810 Coffee Den
Espresso and a panini on Welsh Road, with a back meeting room you can book for when working from home stops working. Weekday hours run 7:30 to 3:30, so it's a morning-and-lunch operation, not a nightcap.
Sandwiches in the burbs
Every sandwiches spot we vouch for, across every town we cover. Cross a town line for the good ones. That's the whole point.
The picks
- 810 Coffee Den
- Antonella's Italian Kitchen
- Ardmore Pizza
- Bistro 1015
- Bridgeside Deli & Grille
- Bubba's Steaks and Shakes Bryn Mawr
- Bullseye Burgers & Tacos
- Deli on 4th
- Giuliano's Deli
- High Steaks
- Hummus Mediterranean Kitchen
- Izenberg's Deli
- Jeannie's Deli
- Johnny's Pizza Bryn Mawr
- La Cabra Brewing Smokehouse
- Lilly's Gourmet
- Love & Honey Fried Chicken - Bryn Mawr, PA
- Lovebird
- MasterPeace Grill
- New Rising Sun Cafe
- Original Eagle Pizza
- Our Daily Bagel
- Pop's Steaks
- Rocky’s Deli Style Restaurant
- A Taste of Philly
- Trios Tomato Pie
- up-RYES Bagel & Deli
- Wasko's
- White House Tajine
Antonella's Italian Kitchen
Italian deli on Conestoga Road doing made-to-order hoagies, fresh chicken cutlets and homemade meatballs. Its chicken cheesesteak, onions and peppers cooked down with white wine under provolone, turned up on Food Network's The Best Thing I Ever Ate.
Ardmore Pizza
Pizza on Rittenhouse Place since 1973, still doing pickup and delivery seven days. The menu runs well past pizza: strombolis, hoagies, cheesesteaks, buffalo wings by the fifty, and an upside-down pie with the sauce on top.
Bistro 1015
The new made-to-order counter at stand 315 inside the Quakertown Farmers Market, griddling all-day breakfast and a chopped cheese called The 4th Wall: half a pound of seasoned beef with Cooper sharp on a grilled long roll. Open the same three days a week as the market itself.
Bridgeside Deli & Grille
West High Street deli where the breakfast sandwiches earn the detour off Bridge. Cash-register small talk included.
Bubba's Steaks and Shakes Bryn Mawr
Cheesesteaks and milkshakes on Lancaster Ave, open every day from 11 to 9. Takeout, delivery or eat in, and they would rather you order direct through them than pay a delivery app's markup.
Bullseye Burgers & Tacos
Double Angus patties on a brioche roll, from owners who spent 30 years in the food business before opening in Glenside. Birria tacos with brisket and hand-dipped milkshakes sit on the same menu.
Deli on 4th
A Fayette Street deli working the breakfast-and-lunch counter, sandwiches to order and coffee to go. A steady weekday stop between the train and the office towers.
Giuliano's Deli
A deli and a bottle shop in one, with hoagies like the Italian Stallion built to order and fresh-tapped growlers to carry out. The Giulianos opened it in 1982 and the McManuses took over in 2022.
High Steaks
Cheesesteaks at the east end of Butler with a 4.8 across five hundred reviews — numbers that settle arguments. The pun is free.
Hummus Mediterranean Kitchen
Mediterranean counter on Greenfield Avenue, where the menu runs from sabich sandwiches and gyro platters to house-made manti and gozleme. They cater too, and say they have been doing it for 14 years.
Izenberg's Deli
A Fayette Street deli running breakfast and lunch, from egg sandwiches to overstuffed hoagies. Counter service, a few tables, and morning regulars who order without looking at the menu.
Jeannie's Deli
Athens Avenue deli with a 6am open and a specials board rewritten every day. Meatball subs, turkey reubens, grilled chicken quesadillas, and five soups daily, chili and chicken gumbo among them.
Johnny's Pizza Bryn Mawr
Brooklyn-style pizza on the Main Line: square pies built on hand-crushed plum tomato sauce and pecorino, plus hand-tossed thin-crust rounds. The cheesesteak comes on a seeded long roll, and the 20-inch Monster size carries better than a pound of ribeye.
La Cabra Brewing Smokehouse
The Bryn Mawr barbecue arm of La Cabra Brewing, with its own beer list beside the pit. Brisket and baby back ribs come off the smoker, the signature mac and cheese runs four ways, and Wednesdays from 3pm bring 36-hour fermented sourdough pizza.
Lilly's Gourmet
Lunch for the courthouse crowd, Monday through Saturday, 11 to 3 sharp. It shares a roof with Geronimo Brewing, so a sandwich run can end with a pint.
Love & Honey Fried Chicken - Bryn Mawr, PA
The Bryn Mawr counter of Todd and Laura Lyons' fried chicken shop, hand-breaded and fried to order. The Nashville Hot sandwich carries three sweet pickles so there is one in every bite, which tells you how the kitchen thinks.
Lovebird
Fried chicken sandwiches from the people behind Jules Thin Crust, made with Gerber's Amish Farm chicken. The Nashville Hot with hand-cut fries and a cup of Spiced Local Honey settles the lunch question.
MasterPeace Grill
A Fayette Street sandwich counter turning out cheesesteaks and hoagies to a loyal lunch crowd. Order at the counter, grab a number, take it to go.
New Rising Sun Cafe
Breakfast and lunch counter in the Ardsley Station building, running on Rival Bros. coffee and focaccia baked in house. Egg and cheese in the morning, herb chicken salad and a chipotle chicken club by noon.
Original Eagle Pizza
On Haverford Road since 1970, three generations on from the family's first Philly restaurant in 1947. Pizza, hoagies, cheesesteaks and gyros, with the Down Under Special the one they lead with. Closed Sundays.
Our Daily Bagel
Bagels boiled and baked on Fayette Street, with breakfast sandwiches and spreads to match. A morning stop for people heading to the train or lingering over coffee.
Pop's Steaks
Cheesesteaks and sandwiches at the Fayette Street corner, wrapped and handed over fast. A short menu done the way a steak shop should.
Rocky’s Deli Style Restaurant
Forty-five years on East Glenside Avenue, run by Joe and Clem along with Donna. Breakfast platters and the Rock 'O' Muffin until 11, then cheesesteaks, hoagies and homemade salads the rest of the day.
A Taste of Philly
A soft pretzel bakery on North Easton Road that opens early. Philly-style twists and mini strips are the counter staples, with nuggets sold by the 20, 50 or 100 and party trays for a crowd.
Trios Tomato Pie
The namesake tomato pie is a square thin crust with light mozzarella and chunky tomato sauce. The rest of the menu runs long: round and Sicilian pies, cutlet sandwiches, salads by the half tray. BYOB, with delivery.
up-RYES Bagel & Deli
Hand-rolled bagels that rise more than 24 hours before they hit the oven, from a shop a few steps off the Bryn Mawr train station. Deli sandwiches on house-baked bread, omelets and cinnamon buns too. Doors close at 2pm.
Wasko's
Gay Street sandwich shop of the old school — the kind where the roll matters and the regulars have a usual.
White House Tajine
Moroccan cooking on West Lancaster Avenue: lamb shank and goat tajines, chicken pastilla, couscous plates and halal-certified kebabs off the grill. Mint tea comes by the pot.
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