smoked turkey to spaghetti and thinly-sliced chicken to spinach salad. One of our favorite deli meats is high quality pastrami—there are few sandwiches more delicious (or iconic) than a Reuben.

The iconic combo of hot chicken and pickles is more than just tradition, and there's distinct reasoning behind why the two work so well together.

"We don't slice the roast beef," a worker told me as she prepared my #17 sandwich, Garlic Roast Beef. Then, she pointed to the sign on the deli window that notes the store only slices "turkey ...