I Tried The Best Sandwich In America 

Josh the type of guy to blabber 10 minutes straight about a Sandwhichs Greatness just to give it a flat 8.

Papa is the type of guy to try every food at a party and rate them.

I know a lot of people here are giving you a hard time, but I have actually been to about 90% of the restaurants you went to around the country and I agree with your assessment on most of the food. Just because the place is "OG" doesn't mean that it's better than the other guys.

I am so happy that you went to Angelo’s. I honestly didn’t think it would make it in the tops because everyone I ask here in Philly hasn’t mentioned it. My wife and I travel for work and try all kinds of food. We have been in Philly for 3 months now and when we first tried that sandwich we had the same reaction. It’s unreal.

I really, really like that you didn’t idolize Katz deli and criticized it from an unbiased standpoint. From what I’ve seen, their customer service is so oddly rude and snood. I don’t understand how that can appeal to anyone. If you’re paying that much for a sandwich, you should be treated so much better. Having to show your drivers license to get a sandwich is madness. I like you man.

Angelo's have been getting a lot of raves for one reason: _they make their own bread for the sandwich_ . This is unlike many other cheesesteak places in Philadelphia, which uses the Amoroso Bakery roll. (In fact, Angelo's have been getting a lot of traffic not only for their outstanding cheesesteak sandwich, but also (arguably) the best pizza in Philadelphia, a pizza that can compare with the best in New York City.)

Guys, Angelo's is the real deal in America, its perhaps one of the top 20 best restaurants in the US... You may think why? Easy: its got a Philly Steak Sandwich 9.5 from Josh and a Pizza 9.1 from Dave Portnoy. Best of the best under one roof: best pizza, best sandwich... Gotta visit Angelos for sure!

I’m from Chicago, and while I will say Al’s was much better back in the day (like prior to the pandemic), there are other spots in the city that were even better than the ones you mentioned. The best italian beef of all time was at a place called Fast Track on West Lake street. It closed during the pandemic unfortunately, but the building is still there and every true Chicagoan is heartbroken that it’s gone. There’s also D’amato’s Bakery, which is not as well known for the italian beef (I go there for their incredible italian cookies) but they have the best bread and the best quality ingredients in the city. Very happy to see you paying a visit to the same Al’s Beef in the parking lot of my old high school on Taylor, across the street from the iconic Mario’s Italian Ice. Brings back lots of great memories ❤

And here I thought Nebraska would be forgotten since not many people talk about it. Thank you for visiting Nebraska. Glad you like your Reuben. 😊

I can definitely attest to the American sandwich as a foreigner. You have mastered the technique of sandwiching meat between two pieces of bread. There is a great deal of creativity, diversity, and quality-consciousness.

The way I screamed when you said Angelo’s! I knew it’d be that. Philly forever; Go Birds 💚

Love this new concept/series. Would love more

As a native New Yorker - Katz is overhyped and over priced. I'm so glad you felt the same. I never understood the hype. I gave it 3 chances and was underwhelmed - and the service is also trash.

Josh, I have started using your website almost weekly! The layout with the recipes and videos is awesome. Not to mention there isn’t a 40 paragraph disposition or 10 pip up adds for every recipe. Great job.

Joshua, I have always been a fan of what you do. Your craft, how you do it. The detail that goes into it. Literally for years. You just said you’re a mayo guy. I’m a mayo guy. No one I know are mayo guys not even my wife. Respect my friend.

My boyfriend bought me both your books for Mother’s Day . He thought I was crying happy tears but he didn’t know how awesome and simple the dedication was . But on behalf of my family , we love you !

My favorite sandwich is a Bahn Mi, but I don’t have a specific place that I think does it best, I just think that flavors are the most balanced with a little pickled veggies.

What a great episode! All the sandwiches look so good, and Respect for giving love to the mom and pop shops! ❤

Glad you enjoyed Angelo’s so much. There’s a reason its so beloved. Next time you’re in town, I recommend getting it with cooper sharp (local specialty) and adding peppers as well. And if you’re really feeling adventurous get their housemade Cooper Sharp Long Hot Cheese Whiz (my personal favorite)

What can i say, As an Aussie visiting the USA next year A Reuben at Katz's was on the list but seeing as though I am also visiting a mate working in Omaha Nebraska and its where its from my mind has been changed. Looking forward to visiting the Crescent Moon ..Thanks for this video

As a New Yorker, Katz deli is a tourist trap. I will not pay $26 for a damn sandwich. If it spiked up to $35, it just solidifies why I wouldn't go back. We got some Italian heroes a fraction of the price for 2x the size and quality. Chopped cheese, Jewish deli meat sandwiches are not justified. You're the first guy in any media I've seen that gives an accurate depiction of Katz Deli.

