I Tried The Best Sandwich In America

as a Melting Pot of culinary Innovation

and creation it is no secret that

America is home to some of the greatest

sandwiches in the world and so that's

why we're going to find the greatest

sandwich in America so I threw up a poll

on Instagram asking you for what you

think the best Regional sandwich in

America is and it could be anywhere

we'll go we based that poll off of a

reputable article added a couple more

just for extra and the results are in

and this journey is going to take us to

eight cities Across America to find what

we're looking for with all that being

said let's begin at the fifth bottom

most voted for sandwich Po Boys you can

only have a true one if you start off in

Louisiana that's where we are it's kind

of a way of life here you can have them

however you want Choose Your Own

Adventure you could do shrimp you can do

beef you can do a mix of the

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two we moved uh we can't get away from

the music we really tried we tried for a

long time so enjoy the music while you

can we're getting the pooy the same way

across the board for every single place

that we go to and that is fried shrimp

fully dressed on a PoBoy roll for every

single spot so with all that said let's

begin in our first spot guys this is a

local secret it's not talked about

enough it's guys PoBoy they're famous

for their shrimp pooy I've been here

before by the way I really like this guy

it's literal Mom and Pop Shop little

blue building they're here every day

every time I come here and the product

is always incredible cheers oh God I'm

nervous for the other sandwiches we're

starting on a remarkable High every

little shrimp feels like it was made

love to crunchy light bin wispy breading

but you guys know how I feel about salt

and the salt levels in this sandwich are

quite literally perfect everything was

fried fresh it's super hot shrimp's

cooked nicely it's got like a seasoning

to it it's not just salt obviously the

bread is soft it just all makes sense

but what I really like is they don't

skimp on all the toppings it's loaded

with fresh tomato lettuce I'm a big Mayo

guy they load it up with the Mayo

without the Mayo the sandwich wouldn't

be what it is everything is what I want

it to be honestly this sandwich is

immediately starting us off at 8.5 I

rarely give eights we're going to need a

really good sandwich to beat this moving

on okay so we're at domal lisis a

familyowned neighborhood bar which then

added food but their food might be as

legendary as the bar I will say this

place is 106 years old only slightly

older than me it looks good the shrimp

are small like little baby shrimp I

can't complain about that I like that

it's pretty good I have some thoughts on

it the shrimp are cooked actually more

nicely here I will say a little more

juicy if you will breading's crisp it's

not overcooked which I appreciate

sometimes when people fry shrimp they go

too long they a little too dark this is

nice bread chewy crisp on the outside

actually spicing salty bread but I do

like it my one Coral so I wish the

shrimp had a little more seasoning on

them they're not necessarily UND salted

but they do kind of get lost in the

flavor of the ketchup and the Mayo not

perfect but it's very good and I would

100% come back here I think it's

deserving of a strong standing 6.5

moving on okay we're at Parkway a little

different of a Vibe it's maybe

considered the more touristy place can

you tell I can I don't want to go home

we're going to wait in line now for 400

years see you in a second we got the

sandwich it actually wasn't that bad we

managed to time this out so good I you

can probably see the line from here we

waited maybe 10 15 minutes got it in no

big deal now it's looking more like 45

to an hour this better stand up to that

and I will say visually in comparison to

the other two this definitely stands up

for being a more potentially touristy

location that's been there for 113 years

supposedly approached by Beyonce and

Barack Obama that's pretty high up there

this is pretty good one thing I like

about this they really load you up on

the shrimp they're not skimping at all

and these shrimp are big these are jumbo

shrimp not the little baby ones we got

before they're not seasoned as nicely as

guys but they are seasoned salt levels

are pretty good I just would have liked

a little more seasoning in general maybe

like 5% more the Mayo's present I do

kind of wish it was a little more evenly

spread some bites you get mayo some

bites you don't which I don't love I'd

like it to be more even same thing with

the pickles you got two back here so

you're basically going to have to eat

half this sandwich before you get to any

pickles look that's just me being anal I

get it they're moving quick so totally

fine this they much just really close to

the guys one but is it better the shrimp

