Santa Fe, NMSandwiches

Mucho Gourmet Sandwich Shoppe is a Midtown counter that both the Santa Fe New Mexican's Taste roundup and the Reporter's Fork column name for its overstuffed classics. The Reporter calls out the Turkey Surprise, a turkey, cranberry, and herb-stuffing sandwich that eats like Thanksgiving; the New Mexican points to the Mucho Turkey Plus with avocado, bacon, and sprouts. Order either turkey build, both piled high enough to split.

Bread Shop bakes its own focaccia and sourdough in Midtown, then builds a rotating seasonal sandwich the Reporter's Fork column singled out. The version they praised layered roasted cauliflower on house focaccia with pickled peppers and tahini, using produce from Nambé's Ground Stone Farm. The lineup changes with the season, so ask what is on the board that week and order whatever the current rotating sandwich is.

Palacio Café is a downtown New Mexican breakfast-and-lunch spot on East Palace Avenue that also runs a sandwich program, and the Santa Fe New Mexican's Taste roundup flags one build in particular. The Palacio Club stacks turkey, ham, and bacon with lettuce, tomato, Swiss, and mayo, then adds green chile for a local turn on the three-layer club. Order the Palacio Club with the green chile.

The New Baking Co. bakes its own bread on West Cordova Road, and the Santa Fe New Mexican's Taste sandwich roundup points to what that oven does for a simple deli order. The smoked turkey on house sourdough with lettuce, tomato, and mayo leans on the bakery's loaf rather than a stack of fillings. Order the smoked turkey on sourdough.

Torogoz grew out of the Esperanza Kitchen food truck into a downtown Salvadoran restaurant run by chef Maria Ramirez and siblings Nain and Johanna Ramirez. The Reporter's Fork column named its torta salvadoreña, a combination of ground beef, beans, vegetables, and jalapeño on soft French bread with fries. It is big enough that the reviewer suggested splitting it, so order the torta and share.