I just love watching your videos!!

Omaha!!! My hometown! Love the Crecent Moon Rueben! Awesome, thanks for stopping by, it's not easy to get people here, lol.

Angelo's is LEGIT. They're pizza is also rated 9.1 by Portnoy. They know what their doing.

As a Nebraska boy, I’m so glad that you went here for Rueben’s. We do not get enough credit.

good show Josh. Very professional. Enjoyed the video.

Truly a great sandwich video. I want to visit all these places now.

On Chicago Italian Beef sanguiches... Al's and Portillo's started off with great products, but IMO, now they've become just another sandwich chain. Mr. Beef is very good! But there are SOoooo many others you should try... Tony's on the S. Side. Dukes, who's moved further away frome the city. Chickies in Hillside. Johnnies Beef in Elmwood Park. - To name just a few. They're all classic mom & pop shops with that old school class, moxie, style and charm.

As someone who lives in south jersey and can easily drive or take the train to Philly I love that Angelo’s won, best cheesesteaks and pizzas in Philly for sure. For anyone that wants an alternative, Woodrow’s sandwich shop has my other favorite cheesesteak with the cherry pepper mayo they use. They also have a amazing cubano

Looks delicious! Really like your videos🥰🥰🥰

Urban legend has it that the Italian Beef started out as wedding food during the Great Depression. When you soak the bread in the au jus, it satisfies like meat. Wet is thus the proper way to eat this sandwich. The best way to enjoy this sandwich is to order it with a side salad instead of fries. Eat the sandwich (wet with peppers of your choice) directly over the salad. Whatever falls into the salad will make it taste better. Portillos got sold to a corporation that reduced portion sizes. Don't go there for Italian beef. It's normal for sweet peppers to be mushy. They are cooked in the same au jus as the beef.

Made reubens one time and realized we didn’t have any sauerkraut. We used kimchi instead. Definitely not for everyone but my wife refuses to eat them without kimchi now. Worth trying once.

Katz comments about the reuben are totally fair. Price and wait aside, I've always thought that their corned beef was always drier and had subpar seasoning in general, especially compared to their pastrami. There is literally no reason to get their corned beef if you can just get the pastrami.

My dad(who is from inner city philly) makes the best cheesesteak i have ever had. Ive had plenty of cheesesteaks in philly but he puts old bay on the onions and seasons the steak with it since he also lived in maryland. Also provolone is the way to go, but that old bay is a game changer. I encourage anyone making a cheesesteak to put old bay on it, phenomenal.

Having traveled to Philly from Arizona and happened to have tried this sandwich, I concur, it’s one of the best sandwiches and certainly the best cheesesteak I’ve ever had.

Guy's is the shit, I eat lunch there as often as I can. The chicken special is a sleeper hit for me, because getting back to work after a fried poboy ain't alway easy.

This makes my heart so happy!!! I'm happy to respect other sandwiches and thank you for calling out the best places to go get my other favorite sandwiches but I'm so happy you loved our cheesesteak!!! I'll pop on over to Angelo's right now!! I'm embarrassed to say I've never been, I thought John's was the best. Thank you for putting in the legwork! I trust your opinion above most others.

YES! angelo's is phenomenal i go everytime im in philly

Glad to see you knew where to correctly find the best form of the Reuben. I've had New York Deli style, and it just doesn't hold up to the way Omaha does it with everything cooked fresh and well seasoned. Crescent Moon is decent and boasts the original recipe, but it probably doesn't even make the top 5 in Omaha (kind of like Katz's in NYC where the popularity and familiarity always wins with polls, but the actual sandwich is done better elsewhere)

this is such a great video. so much effort behind each videos.

The winner is absolutely no surprise to me, and I’m so here for it. Fuckin deserved

Love your vids bro

New subscriber 👋 Being a chef/foodie I dig it bro! Very entertaining 👍

Just had to pause as a longtime Tampa Bay resident to say thank you for going to La Segunda. At first, I was worried you'd just go to The Columbia and I was sad, their Cuban food is really good there but it's not the spot for a to-go sandwich like that. La Segunda is the GOAT and the reason it was least voted is because it's more of a local secret than a flashy Michelin-recognized place in Miami. There are actually a bunch of other great Cuban sandwiches in Tampa, the TRUE home of the Cuban, but Segunda is the measure for sure.

