And the best sandwich in Fort Collins is ...
What is your favorite sandwich in Fort Collins?
We asked and you answered.
As part of our annual March Madness-inspired food bracket, the Coloradoan took on sandwiches this year, with voters flocking to our Instagram story last week to narrow down the initial field of 32 contenders to one lucky winner.
But first, the full list of contenders:
Avogadro's Number (veggie steak sub)
Babalu's Cuban Cafe (cubano)
B&B Pickle Barrel Deli (the Toonces)
Butterfly Cafe (turkey avocado sandwich)
Cheba Hut Toasted Subs (the White Widow)
Choice City Butcher & Deli (reuben)
City Park Gelato & Amore (Hot Chicago Italian beef sandwich)
The Colorado Room (Rhine sammy)
Daddy O's Jr. (Spicy Italian sandwich)
Deli Works (reuben)
Elevated Sandwiches (Cheese Steak)
Fat Shack (the Fat Shack sub)
Fiona's Delicatessen, Bakery & Catering (Fiona's Reuben)
Firehouse Subs (Hook & Ladder sub)
The Fox and the Crow (cubano)
Half Fast Subs (the Big Apple)
Jersey Mike's Subs (No. 4)
Jimmy John's (Jimmy cubano)
La Piadina Italian Flatbread Sandwichs (the Daniele flatbread sandwich)
Music City Hot Chicken (hot chicken sandwich)
Obee's (Italian sub)
Potbelly Sandwich Shop (Wreck sandwich)
Road 34 (Lil Nick Italian sandwich)
Scrumpy's Hard Cider Bar and Pub (the Normandy)
Silver Mine Subs (Cripple Creek sub)
Snack Attack Specialty Sandwiches (Chicken Up-In-Da Club)
Spoons (turkey avocado sandwich)
Subway (sweet onion chicken teriyaki)
Taste of Philly (original cheesesteak)
Tasty Harmony (French Philly)
Which Wich Superior Sandwiches (Grinder sandwich)
Yampa Sandwich Co. (the Ridgeline)
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And the winner is ...
Cheba Hut's White Widow sub!
Made up of grilled chicken breast, bacon, ranch, mushrooms and all the fixings, Cheba Hut's White Widow toasted sub is an all-time favorite on its menu, the sub chain's founder and owner Scott Jennings told the Coloradoan last month.
The sub made it through each round, ultimately facing Music City Hot Chicken in a true nail-biting championship round Friday.
After founding Cheba Hut in Tempe, Arizona, in 1998, Jennings moved to Fort Collins in 2003 — the same year he opened the city's first Cheba Hut location at 104 E. Laurel St. Since then, two other local locations have joined the fray, including a shop on Taft Hill Road and a spot on East Harmony Road.
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Cheba Hut now includes 52 locations in more than a dozen states. Its corporate headquarters has been located in Fort Collins since 2014.
"Fort Collins is home," Jennings told the Coloradoan last month.
How we got to the winner
With a field of 32 contenders, readers went to the Coloradoan's Instagram story to vote for their favorite sandwiches last week.
Voting started Monday, with a new round of voting taking place each day from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Here were the initial match-ups (with the winner bolded).
Avogadro's Number vs. Butterfly Cafe
Music City Hot Chicken vs. Taste of Philly
Deli Works vs. Fat Shack
Babalu's Cuban Cafe vs. Tasty Harmony
Cheba Hut Toasted Subs vs. Choice City Butcher & Deli
The Fox and the Crow vs. Firehouse Subs
La Piadina Italian Flatbread Sandwiches vs. Daddy O's Jr.
City Park Gelato & Amore vs. Jersey Mike's Subs
The Colorado Room vs. Silver Mine Subs
Elevated Sandwiches vs. Potbelly Sandwich Shop
Fiona's Delicatessen, Bakery & Catering vs. Jimmy John's
B&B Pickle Barrel Deli vs. Which Wich Superior Sandwiches
Half Fast Subs vs. Snack Attack Specialty Sandwiches
Obee's vs. Subway
Scrumpy's Hard Cider Bar and Pub vs. Spoons
Yampa Sandwich Co. vs. Road 34
The Sweet 16
B&B Pickle Barrel Deli vs. Butterfly Cafe
Yampa Sandwich Co. vs. The Colorado Room
City Park Gelato & Amore vs. Deli Works
Music City Hot Chicken vs. La Piadina Italian Flatbread Sandwiches
Obee's vs. Spoons
Fiona's Delicatessen vs. Elevated Sandwiches
Cheba Hut vs. Babalu's Cuban Cafe
The Fox and the Crow vs. Snack Attack Specialty Sandwiches
The Elite 8
B&B Pickle Barrel Deli vs. Yampa Sandwich Co.
Deli Works vs. Music City Hot Chicken
Fiona's Delicatessen vs. Obee's
Cheba Hut vs. The Fox and the Crow
The Final 4
B&B Pickle Barrel vs. Music City Hot Chicken
Fiona's Delicatessen vs. Cheba Hut
Congratulations to our finalists and winner!
This article originally appeared on Fort Collins Coloradoan: What's the best sandwich in Fort Collins? Results of March Madness vote
