With local restaurants taking a big hit due to the pandemic, delivery and take-out services are more important than ever. However, since the use of middle-man companies like UberEats and GrubHub take a significant chunk of money from businesses that use its service, we put together a list of Tampa Bay spots offering direct ordering. This list could easily be twice as long, but here are a few iconic sammies you can order right now.
20 iconic Tampa Bay sandwiches you can order right now
By CL Staff on Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 5:16 pm
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The Hangout at Hawthorne Bottle Shoppe
2927 Central Ave., St. Petersburg, 727-800-2810The Hawthorne Bottle Shoppe is known for its wide selection of alcoholic beverages, but its deli selection is also quite popular. The $8 hangout is a house made sriracha tuna mix toasted with cheddar cheese and sprouts on whole wheat grain.
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Torta at Chicken and Taco Loco
408 E. Brandon Blvd., Brandon, 813-502-5970The Chicken and Taco Loco’s carnitas torta is made up of shredded pork on freshly baked house-made bread.
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Roast Pork at Brocato’s Sandwich Shop
5021 E. Columbus Dr., Tampa, 813-248-9977Brocato’s Sandwich Shop is a is a modest, family-owned local spot providing homemade sandwiches since 1948. The roast pork sandwich is a cheesy highlight featuring thick tomato and pickle slices in between toasty buns.
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Awesome Burger at Love Food Central
2057 Central Ave., St. Petersburg, 727-317-2034The awesome burger at Love Food Central is an essential St. Pete vegan burger featuring a beat and black bean patty, cremini mushrooms and avocados. The cost of the sandwich will about $12.50
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Nashville Hot Chicken sandwich from King of The Coop
6607 N. Florida Ave., 813-232-2667The Nashville hot chicken sandwich at the King of the Coop is a legendary sandwich that is made up of two Nashville hot tenders, shredded coleslaw, pickles on toasted bread with the option of exchanging the chicken for a half pound of catfish.
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Steak Bomb Sando at Chubby’s Super Subs and Pizza
5023 Bayshore Blvd., Tampa, 813-831-5557The steak bomb is Chubby’s Super Subs and Pizza’s specialty sandwich, featuring steak, sauteed onions, mushrooms, green peppers, american cheese and genoa salami. The steak bomb will run patrons about $7.89 and is $9.89 for a footlong.
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VLT at Cafe Hey
1540 N. Franklin St., Tampa, 813-221-5150Cafe Hey is a Tampa haunt with exposed-brick walls serving specialty coffee and food. Cafe Hey’s $7 vegetarian VLT features sweet earth vegan bacon, lettuce, tomato and veganaise. The sandwich is a Tampa staple amongst vegan and vegetarian dieters.
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Cuban Sandwich at La Segunda
2512 N. 15th St., Tampa, 813-248-1531La Segunda’s cuban sandwich is well known for its mojo marinated pork, smoked ham, Genoa salami, Swiss cheese, pickles and special sauce. A cuban will run patrons about $9.99.
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The Lechon Sandwich at Bodega
5901 N. Florida Ave, Tampa, 813-533-3333The lechon is Bodega’s specialty sandwich featuring lechon (pork), grilled onions, mojo, cilantro and cuban bread. When purchasing online, guests can choose additional preferences on the press, mayonnaise, avocado and other sides. The lechon will run guests $8.75.
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Green Tomato Vacon Melt at Community Cafe
2444 Central Ave., St. Petersburg, 727-222-6979The Community Cafe has many specialty sandwiches but the green tomato vacon melt stands out. On the Sandwich is raw green tomatoes, swiss and thick house-made vegan bacon, or bacon all on marble rye.
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Mac Daddy from the Deviled Pig
3307 S. Dale Mabry Hwy., 813-766-1188The Deviled Pig has many signature sandwiches from the pitmaster queban to the pirate shipwreck, but this slide is about the mac daddy. As the name suggests the mac daddy is a chopped brisket sandwich with melted cheese topped with mac and cheese on a griddled round roll.
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Vegan Po’ Boi from Golden Dinosaur
2930 Beach Blvd. S., Gulfport, 727-873-6901The vegan po’ boi from the Golden Dinosaur Vegan Deli is a well known hoagie including deep fried chicky pieces and remoulade. On its website, Golden Dinosaur offers many customizations that allows patrons to add avocado, cheese and greens. A vegan po’ boi will run guests about $12.50 before any additions are made.
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Golden Gate at Wright’s Gourmet House
1200 S. Dale Mabry Hwy., Tampa, 813-253-3838A true cafe deli, Wright’s is a sando-churning machine. Its signature sandwich is the golden fate, featuring roast pork, Jarlsberg cheese, bacon, German dill pickles, lettuce, the big-deal mustard sauce, and house-made peach chutney.
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Sunny Brid at Lonni’s
425 Central Ave., St. Petersburg, 727-894-1944Lonni’s is a classic sandwich spot in downtown St. Pete. The Sunny Bird features turkey, sprouts, cream cheese and sunflower seeds, topped with a touch of mayo and Lonni’s own sweet honey French dressing and served on your choice of bread.
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Banana Nutella Surprise at AJ’s Press
4406 N. Cortez Ave., Tampa, 813-870-0530The Banana Nutella Surprise at AJ’s press features salty slices of bacon with bourbon-caramelized banana and Nutella, all on warm house-made bread.
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Urban Brew and BBQ
2601 Central Ave., St. Petersburg, 727-623-9823Urban Brew’s Carolina brisket sandwich features slow smoked pulled pork, brisket, pickles red onions and slaw with a patron’s choice of sweet, spicy or tangy barbeque sauce
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Birds at View Egg Sammy at Caramel Kitchen
2548 N. McMullen Booth Rd., Clearwater, 727-724-4228The birds at view egg sammy is served with a bowl of hollandaise sauce for dunking. The sandwich is made up of swiss and American cheeses, egg, bacon, tomato and spinach on grilled wheat toast. Tampeños used to be able to get one in South Tampa, but now everyone can only get one in Clearwater.
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The Tempeh Ruben at The Independent Bar and Cafe
5016 N. Florida Ave., Tampa, 813-341-4883The Independent Bar and Cafe is an indoor-outdoor spot offering a large beer and food menu. One of the classic sandwiches is the $10 tempeh reuben, which is made up of spice tempeh, sauerkraut, remoulade and swiss cheese for an extra dollar.
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Hot Pastrami Sandwich at Tampa Bay Brewing Company
1600 E 8th Ave, Tampa, (813) 247-1422The Tampa Bay Brewing Co. has much more to offer customers than their specialty beers. The brewery's $10 hot pastrami sandwich is a staple, made up of shaved pastrami, caramelized onions, moosekiller barleywine mustard, russian dressing and gruyere cheese on grilled jewish rye bread.
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