are cooked a little bit better in this

but they're not seasoned as nicely the

bread is pretty much the same it's chewy

on the outside fluffy on the inside it's

kind of got everything else I give this

a solid 7.5 this is a great sandwich and

guys wins out of the three that you

voted for so far moving on to our next

sandwich and it begins in Florida

there's an iconic sandwich here the

Cubano this was the fourth most voted

for sandwich on the list it's a pretty

simple sandwich it's Cuban Bread Butter

pressed and toasted but what's in

between is what matters which is

typically a salty cured pork ham roast

pork mustard and pickles sometimes Mayo

so although it's a simple sandwich I'm

glad it's on this list because I would

argue that it's one of the most iconic

sandwiches in America specifically in

Florida we're going to be visiting some

places in Miami and nint Tampa based off

of your votes so let's begin we're at

sang this place started in 2017 of a

shipping container and today is

considered one of the best and was the

most voted for Cubano place in the

entire Florida area supposedly they

brine their ham for days and marinate

the rose pork for 24 hours they also

hold a Michelin bib Gourmand since 2022

you hear that this looks like a sticker

that you would put to wrap around a

cigar this looks remarkably good the ham

looks fresh sliced it's juicy but also

the roast pork the moho pork I thought

it was going to be like shredded but it

looks like they slow roast it chill it

and then slice it wow it's actually

really good I'm not going to lie Cubanos

are good I make them I eat them I'm a

fan of them but I I've also felt like

they are a little overrated sometimes

cuz like oh it's ham roast pork and a

pickle who cares but this this made me

realize I was wrong about that this is

delicious the outside's crispy it's

crusty you can taste the butter on the

crust it's salty it's a little sweet

it's acidic the cheese but the best

thing about it it's not overwhelmed by

any singular flavor it all works

together you get every little piece I do

feel like I wish the ham was a little

saltier I got a salt heavy pet but that

said this is a wonderful sandwich I'm

going to give it an eight sandwi you're

doing good moving on our next stop was

Columbia Restaurant in Tampa started off

as a saloon and over 120 years later

grew to a whole city block it's

beautiful it's got Vibes it's got great

music and it's got these stunning

artistic tiles this is supposedly the

oldest recorded Cubano sandwich right

here at this very restaurant I waited

for an hour to get this sandwich the sun

went from fully up to completely set I

think this died in the window to be dead

honest with y'all so I really hope this

is worth it that is ice cold cheese

there's a big different element of this

sandwich than the other one they added

salami to this which I had no idea was

going to be a thing I do like the

addition of the salami but it's not

really making up for the fact that the

sandwich wasn't preo I do like the

seasoning on it though the salt level's

good the roast pork on this is extremely

dry though I'm not going to lie but

everything else is seasoned nicely the

cheese isn't melted the bread is crispy

I mean it's like to me that gives this a

6.8 if it were like really nice and hot

and cheesy I might give it a 7.5 the

sandwich is still good I just wouldn't

wait an hour for it the bread that was

made was made by a place called launda

Bakery which also happens to be our

final stop this is their original

location which has been open since

1915 this isn't just some Bakery this is

an institution putting out 18,000 loaves

a day the old school way you know with

the Palmetto Leaf where they make the

split and everything I've made my own

Cuban bread and honestly I think theirs

is significantly better than mine

despite all that though it was the least

voted one on the list but we felt we

needed to go there anyway because it was

such a Cuban bread institution so surely

their Cubano may be a winner this

actually looks promising this toast

looks beautiful the bottom the top crisp

this fresh bread is absolutely Bonkers

this is the best bread we've had on any

sandwich it's almost flaky cuz it's

fresh now the place we went to yesterday

used the same bread but this one's

better because it's fresher the pickles

are nice not too acidic not too salty

ham is salty the brast pork is seasoned

pretty well it's not dry what I really

like is this yellow mustard or whatever

mustard there is in here it's almost

like borderline creamy like a Dees but

it's stone ground my biggest complaint

is is the cheese is not melted I don't

know what it is about these places that

they make the Cuban and they never melt

the cheese except for sangu but the salt

levels are better on this honestly I'm

going to also give this sandwich an

eight that's right we have a tie you

have a place in Miami and you got a

place in Tampa you know where to go

