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Where to buy a Rolex Submariner and where to eat each city's signature sandwich, from Chicago Italian beef to Philly cheesesteaks. 22 US cities, picked on merit.

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Johnnie's Beef

Grab a Sandwich Italian Beef Elmwood Park

The Elmwood Park beef stand many Chicagoans call the best Italian beef anywhere. No-frills, usually a line, and famous lemon ice for after.
Jibarito made with fried plantains instead of bread

Borinquen Lounge

Grab a Sandwich · Chicago
Ricobene's on 26th Street

Ricobene's

Breaded Steak · Chicago
Steel Rolex Submariner Date

C.D. Peacock – The Mansion at Oakbrook Center

Buy a Submariner · Oak Brook
Vintage gold Rolex Submariner ref. 16618 on display

Burdeen's Jewelry – Buffalo Grove

Buy a Submariner · Buffalo Grove

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Tortas Paquime – East McDowell Road

Phoenix ·
A local torta chain with a handful of Valley stores, this one on McDowell near 26th Street. The tortas are cooked a la plancha or on the grill, and the one to know is the torta ahogada: pork drowned in house chile-tomato sauce, mild, medium or hot.
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Gallo Blanco – Garfield

Phoenix ·
Chef Doug Robson's Mexican café in the historic Garfield neighborhood, just east of downtown, with a patio and grilled tortas alongside the tacos and chilaquiles. The torta people come for is the Naco: open-faced, with rib eye, avocado and two eggs over easy.
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Los Reyes de la Torta – North 7th Street

Phoenix ·
A North Phoenix torta house on 7th Street, where the sandwiches come on soft rolls and in portions big enough to split. In 2020 The Infatuation called these its favorite tortas in the city and pointed people to the Norteña.
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Tortas El Rey – 24th Street

Phoenix ·
A no-frills torta counter on North 24th Street whose namesake El Rey stacks ham, pork sirloin, breaded beef, bacon, chorizo, sausage and egg on one roll.

Where to buy a Rolex Submariner, and where to eat the local sandwich

Subs and Subs is an independent guide to two kinds of subs in 22 US cities: the stores where you can walk in and ask about a Rolex Submariner, and the shops that make each city's signature sandwich. Listings are checked against the shop's own website or social account and an independent source wherever one exists, and an Official Rolex Retailer is listed only if rolex.com lists it. Nobody pays to be here. How we check listings

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  • Chicago: Italian beef, the jibarito, breaded steak, the gym shoe and the Maxwell Street Polish
  • New York: pastrami on rye, the chopped cheese, bagel and lox
  • Miami: the Cuban sandwich and the frita cubana
  • Dallas: chopped beef and bánh mì
  • Atlanta: the fried chicken sandwich
  • Houston: bánh mì and the Houston po-boy
  • Nashville: hot chicken and the hot fish sandwich
  • Denver: the cheeseburger and the smothered Mexican hamburger
  • Austin: brisket sandwiches, barbecue deli sandwiches and tortas
  • Philadelphia: the cheesesteak and roast pork with provolone and rabe
  • Boston: the lobster roll and North Shore roast beef
  • Seattle: the Caribbean roast pork sandwich and the Seattle dog
  • New Orleans: the po-boy and the muffuletta
  • Pittsburgh: the giant fried fish sandwich
  • Baltimore: pit beef and the crab cake sandwich
  • San Francisco: subs on Dutch crunch and Italian deli sandwiches
  • Los Angeles: hot pastrami and the French dip
  • St. Louis: the St. Paul sandwich and The Hill's Italian sandwiches
  • Buffalo: beef on weck and the chicken finger sub
  • San Diego: the liquor store deli sandwich and the torta
  • Phoenix: the Sonoran hot dog and the torta
  • Las Vegas: bánh mì

Which cities have Rolex retailers listed so far, and what each covers, is on the Cities page.

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