From the Italian term 'spuccadella,' which is a type of pointy roll
Buffalo, New York
Not because it looks like a bomb, but for the planes that hold them
Chicago, Illinois
Immigrants from one of Chicago's most populated ethnic group would use the tougher slices of beef from the stock yards to make it
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
From the Vietnamese words 'mi' meaning flour or wheat and 'banh' meaning biscuit or cake
Hoboken, New Jersey
A combination of the word for the airship the sandwich resembles, and the ending from another commonly-used term for it
Madison, Wisconsin
Served first at Paisan's pizza. The owners were big fans of Giuseppe Garibaldi
Milford, Connecticut
It's debatable, but one prominent theory has the term originating from a Naval base in nearby New London
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
French for 'submarine'
New Bedford, Massachusetts
Named for the men who worked at New Bedford ship yards, 'ground' hot iron pegs used in the construction of war ships, and who ate a lot of these sandwiches
New Orleans, Louisiana
One theory is that it was the word used to describe poor New Orleans streetcar drivers during a 1920's strike
New York, New York
From the size of the sandwich, and what you'd need to be to finish it
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Often debated, but probably invented by shipyard workers on Hog Island in Philadelphia
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Spanish version of the New Orleans version. Not a 'pobre' choice of names
Yonkers, New York
A bastardization of the 'wich' part of 'sandwich,' as uttered by the matriarch of Landi’s grocery store
A bastardization of the 'wich' part of 'sandwich,' as uttered by the matriarch of Landi’s grocery store
A bastardization of the 'wich' part of 'sandwich,' as uttered by the matriarch of Landi’s grocery store
A bastardization of the 'wich' part of 'sandwich,' as uttered by the matriarch of Landi’s grocery store
A bastardization of the 'wich' part of 'sandwich,' as uttered by the matriarch of Landi’s grocery store