"This tiny Italian market in Pasadena specializes in fresh pasta made in-house, but if you leave without grabbing a sandwich, you’ve made a grosso errore. The five sandwiches on the menu are simple (i.e., four ingredients maximum), built with quality imported meats and housemade spreads on Bub & Grandma’s baguettes. We love the spicy salami with arugula and Calabrian chili butter, but if you’re only getting one, make it the mortadella. The combo of mortadella/stracciatella/pistachio has become a fancy Italian sandwich shop standard these days, but the pesto-y one at Ferrazzani’s has our full allegiance." - brant cox, nikko duren, sylvio martins