And by “innovate,” we mean get absolutely bonkers with off-the-wall excess.
Here are 11 restaurant chains with the most over-the-top sandwiches.
Primanti Brothers
Once upon a time, someone in Pittsburgh decided their sandwich was missing something.
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It wasn’t good enough to have their grilled meat-and-cheese sandwich with a side of fries.
No, they needed to have their sandwich with french fries pressed right in the middle.
The quality is there, sure, but that shouldn’t suggest thisrebounding sandwich chainshies away from excess.
Primanti Brothers
Call Your Mother
Delis are fitting locales for a bit of decadence.
It also dabbled in wild game, with ill-conceivedvenison sandwichesandduck sandwiches.
Or asliced rib-eye sandwichtopped with crispy onions, Swiss cheese, and garlic aioli.
Potbelly
If there’s one restaurant chain sandwich that typifies the notion of over-the-top, it’s this one.
But, the Double Down isn’t KFC’s only foray into excess.
But over the years, the juggernaut brand has frequently crossed the line intoheinous territory.
Call Your Mother Deli
And who can forget the storiedMcRib Sandwich, a thing of mystery meat folklore.
Such wildness includes breakfast nachos, pumpkin pie pancakes, and cinnamon rolls made with croissant pastry dough.
And it only gets wilder from there.
Arby’s
Jason’s Deli
KFC
McDonald’s
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Wild Eggs Lexington
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Duck Donuts