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SFGATE
SFGATE

The best Bay Area sandwich isn't in San Francisco, according to the 'Sandwich Saint'

Susana Guerrero · June 7, 2022

Damian Costello, known on Instagram as the "Sandwich Saint," names the tuna melt one of the best sandwiches in the Bay Area. Owner Gerry Mogg on the tuna: "The texture of the tuna fish is wonderful, light and airy" — griddled on the roll to create a checker pattern across the top.

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East Bay Express
East Bay Express

How the East Coast (Sausage) Rolls

Luke Tsat · June 25, 2014

Modigliani Cafe brings Italian-American sandwich culture to Oakland's Grand Lake neighborhood — the sausage roll, a pizza-sandwich hybrid with roots in Youngstown, Ohio, and a meatball sandwich the critic calls exceptional for the price.

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