Best Sandwiches in Oakland, Berkeley, and the East Bay - Eater SF

"If sandwiches were judged purely on the basis of the height of their respective meat stacks, the Le Montroyal would stand in a class of its own. It’s a preposterously tall pile of Augie’s Montreal-style smoke meat crammed between two slices of rye, with no adornment other than, perhaps, a swipe of brown mustard — you won’t find a speck of lettuce or other vegetable matter to distract from that pastrami-like smoke meat, which is wonderfully rich, especially if you ask for a fatty cut. There are smaller sandwiches on the menu (this one weighs in at a whopping 12 ounces of meat), but the real pro move is to go for the Le Montroyal anyway, split it with a quarantine buddy, and get an order of Augie’s classic poutine on the side." - Luke Tsai