[amonks]

Very cool product, but I have to ask, out of personal interest:

What did the bracket in the slack channel determine was “Chicago’s best sandwich”? Or the top three, even? I’m always looking for new sandwiches.

Off the top of my head, I might nominate,

- the pork tenderloin at JT’s

- the Big L from Fontano’s (hot take, I know; it might go to Graziano’s if they hinge-cut the bread, but not doing so is a fatal flaw to me)

- the Cambodian fried chicken sandwich that’s occasionally available at Hermosa

- honorable mention: the comically oversized chicken torta at Migos

(Edit: I inexcusably transposed Bari and Fontano’s; the nomination is intended for Fontano’s)

[tptacek]

It's too early to say. We started the bracket back in 2020 with a nomination Google Sheet, and then the pandemic happened, and then I kept saying I'd throw a web app together for us to actually do a seeded bracket with; 5 years later, some of the restaurants have changed, so we're re-doing nominations, and we'll have bracket voting rounds starting probably in February. I owe it all to Sprites!

Nhu Lan's Banh Mi #1 and JPG's Muffaletta are the top 2 current noms, but I think the Tempesta B. Franklin is a sleeper, and the Phodega Viet Dip has a cheering section and I haven't tried it yet. The joy of doing an actual bracket is that it'll involve people doing field trips to have their first Mr. D's Pork Shish-Ka-Bob sandwich, or the Alpine Combo.

It's a 16 sandwich tournament and we're at like 26 nominations right now so it'll be interesting to see what happens.

[rokob]

I’m so happy I kept reading these comments and came across this gem. Sprites are cool and all but a sandwich tournament is next level.

[amonks]

Very credible nominations; clearly “this guy sandwiches.” Thanks!

I’d love to see a post of some kind when it’s all settled; you’re doing the lord’s work here.

[servercobra]

I love this bracket. The first startup I worked (Triggr Health) at was in Chicago and we started a bracket for best wings. Sadly we never finished!