La Grotta Del Formaggio - Vancouver

Super delicious sandwiches, this is my top sandwiches must go place. You will never disappointed.

This sandwich shop is so good, it's stressful. By this, I mean that there are is so much variety in what you can put in your sandwich that I get flustered! It's like Subway but ten times better and ten times more stressful haha! But this is good. Highly recommend for anyone who wants a harass sandwich.

This is a small Italian deli/grocery that's located on The Drive. While they sell a variety of different imported good, they are probably best known for their sandwiches. You pick your bread, fillings, and condiments, and they'll make your sandwich for you. I had a Small Bun with Proscuitto and a Half Focaccia with Mortadella. I wasn't a bit fan of the focaccia, which I found to be a bit dry and grainy, but I really enjoyed the bun. The prices are a bit on the expensive side, but they do come with a generous amount of fillings, so I think it's worth the price.<br/ <br/ Small Bun with Prosciutto $7.75):<br/ 4/5<br/ I had the sandwich with pesto mayo, olive oil and balsamic vinegar, red peppers, edam cheese, red peppers and spinach. There was a large amount of proscuitto inside the sandwich, which was very salty and savoury. The bread was also quite thin and toasted and crispy.<br/ <br/ Half Focaccia with Mortadella $9.95):<br/ 3/5<br/ I had the sandwich with chipotle mayo, red peppers, gouda cheese, red peppers and spinach. I asked for porchetta in my sandwich, but the lady was a little hard of hearing and gave me mortella instead. That was fine though, because the mortella was still quite tasty. Unfortunately, I wasn't a big fan of the bread, which was a little too grainy for my taste.<br/ <br/ Summary:<br/ Food: 4/5<br/ Price: 3.5/5<br/ Service: N/A<br/ Overall: 3.5/5<br/ Recommendations: Sandwiches

If you’re ever looking for some strange oils, vinegars or even just different Italian cookies this shop is bound to have it! The shelves were stocked with everything imaginable! I decided to drop in for some lunch. The sandwiches here are talked about quite a bit so what better to do than to pick up a sandwich and a coffee and enjoy my afternoon off! I arrived at around 12:30PM and thankfully there was no line up. There was quite a few people working there, stocking shelves, cutting deli meats and making food orders, they all seem to be really busy, but they don’t neglect their customers. I came in and took a look around taking pictures of all their interesting stuff! One of the ladies around the sandwich making area asked me what I would like and showed me their system of sandwich making. So first you choose your bread! Bread choices     If you want oil and vinegar in the sandwich, mayo or mustard (they have some really cool options like pesto mayo), then you choose your cheese, veggies and meat. They have freshly sliced cheeses and it always changes depending on what they have on hand, she told me that the selection today was swiss/emmentaler, provolone, smoked provolone and dill havarti. Cold cuts   Ultimately I got a half whole wheat focaccia with oil and vinegar, spinach, tomatoes, onions, artichokes, banana peppers and sliced turkey. This was all pressed in a panini press and served hot! During the wait for the panini, with some sneaky eavesdropping I had heard a customer ask for the Italian meatball sandwich and how it was absolutely amazing! Unfortunately they were sold out of the meatballs and you’d have to come early if you wanted some. This m

Best in the city. Now, this is not just a sandwich place, but to be honest that's all that I look at. One of my favorite places for sandwiches in vancouver, i cant pass by commercial drive and NOT enter here. Yeah, my addiction/loyalty or whatever you want to call it is THAT bad. <br/ <br/ Love the paninis and foccacia are my tops on the list. You can choose everything on the menu so make sure you are not a nervous wreck when having to choose the type of cheese, meat, olives you want, lol. The only advise I have here is to keep a place in mind once you purchase your food there is no seating here, the sandwiches are made to go.