The Best Sandwich Shops in Italy
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The best sandwich shops in Italy, according to the experts: 50 Top Italy has weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Mi’Ndujo comes out on top, and the good stuff runs deepest in Milan and Rende.
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Rank 1. Mi’Ndujo
Sandwich Shop
The sandwich here starts with bread baked fresh that day, then gets filled with Calabrian sausage, 'nduja, Tropea onions, or caciocavallo from the Sila plateau, depending on your mood. It's a fast-casual spot built around showcasing small local producers, which sounds like a pitch deck but eats like lunch. The formula has been spreading to other Italian cities, and 50 Top Italy ranked it first among the country's sandwiches.
The awards
- 50 Top Italy 50 Top Italy: #1 · The Best Sandwiches
- 50 Top Italy #1 · The Best Sandwiches
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Rank 2. Porcobrado
Tuscan
A sandwich shop in Milan built around one very specific idea: pork from Sienese and Chianina pigs, raised outdoors in Tuscany, smoked over fruit wood, slow-cooked for twelve hours, then finished on oak. The bread comes from ancient Verna wheat, and you pick your sauce from a short list of house-made options. The queue tends to answer any remaining questions you might have.
The awards
- 50 Top Italy 50 Top Italy: #4 · The Best Sandwiches
- 50 Top Italy #4 · The Best Sandwiches
A Tie
Two places have the exact same Score, so they share #2. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #2 Porcobrado (this place) 71.974
- #2 Qcècè SocialCafè 71.974
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Rank 2. Qcècè SocialCafè
Calabrian
A sandwich shop and wine bar on the main square of a small Calabrian coastal town, where the menu changes often enough that locals have a reason to keep coming back. The fillings lean hard into regional pantry staples, capocollo, caciocavallo, and 'nduja tucked into house-made pitta or ciabatta, with vegetables that track the season. The sandwiches even have names worth reading. Ranked seventh on 50 Top Italy's Best Sandwiches list.
The awards
- 50 Top Italy 50 Top Italy: #7 · The Best Sandwiches
- 50 Top Italy #7 · The Best Sandwiches
A Tie
Two places have the exact same Score, so they share #2. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #2 Porcobrado 71.974
- #2 Qcècè SocialCafè (this place) 71.974