you're welcome moving on so we're in

Chicago for the one and only Italian

beef it is thinly sliced beef that has

been brazed in a nice Jew served in

between a roll that's been dunked in the

shoe it's juicy it's fatty it's messy

it's delicious it is single-handedly the

definitive Chicago street food this was

the third most voted for sandwich on our

entire list thanks to you so we're

starting this off at Owl now I have a

few points about this number one Al is

supposedly the inventor of the Italian

beef this is what we've read this is

what we've heard number two this is the

original owl's location okay so we kept

this as OG as humanly possible to kick

this off right this is their Italian

beef it looks pretty good it's messy

it's drippy it's juicy I mean I can just

tell look at this thing it is quite

literally dripping so first one of the

day here we go cheers okay I like it I

do like it the bread is nice and chewy

but the first bite you get it's almost

like just gushing in your mouth with

salty slightly spicy juicy beef broth

it's not a complete mushy sponge it's

still chewy it's got Integrity I like

that the beef is nice and tender it's

not dry which I appreciate flavor-wise I

feel like it could be a bit more diverse

it feels a little one note I'm not

tasting much of the peppers the

jardinera it doesn't really give much

it's a wonderful Italian beef if you go

here you'll probably be happy I don't

know that this is the best or not but

I'll give it a solid 7.8 so owls didn't

really do well but the other two Italian

beefs could still beat it and become the

best sandwich in America okay we're now

at Portillos this is the most voted for

place on the entire list of Italian beef

this is the most widely accessible

Italian Beef restaurant in Illinois

probably honestly in America cuz they're

scaling outside of Illinois it makes

sense they be the most voted for but

that doesn't necessarily mean they're

the best we got their typical Italian

beef by the way we're ordering all these

the same traditional Italian beef with

both a mix of sweet and hot peppers and

dipped on both sides same exact way all

locations just to keep it fair this one

is the messiest I feel like they made

this one a while ago it's almost like

too wet to eat now hang on right away

this is better than owls flavor way

better I don't care if there's MSG in

here or not it can tastes better the

flavors are Diversified it's beefy it's

Rich it's a little bit of a pickled

flavor from the peppers the is in

the Jew and the beef the best part about

it is the beef flavor isn't lost my one

deduction though is texture the peppers

are super overcooked way too mushy the

bread is just completely obliterated

they either dunked it too long or this

has been sitting for too long cuz it's

honestly a mushy mess but the beef is

nice so all in all I'd give this an

eight not bad Portillos moving on our

final stop was Mr Beef but it turns out

they were filming the bear we came back

later that night where our buddy Chris

stayed open for us he fired us off some

beefs gave me a kiss as usual not going

to show that on camera and it was time

to taste and see if the reigning

Champion still holds up uh I need to

address something I know people are

going to think well Josh you've been to

Mr Beef before aren't you friends with

him isn't there a bias here listen I've

eaten around I've had different Italian

beefs already and I became friends with

him after I had his sandwich so let's

see if it upholds the standard just the

smell of this is unbelievable first

thing I'm smelling beef I smell the bra

I can get the jarder you can smell the

celery and the chilies on it I haven't

even taken a bite that's said I am going

to take a bite could this end up being

the best sandwich out of everything

we've had so far are we looking at the

best sandwich in America it's juicy it's

seasoned perfectly I don't even know

where my brain is Right Now jera by far

is the best I of any of the sandwiches

we've had it's fresh I taste the celery

I taste the chilies I taste every last

little aromatic that's in there the

seasonings there's like a little bit of

olive oil in the jarder like it's

supposed to so it's got some fattiness

to it but the beauty of the sandwich is

the main event beef and I'm talking like

a nice steak combined with the nicest

roast beef you've ever had it's thin

it's tender it's not dry at all it melts

in your mouth it's fatty it's salted

perfectly it doesn't need any more or

any less salt it's right where it needs

to be despite the fact that it's so

messy it holds together pretty well and

this bread it cannot fall apart it

doesn't fall apart but it does absorb

those juices so it's both juicy and

spongy but chewy at the same time out of

all the Italian beefs we've had today

I'm going to give this one a solid 9.2 a

staggering 9.2 a rating that is very few

and far to come by around here but our

