Your favorite deli sandwich-mine is home made, but a known recipe (russian, bread)

[Heidi60]

Compared to you all, I'm a rather simple person...

sharp chedar toasted cheese with mango chutney.

[Warszawa]

OMG, I read OP's mind, I was about to say Reuben!!!

My other favorites:

Corned beef and mustard on rye
Chicken parm
Bacon egg and cheese
Sandwich de milanesa
Cubano
Torta de chorizo
Banh mi
Arepas
Philly cheesesteak
Aloo pie
Doubles

[mainebrokerman]

steakncheese with green peppers

[boulevardofdef]

My fave: corned beef, Russian dressing and cole slaw. I like to mix up the bread -- sometimes rye (preferably with seeds), sometimes club. Serve with a sour pickle, maybe a pickled tomato if you can get it, and one of the following three Dr. Brown's sodas: cream, black cherry, Cel-Ray.

Katz's in New York does it best. Funny thing about Katz's: It's a tourist trap, it's gimmicky and it's been there forever, all of which suggest terrible or at least overrated. But in fact, it's just as good as advertised, and maybe even better. I've never had either corned beef or pastrami that even approach theirs, and I grew up in delis. They make their own Russian dressing, too. They don't even advertise it.

[soy sauce]

Originally Posted by lubby

I have several:
Liverwurst on rye with coleslaw and mustard
Salami, provolone, roasted red peppers, Oil and vinegar on an Italian hero
Tuna salad on rye with crushed up Doritos on top.

Liverwust sandwich with funnion chip crumbles sounds good right now while watching football.

[thepalmtrees]

My favorite is super difficult and complicated to make. First you have to get a couple pieces of bread, and cover them with high fat real butter. Second, get out a pan and put it on medium heat. Coat the pan with extra virgin olive oil. Put on the bread for a couple minutes until lightly browned and flip. Add 2-3 pieces of desired type of high-fat real cheese, and put together. Lightly brown the outside on each side, and then put onto a plate. Turn off the stove. Take the plate and walk over to the table and have a seat. Pick up the grilled cheese sandwich and bring it to your mouth. Take a bite. Done!

[AnonChick]

I have a couple of favorites. Depends on the deli.

If it's a truly kosher deli and I'm eating in, it'd have to be a belly lox and cream cheese on a garlic bagel, toasted, with raw red onion and capers. Of course I'd have to eat on the dairy side of the deli and not all delis have one, so I might have to eat it outside

If it's not a truly kosher deli, I'll get pastrami and swiss, grilled, with onion on rye. With cole slaw on the side, of course.

[GiGi603]

Ham, muenster cheese, lettuce, tomato and mayo on rye. We call it our Summer sammie.

[LiaLia]

Pastrami reuben. On marble rye. With that sharp swiss and creamy, tangy, russian dressing. I prefer it with sauerkraut rather than cole slaw. For me there's no better sandwich. Mine don't come out as well as the ones made by a good restaurant or deli. The first plain pastrami sandwich I ever had was from Jerry's in Studio City. Went to lunch with a friend and he urged me to try it. We were lucky because this one was prepared from the very first slices, straight out of the oven, hot and juicy and superbly seasoned. Blown away. And not just because it cost a whopping $12 back then (wonder what it costs today) but because it was so delicious.

[jtur88]

Mufaletta, from the Central Grocery in New Orleans. Olives, olive oil, Italian cheeses and cold cuts, pickled veggies, on a thick Italian round bread.