on the menu is the Italian grinder. It’s stuffed until overflowing with salami, mortadella, pork, provolone cheese, tomato, lettuce, and cherry peppers topped with oil and vinegar. Also worth an order is the cauliflower and eggplant bánh mì here, topped with pickled carrots and daikon radishes, spicy mayo, jalapeños, cilantro, and Thai vinaigrette.

Another Krog Street Market sandwich entry comes from Ticonderoga Club, which 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 here is the Yankee BEC served on a toasted sesame seed kaiser roll.

Come for the barbecue plates, but don’t sleep on the sandwiches here, including the extremely meat-tastic Texacutioner with chopped brisket, hickory smoked jalapeño cheddar sausage, mustard, onions, and pickles on a brioche bun.

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.

Some have dubbed this sandwich the “best cheesesteak in town.” For nearly 50 years, 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 longtime downtown Decatur beer pub offers a lengthy, rotating list of local, Belgian, and hard-to-find beers on its menu and on its more than two dozens taps. Not to mention, the kitchen serves an excellent pub food menu for lunch and dinner. Order the Mr. Beef and Cheddar, a roast beef sandwich topped with pimento cheese whiz, horseradish mayo, and smoked onion sauce. If it’s listed on the menu, definitely order Brick Store’s coveted (and hearty) meatloaf sandwich.

Located across the street from Kimball House, Kelly’s Market features a deli serving a number of creatively named (and delicious) sandwiches on the menu. This includes hot sandwiches like the Local Yokel with pimento cheese, crispy fried onions, Doux South Mean Green tomatoes, Spotted Trotter bacon, and arugula and the Desilu with Spotted Trotter rosemary ham, roasted pork loin, Swiss cheese, pickles, Duke’s mayo, and yellow mustard on challah bread.

Doraville’s Tortas Factory opens early for tacos, burritos, sopes, and, of course, seriously good tortas on its menu. Try the egg with pork sausage torta or the egg, bean, and ham torta for breakfast. For lunch, grab a hearty pambazo stuffed with chorizo and potatoes and dipped in red guajillo pepper sauce.

Mediterranean Bakery and Sandwich focuses on mostly traditional Lebanese cuisine. Make sure to grab one of the hearty wraps here, including the falafel, kafta, or the beef or chicken shawarma sandwich wrap. Each comes with a choice of two sides. The bakery also features a small store carrying imported staples like pickles, hummus, spices, and tobacco for the argileh (hookah) as well as freshly baked breads and baklava.

Frequently found at Gilly Brew Bar in Stone Mountain and Our Bar ATL on Edgewood Avenue in Atlanta, Dolo’s serves more than just really great pizza on the menu. Try one of the pop-up’s signature sandwiches, the build-your-own dolita made from leftover pizza dough with onions and garlic backed into it. Sandwiches can come stuffed with many of the same toppings as the pizzas, including jerk chicken, roasted tomatoes, jalapeños, plantains, and goat cheese.