Hampton Roads, VASandwiches

Doc Taylor's is a Virginia Beach breakfast-and-lunch institution near the oceanfront, and Coastal Virginia Magazine put its Ray Ray at the front of a sandwich roundup. The Ray Ray stacks a fried egg over bacon, cheese and grilled parmesan tomatoes on an onion roll, a savory build that eats like a proper meal. Order it with coffee on the porch, and go early on a weekend before the wait sets in.

Handsome Biscuit builds its sandwiches on sweet-potato biscuits at its Colonial Avenue shop in Norfolk, the location Coastal Virginia Magazine named for the Hella Fitzgerald. That one layers fried chicken, bacon, cheddar and red-eye sausage gravy inside the biscuit, rich enough to split if you order anything else. Order the Hella Fitzgerald with a side and a coffee, and expect a line at the walk-up window on weekend mornings.

The Public House is a Colley Avenue gastropub in Norfolk that Coastal Virginia Magazine singled out for its club sandwich, the Public House Club. It is a tavern first, but the kitchen takes the sandwich seriously, stacking it tall with the trimmings the roundup called out. Order the Public House Club with fries and a local draft, and settle in at the bar for a lunch that runs long.

Mister Jim's Jumbo Submarine Sandwiches has been slinging subs in Chesapeake since the early 1970s, and Coastal Virginia Magazine flagged its Chesapeake Jubilee. That grinder piles ham, turkey and roast beef with cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion and a house Italian dressing on a long roll. Order the Jubilee dressed, get it to go, and know the shop is cash-friendly and unpretentious. A reliable stop off Battlefield Boulevard.

Papou George's is a family counter in Newport News better known for its hot dogs, but Coastal Virginia Magazine put its Greek Sausage and Egg sandwich in a breakfast roundup. That sandwich pairs house Greek sausage with a fried egg for a hand-held plate that eats bigger than it looks. Order the Greek sausage and egg with a coffee, and take in the old-school lunch-counter feel while you wait.