Would love to see a part 2. I'm from Maryland and we've got the Crabcake Sandwich, Fried Soft-shell crab sandwich, pit beef, etc. Lots of great options

Only ever been to Katz's out of all of these, but I loved their pastrami sandwich. Wait was pretty short and while pricey, it felt authentic and super tasty. Easily best and most interesting thing I had while in NYC.

The fact that Angelo’s is near my work hotel (flight attendant) makes me so happy. Next time I visit from the uk i am heading there right after the flight!

This are my favourite kind of videos you make!! Keep it up 🙏

For some reason your videos have not been popping up in my recommendations on RU-vid. This is the first one I have seen from you in a while and wow you have really gone hardcore on your diet. Looking good man!

Thank you for coming to Philadelphia and going to Angelo’s. And I totally agree about John’s coming in second.

I love this style of video! More travel vids like this please 🙏🫶

Love these kind of videos! I’d also love a Part 2 where you try to - but better - the winners in each city! 😊

Portillos beef sandwich hits🔥🔥! So happy they have multiple locations in Arizona

A great Mexican Torta is my favorite. Can’t wait too try some of these places though.

John's Roast Pork Roast Pork Sandwich with spinach

Pausing at 15:50, if Angelo’s isn’t one of these 3 I’m going to cry. Sincerely, South Philly native who’s eaten and reviewed nearly every cheesesteak in Philly, Delco and South Jersey. Edit: YAY this made my morning! 😂 Angelo’s really is the goat, and I’ve shamelessly spent probably 40+ hours combined waiting in lines for their steaks. Also, Cafe Carmela is a fairly close #2 btw.

Please do more of this content

As a former Philadelphian - current Austinite, I agree 100%!!! Cannot find good Philly cheese steak outside Philly. I can't explain what makes the good ones so amazing, but you were able to describe it so well!!

Remember those days when Josh would say profuse thank you’s for reaching 2, 3, 4 million subs… bro. 9.18m and counting. Good for you, Josh. The hard work is paying off ♥️

bring the "but better" series back!

The best cubano I've ever had was in a little hole in the wall shop in Barcelona, about half a kilometer from any bus stops, but well worth the walk. Served by a surly Cuban expat who seemed to resent our obviously very American presence until I started praising the food in halting Spanish, which earned me a big smile. Absolutely amazing sandwich. If you're in Barcelona, look for "El Cubano Machin."

Tampa resident here, so glad you chose La Segunda. They deserve to be famous. But I wish someone would have told you to dip a cubano in au jus from the mojo pork, it's a transformative experience.

Thanks for coming to Nebraska!

1) The amount of dedication and work that goes into these videos are insane. 2) The video was awesome! 3) Off topic youre looking very Svelte. Keep up the great work!!

This is great timing, I'm about to go to New Orleans and now I know to go to Guy's!

Well I’m in England so we don’t have those sandwiches so I’m off to the shop right away now to buy ingredients to make one as you’ve got me soooo hungry for one!

I know the channel is about cooking but I’ve really been liking your new content reviewing other people’s food and ranking it. Great video Josh

I USED TO BE A FAN NOW I'M A WHOLE DAMN AIR CONDITIONING UNIT

Appreciate Josh giving credit to Omaha and going to Crescent Moon, literally across the street from the Blackstone hotel (now called the Cottonwood) where it was invented, to enjoy that incredible sandwich. And if you ever want to come back, the whole Blackstone neighborhood does The Great Reuben Debate every year and some of their takes and twists on the sandwich are truly amazing. Get Real Sandwiches did a Ko-Reuben this year and kimchi and gochujang thousand island changed my perception of perfection.

As someone who loves sandwiches, this is amazing content ❤️ willing to travel for those delicious sandwiches!

Im so happy papa uploaded today. I've just recently subbed, and watched up until 2 years ago so far.

I'm from Jacksonville. Been to Tampa a few times. La Segunda is the CORNERSTONE of what a Cuban sandwich is. There are many good to great variants, but they all circle around La Segunda. May it never change.

Excellent sandwich tour, I would agrees steak and cheese is the best sandwich out there, provolone over any other cheese is also my choice. I would add some grilled mushrooms and would be joyful!!

I'm so glad you went to La Segunda. I order form them all the time, you just cannot go wrong.