journey has many sandwiches and States

left moving on to the next sandwich we

are in Omaha at the Crescent Moon The

Original Ale House for one thing and one

thing only the Reuben this was our

second most voted for sandwich in all

votes you guys submitted everyone thinks

that the Reuben was invented in New York

actually we found out that is not true

it was invented in Omaha Nebraska this

place Crescent Moon suggests that they

have the original recipe now Ruben is a

sandwich with corn beef sauerkraut swiss

cheese thousand island dressing or

Russian dressing to be specific on Ry

bread that has been grilled or griddled

sometimes the bread's toasted sometimes

it's not I personally prefer toasted so

I will be judging off that so let's eat

it oh yeah the big waste management

garbage truck arrived in this location

and he's going to park right there this

is a Ruben it's good let's talk about

this toast we ordered this ahead of time

it sat closed like this and I was

worried about that the toast maintain

the toast upheld it's crunchy crisp I

can taste the marbled Rye which I

appreciate but it's not overly ryy if

that's a term corn beef beautifully

tender it's fatty Rich it's moist not

dry it should fall apart I love that

they put the Thousand Island dressing

it's got just the right amount of cheese

this is a great sandwich this is an

eight I wish we had this in Austin I

would eat this all the time there's a

reason this has been voted the number

number one Reuben in Omaha and it easily

solidifies

itself as I was saying it solidifies

itself as a contender for the best

Reuben in America but will it be trumped

onto our next stop in La langers Kate's

going to be filming us today thank you

Kate for volunteering you seem

excited okay we're at Langer's Deli

their Ry is double baked supposedly if

you want a traditional Reuben though you

got to get the number I believe 88 first

thought salty as it should name it does

have good flavor though it's fatty it's

delicate it's not dry at all super moist

appearance-- wise it looks like a

typical Ruben missing salt maybe with

the dressing it'll help this literally

makes to say much when you don't have

Russian dressing this is easily 5 out of

10 but with the Russian dressing takes

it all the way up to a solid 7 out of 10

hopefully the next one is better we're

at the number one most voted for reuben

sandwich out of anything like nothing

compared to this place at all in terms

of volume of votes what is that place

might you wonder it's catus here's the

first thing I'll say I would never come

to this place and wait this line that's

insane I was stopped multiple times

coming in and leaving to get my rubit

like I was stealing something but really

what it was was a $35 sandwich 335 not

including tax when I walked in I was

like there should be an order for Josh

Weissman they're like did you call they

were looking for like a number or

something I was like I don't know

someone called for me and they're like

looking at me all skeptical like pissed

off at me you just check to see if

there's a name with Josh Weisman sure

enough there was and they're like

looking at and they look at me and

they're like I'm going to need a number

for you to get this order bro and I'm

like I have a license and I showed them

the license they're looking at the

license and the name on I'm like give me

the sandwich I showed you my driver's

license for a sandwich it's better live

up to that here's a fun fact I'm not

sure if it's a whole pound but it's

borderline a pound of meat I mean

there's a of meat on this but is it

worth it no first of all you have so

much time to cure this and smoke this

and make sure this is as good as

possible how is this under seasoned look

at this the salt level should be better

should be more cured texturally it's

pretty good it's tender it's juicy it's

not too dry but end of the day the beef

is still surprisingly dry the bread's

good krauts good everything else is

there flavor is there but the salt is

not there appearance it looks beautiful

all things added up the experience of

leading up to this sandwich does it

warrant the clout that it has not really

no I'm going to give this a very even

flat six maybe on a good day it's a

seven I don't know about the local New

Yorkers but you tell me do you want to

wait 2 hours spend maybe 70 to $100 for

two sandwiches are you going to feel

good about it you got New York you can

eat anywhere I kind of feel bad saying

it this is what I'm experiencing right

now and just like that Crescent Moon

takes the throne for the very best

Reuben out of the three that you voted

for but we have one more sandwich to

consider in the running Philadelphia

this is the number one most voted for

sandwich on all of our list of

sandwiches the Philly cheese steak and

we're starting at our number three most

voted for location John's Roast Pork the

last time we came to Philadelphia we

