Livin’ La Vida Local: National Sandwich Month 2013 in Chicago and the Suburbs

Posted on by CSN Staff

Grab a Sammie at a Best Local Spot in Near Your Corporate Apartment

 

A wooden plate holds two stacked grilled ham and cheese sandwiches, cut diagonally to show melted cheese and slices of ham between toasted bread with visible grill marks.

Monte Cristo, B.L.T., reuben, panini… No need to choose just one—August is National Sandwich Month! Sink your teeth into bready lunchtime favorites all month at Best Local restaurants near your short-term rental in Chicago and the suburbs. Bon appetit!

A ham and cheese sandwich with lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise on sliced bread, cut in half and stacked, sits on a wooden board beside potato chips, fresh tomatoes, and lettuce in the background.

Family-owned UpperCrust Bakery Café (1332 W. Grand Ave.) in River North has been churning out sandwiches on freshly baked bread for 55 years. The artisan bread at this Best Local spot takes lunch to the next level. Customers love “the Leftover”: a Thanksgiving-themed hot-pressed sandwich. Just an 8-minute ride on the 65 bus from Kingsbury Plaza in River North!

A close-up of a toasted club sandwich with layers of ham, cheese, lettuce, tomato, and bacon, held together with a toothpick, on a dark serving board with a fork in the foreground.

Stop by the “home of the original grilled panini,” suburban Best Local spot Avanti Café (1900 S. Elmhurst Rd.) in Mount Prospect. Try the Godfather: Italian beef with provolone, mozzarella and marinara sauce. Or grab the Diavolo, which includes hot capicollo, hot sopressata, mozzarella, homemade Italian dressing and hot giardinera. Get these fresh offerings a 16-minute drive from Park Meadows in Schaumburg!

A smiling food truck worker in an apron hands a paper bag and a food container to a customer over a yellow counter. The worker is wearing black gloves and the interior of the truck is also yellow.

Get your meal on wheels from Best Local food truck Toasty Cheese Mobile Eatery (627 E. Ave.) based in Schaumburg. Build your own sandwich, or choose one of its specialties, like the Hannah Banana made with fried Nutella, banana puree and marshmallow fluff. Just a 12-minute drive from Park Meadows in Schaumburg!

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