Papa the type of guy to rate foods at your grandmas funeral

There's so many good sandwiches I'm gonna start off with the BLT after that the italian beef, Coming in a close third the French dip, Roast beef with pepper Jack, Monte Cristo, Hot Pastrami on rye.😂

I grew up three blocks from guys. It’s the best shrimp poboy in the city. Parkway is definitely not just for tourists but their roast beef and French fry poboys are the two standouts there.

The thing is, the recipe and origin of the Cubano is heavily debated where are you have Miami style or Tampa style. Same thing with the Poboys, Reubens, all these sandwiches. You can’t just go to one city and say they have the best of one particular sandwich without all those variations. Best po’boy & Cubano I ever had were both in NC. Best “Chicago style” pizza I had was in NYC.

I'm headed back to Philly in about a month.... I tried John's Roast Pork and LOVED IT. Now, I gotta try Angelo's, because that looks unreal.

Great video! If you ever come to SF, you should try Wise Sons reuben. Probably won't top the list but is a phenomenal reuben sandwich.

Philadelphia is sandwich heaven. As a Chef in Philly you absolutely nailed the Cheesesteak reviews. Everything you said was spot on.

Josh out here DUNKING on Katz

The fact that Portillo’s is on the list is an affront to Chicago. They used to be awesome but since private equity took over their quality went way down, it’s still good o it’s your only option but shouldn’t make a top ten. You should have put Johnnie’s in there instead of Portillo’s but the voters spoke, unfortunately most of them probably don’t live in Chicagoland anymore.

Katz is incredible, mainly the pastrami!

Next time you're in Chicago, you should get a home of the hoagie sweet and hot steak sandwich, the "meal on a bun". it is a staple, along with polishes

As someone who is from PA I'm glad u gave Angelo's cheesesteak such high praise 😊❤

too bad you didn't go to Johnnies Beef in Elmwood Park. That is a must go if you're in the area. By area I mean within an hour away. Make a point to go there Josh.

Out of all these I think the winning Reuben looked the best but I'm more of a traditional sandwich guy: pastrami, dutch crunch or seeded loaf, pickles, tomatoes, tons of lettuce, sprouts, vinegar and pepper. Yes I prefer vinegar and pepper to mayo, mustard, or anything else. Try it, it's incredible.

Would like to have seen Josh try the sandwich’s fresh made to order vs the to go pickup method for best impression

Florida king sandwich “Publix chicken tender sub”

As a foreigner, I'll happily vouch for the American sandwich. Ya'll have perfected the art of putting meat between two slices of bread. There is so much variety, innovation and attention to quality.

Now Josh, as much as I enjoy your videos and generally respect your recipes - enough that I bought a cookbook ("Unapologetic") - I do think that you were a tad harsh on Domilese's. Perhaps they were having an off day. Years ago, I was doing some work nearby and had lunch at Domilese's every day. Loved their trout po-boy - which, unhappily, has since been replaced by a catfish po-boy.

I spent many years in America and now not anymore. And watching these Josh's videos makes me regret so much for not going every where to try these sandwiches... :(

The Chicken Vesuvio Sandwich at Ricobene's in Chicago is my favorite sandwich in the world. The 50/50 Oyster / Shrimp poboy at Parkway in New Orleans is my second favorite. Great video cheers

showing ID to pick up a sandwich is wild 💀💀

Pueblo, Colorado has this stuff called Green Chili Gravy that they put on a chili burger called a Slopper. I know I'm late but this thing is amazing.

Joshua helped me make crab Rangoon at home. Enjoy your good day buddy. You rock

Here's the thing about Katz's, from a New Yorker. Unfortunately, it's become just a tourist spot. That's why the line is so long and probably why the people who work there were skeptical jerks. Even like fifteen years ago you could walk in, wait in a normal line, and get your giant sandwich, sit, and enjoy. But I rarely go even though I love the sandwiches because, as you say, it's NYC and I can get a Reuben anywhere and it's no longer worth the experience. Blame, in part, When Harry Met Sally.

Great Video! I need to take a vacation just to visit Angelo's!

There used to be a spot in Chicago called Susie’s, they used Italian beef meat to make the Philly, and used sour cream/mayo sauce, it was so damn good. They closed down a few years ago, a north side Chicago landmark gone forever. The order was a Philly, cheese fries in a tortilla bowl, and a baboon milk shake with extra Oreos. Iykyk