All’Antico Vinaio

All’Antico Vinaio is the downtown Boston outpost of the Florentine sandwich shop that has drawn crowds of Italians and tourists in Florence for decades. Sandwiches are built on freshly baked Tuscan schiacciata bread and filled with Italian cured meats, cheeses and creamy spreads. Favorites include La Favolosa with salame toscana, pecorino cream, artichoke cream and spicy eggplant, and La Paradiso with mortadella, stracciatella, pistachio cream and pistachio.

The Mazzanti family has run All’Antico Vinaio since 1991 and operates three locations in Florence, and Saveur magazine has called it home of the world’s best sandwiches. The Boston menu uses the same ingredients and bread, with options such as L’Inferno with porchetta and nduja, La Dante with capocollo and truffle cream, and a veggie sandwich with gorgonzola cream and spicy vegetables. American-themed builds, like The New Yorker with roast beef, round out the list.

What to Know

• Calorie counts are listed for each sandwich on the menu.
• Other meat-free options include La Caprese and La Broadway.
• The shop is listed with the Downtown Boston Alliance.