Italian deli sandwiches around Baton Rouge that aren’t just muffalettas

Baton Rouge’s Italian groceries, delis and cafes have a well-established record of producing excellent muffalettas—that round, piled-high-and-pressed Italian sandwich born in New Orleans in the early 20th century. But why stop there? Local Italian delis serve all sorts of other Old World-inspired sandwiches loaded with cured and salty meats that are well worth working into your rotation.

Read on for a few to try, from a story that ran in the July 2020 edition of 225.