It's too early to say. We started the bracket back in 2020 with a nomination Google Sheet, and then the pandemic happened, and then I kept saying I'd throw a web app together for us to actually do a seeded bracket with; 5 years later, some of the restaurants have changed, so we're re-doing nominations, and we'll have bracket voting rounds starting probably in February. I owe it all to Sprites!

Nhu Lan's Banh Mi #1 and JPG's Muffaletta are the top 2 current noms, but I think the Tempesta B. Franklin is a sleeper, and the Phodega Viet Dip has a cheering section and I haven't tried it yet. The joy of doing an actual bracket is that it'll involve people doing field trips to have their first Mr. D's Pork Shish-Ka-Bob sandwich, or the Alpine Combo.

It's a 16 sandwich tournament and we're at like 26 nominations right now so it'll be interesting to see what happens.

I’m so happy I kept reading these comments and came across this gem. Sprites are cool and all but a sandwich tournament is next level.

Very credible nominations; clearly “this guy sandwiches.” Thanks!

I’d love to see a post of some kind when it’s all settled; you’re doing the lord’s work here.