Joe Fassi Sausage & Sandwich Factory – The Hill

Joe Fassi's is about the house-made stuff: Italian sausage, salsiccia and meatballs from family recipes, plus its own salad dressing and a "Secret Sandwich Sauce" you can buy by the bottle. The Riverfront Times says hot sandwiches are the specialty, and Feast Magazine's Hill sandwich tour stopped here for the meatball. Frozen meatballs and salsiccia are sold to take home.

The family story on its website: Papa Paul Fassi started a grocery at this spot in 1926; Joe Fassi and his brothers worked in the business, and Joe's grandson Tom Coll took over in 1992. It's open every day, 10:30 to 4. For a party order, the shop asks for 24 hours' notice.

Sources: joefassisandwiches.com (address, phone, email, daily hours, 28 sandwiches and popular picks, house-made sausage and meatballs, family history; checked 2026-11-02; the site gives both 2321 and 2323 Sublette, and 2323 is the one the RFT and the Census geocoder agree on); Riverfront Times Staff, "A Food Lover's Guide to the Hill", 2024-03-29 (2323 Sublette; hot sandwiches; house-made salsiccia, meatballs, sausage); Corey Woodruff, "King of the Hill: A Sandwich Odyssey", Feast Magazine, 2011-09-30, updated 2022-07-19 (meatball).