Charlotte Five's Readers' Choice

Best sandwich shop in the Charlotte area? Last chance to vote for your favorite

Vote for the sandwich shop you love the most near Charlotte, North Carolina.
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  • CharlotteFive readers and staff recommended the best local places to eat sandwiches.
  • The Top 2 nominees are Bedder Bedder & Moore and Sub One Hoagie House.
  • Vote for your favorite sandwich shop before the final round ends at noon Friday, March 20.

Friday, March 20 update: The best sandwich contest is now closed. Stay tuned for a story featuring the winner.

We asked for the best sandwich shops in Charlotte, and this is your last chance to help crown a winner.

On March 2, CharlotteFive invited readers to share their favorite local places to eat sandwiches. Then, we asked our staff’s food experts to round out the list of essential spots for BLTs, turkey clubs and more.

We ended up with 36 nominees, and now we’re down to the Top 2. Below, you can vote for the Charlotte-area sandwich shop you can’t get enough of:

This is meant to be a fun contest and not a scientific poll, so feel free to refresh this page and vote again and again. The final round of voting will be live from about 1 p.m. March 18 until noon Friday, March 20.

Here’s a recap of the results from previous rounds of the contest. The results are listed in order of the total number of votes each sandwich shop received:

Top 2

1. Bedder Bedder & Moore

2. Sub One Hoagie House

Top 4

1. Bedder Bedder & Moore

2. Brooklyn Pickle

3. Sub One Hoagie House

4. Le’s Sandwiches & Cafe

Top 8

1. Bedder Bedder & Moore

2. Le’s Sandwiches & Cafe

3. Sub One Hoagie House

4. Sandwich Max

5. Brooklyn Pickle

6. Brooks Sandwich House

7. Hemby Hoagies

8. Katz Deli

Top 20

1. Le’s Sandwiches & Cafe

2. Sandwich Max

3. Bedder Bedder & Moore

4. Brooks Sandwich House

5. Sub One Hoagie House

6. Pump Social

7. Rhino Market & Deli

8. Clark’s Snack Bar

9. Hemby Hoagies

10. La Lima Sangucheria

11. Meshugganah

12. Katz Deli

13. Laurel Market - tie

13. Pinky’s Westside Grill - tie

14. The Culture Shop

15. Brooklyn Pickle

16. Pasta & Provisions

17. Big Apple Deli

18. Schreiber’s on Rye - tie

18. The Common Market - tie

To be eligible for the contest, nominees had to have a “location in the Charlotte region — which includes surrounding areas such as Lake Norman, Gastonia, Matthews, Mint Hill and Fort Mill — and have fewer than 20 locations nationwide,” CharlotteFive previously reported.

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This story was originally published March 18, 2026 at 12:45 PM.

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Simone Jasper is a service journalism reporter at The News & Observer in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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