were kind of disappointed in the things

that we tried most of these places we

haven't been to so it could redeem it

and it could be the winner I do need to

clarify how I'm going to be ordering

this it's very important cheese steaks

are kind of a personal choice some

people say oh cheese whz not cheese whz

American cheese not American cheese so

to keep this super duper duper duper

duper simple we're doing a simple cheese

steak with provolone beef salt and

pepper onions light mayo and that is it

and all of them will be exactly the same

to make a fair comparison this place has

been here for a long time 1930 I will

say the most prominent food critic in

Philadelphia has voted this to be the

best cheese steak in Philadelphia so

it's got a lot to live up to let's try

it this is a great start I'm not going

to lie you got the seated poogy roll

it's soft but it's toasty it's got a

little bit of chew on the outside the

cheesiness of this is beautiful the meat

looks nice smells great cheers wow this

is an incredible Philly cheese steak

actually remarkable this makes me want

to come back to Philadelphia just for

this it's chewy it's fresh it's nice you

get a little bit of the Sesame the beef

fat is like soaked into this you're

getting that beefy flavor the provolone

is perfuming the whole thing you smell

it before you even eat it I do wish the

meat was a little less dry that's just

me being really anal but I'm still going

to give this a solid 8.5 already on a

high all we need is for one of these

last two sandwiches to get a minimum of

.1 higher than our current leader to win

the best sandwich in America I'm excited

for this one we were at dandro the last

time we came here this was the number

one most voted for for another video but

they were closed and we're back and

we're finally able to try for the first

time I'm really excited about it it's

constantly in the Philadelphia Philly

cheese steak conversation I'm hoping for

good reason John's rast pork kicked it

off strong so there's a lot to live up

to here it is not seated that's very sad

the seated roll is not a requirement I

just like them and uh here we go

I don't know the one rule I have is

probably the easiest thing for most

restaurants to achieve which is just put

enough salt it does have salt it's just

low it's so low that the entire thing is

sweetened by the onions excessively it's

got a good chew though I do like it all

I tastes is really stinky strong

provolone which I do like stinky strong

provolone so that's actually helping the

sandwich but I don't know man to me it's

like barely gets a 6 out of 10 I want to

say 5 out of 10 but I'm going to be nice

only because I know de los sandros has a

lot of clout in this area and I'm

thinking maybe they just had a bad day

I'm I'm kind of embarrassed honestly on

their behalf we are now moving on to the

most voted for Philly cheese stick might

even be the best sandwich okay we are at

Angelos this is the number one most

recommended place because of you it's

hot oh my goodness look at the bread Wow

first of all I don't even need to try

this to tell you this is the best bread

I've ever seen on a Philly cheese steak

this is how a hogi should always be got

little blisters it's almost like a

French bagette this is baked nicely it's

got the seated roll I like seeds on mine

but this cross-section the beef has a

myard it's caramelized the onions look

nice nice everything here it's juicing

cheers holy Fu little crispy on the edge

nicely chewy moist not dry and that's

just the bread we haven't even gotten

into the little party going on in here

the meat seasoned quite literally

perfectly not too much salt not too

little salt the onions are seasoned it's

creamy the provolone has like melted and

formed into a sauce with the Mayo which

is what should happen my hands are

covered in fat and grease as it should

be just one last remark which is the

beef we had every single one be a little

too chewy a little too dry this beef is

not this is perfectly tender all that

being said where does it rank across all

sandwiches we've tasted on our journey

the sandwich is a 9.5 I'm not even

joking I don't think I've ever given a

9.5 this is hands down one of the best

sandwiches I think I've ever put in

mying mouth this redeemed Philadelphia

to me Philly you should have been in my

heart all along and you wouldn't have

been if it weren't for Angelos so that

means that at the end of the day

everything we've tried we've been to

multiple States across the country this

was honestly not a fun trip I'm not

going to lie but that means that out of

all the sandwich I've eaten this is not

only one of the tops but it is the

greatest Philly cheese steak I have ever

had in my life and this one wins by a

landslide we compiled all of the

greatest sandwiches based off thousands

of votes and everyone's opinions Across

the Nation and it brought us here so

that's it for the video thanks so much