Albuquerque, NMSandwiches

A Vietnamese bakery that relocated to San Pedro Drive in 2024, praised on Gil's Thrilling and Filling Blog for baguettes that are crackly outside and soft within. The banh mi is the reason to come. Try the Coda Combo layered with jambon, head ham, Vietnamese ham, barbecue pork and housemade pate, or the grilled lemongrass beef, and chase it with a durian shake.

An independent cheesesteak specialist open since 2018 and named by Gil's Thrilling and Filling Blog among his ten favorite sandwiches in New Mexico. The draw is a proper griddled Philly, thin-sliced beef with melted cheese and grilled onions on a soft roll, with loaded fries alongside.

A Vietnamese sandwich shop that drew a 2026 write-up from Gil's Thrilling and Filling Blog. Banh mi is the whole point here, crisp baguettes filled with grilled and cured meats, pickled daikon and carrot, cucumber, cilantro and jalapeno. Round it out with a Vietnamese iced coffee.

A family sub shop turning out hot and cold subs since 1979 and a repeat pick in Albuquerque The Magazine's readers' sandwich voting. Regulars come for overstuffed builds on soft rolls and the kind of unfussy, made-to-order counter service that has kept the place busy for four decades.

A cheese-and-coffee retailer since 2001 that added sandwiches and soup about a decade later, reviewed by Gil's Thrilling and Filling Blog at its Uptown room on Louisiana Boulevard. The Rio Grande layers pastrami, turkey, ham and green chile under provolone, Swiss and cheddar on pita, or try the corned-beef-and-pastrami Big Apple on rye. Multiple Best of the City certificates line the walls.