Queenslanders may be famously chill, but our sandwich game sure isn’t. Our sandos are as varied as they are delicious, ranging from chunky steak numbers to delicate crumbed chicken, stacked veggies and cheesy deli-style babies. It’s not easy to be the best but these two-handers are a cut above the rest. These are the best sandwiches in Queensland, as crowned in the delicious. 100.
The house bread at Burleigh Baker boasts some serious credentials. Sourdough loaves are made from sustainable unbleached wheat flour and stoneground wholegrain flour, sourced from heirloom white and purple wheat, spelt and rye. Fillings include free-range pork and chicken, nitrate-free bacon and grass-fed beef, while extras, including pesto and mayo, are made in-house. 13/50 James St, Burleigh Heads Shop 7/46 The Esplanade, Paradise Point; burleighbaker.com.
The menu at this deli is refreshingly freewheeling – want your buttermilkmarinated, spiced chicken burger with kimchi mayo and sriracha at 9am? A Calabrese salami sourdough toastie with smoked mozzarella and olive tapenade at 6am? No judgments here. Made-to-order choices include the perpetually popular Reuben. 30 Badminton St, Mount Gravatt East; delidakota.com.au.
The choice of Japanese shokupan bread, fluffy and light, is just one way Sunny Side has elevated its offerings. Simple, well-considered combinations are supported by generous amounts of quality produce, with as much as possible made on-premise – from the bread to the 24-hour wagyu pastrami, relish, and the panko crumbing on crowd favourite, chicken schnitty. 173A La trobe Terrace Paddington 203/142 Newmarket Rd, Windsor; eatsunnyside.com.au.
It’s been an extraordinary 45 years since this shop started serving the “submarine sandwich”, a concept imported by three canny ladies who saw the potential in foot-longs, then a novelty here. Not much has changed (including the lunch line). An original, the “Super Sub”, has ham, salami, cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion and pickle with special dressing. Shop 2, 202 Musgrave St North Rockhampton 28 William St, Rockhampton CBD; captainnemossubs.com.au.
Well-loved local butcher Meat at Billy’s took a creative side-step with this venture. Meat, as expected, is premium and expertly cooked, bread is thickcut white, buttered and toasted on the inside only, and sauces and pickles are made in-house. Menu favourites include “Big Paulie” porchetta, with Berkshire pork and explosively crunchy crackling, salsa verde, red onions and garlic confit mayo. 155 Baroona Rd, Paddington; eatatbillys.com.au.
