"LA is flooded with fancy focaccia sandwiches. But it only takes one bite of the pork-stuffed Combo Grinder at Bread Head to know this Santa Monica spot is doing something special. This glass box of a sandwich shop bakes its loaves daily, blending the soft, airy innards of focaccia and a crackly glazed ciabatta that shines like a polished penny. If you visited Bread Head’s former pop-up, you know these sandwiches are roughly the size of a Macbook Pro and not strictly Italian. Get the muffuletta with a mortadella mattress and orange-infused olive salad, or the vegetarian sandwich with milky mozzarella, avocado, sprouts, and za’atar spread, and an order of pimento cheese “picnic nachos” for good measure." - brant cox, nikko duren, sylvio martins
