Recently, Eater Boston came out with a list of Best Sandwiches Around Boston and Dorchester had two mentions – M&M BBQ and Ba Le Restaurant. See below!
M&M BBQ
M&M BBQ has been doing its thing since 1982. The Dorchester restaurant has taken on many forms over the past four decades — food truck, catering business, pop-up — but it found a permanent home inside Dorchester Brewing Company back in early 2020. Its ribs are certainly worth your coins, but the Geneva Ave. sandwich — shredded beef brisket topped with pickled onions, barbecue sauce, and smoked cheese sauce — is absolutely the play here. Grab a four-pack of Dorchester Brewing’s Neponset Gold to wash it all down while you’re there.
Ba Le Restaurant
Boston has a spectacular banh mi scene, but the best of the best can be found at Ba Le in Dorchester. Its barbecue beef banh mi may just be the best sandwich in the entire city. The bread, which is baked in-house, has a shatteringly crisp exterior and a pillowy interior, and it is packed with fresh vegetables and sweet, charred strips of beef. Plus, some optional fresh jalapeno if you like it spicy. The shop remodeled and expanded its interior during quarantine, with now even more Vietnamese pantry staples, delightful sweet and savory pastries, and other goodies on offer. Be sure to pick up a Vietnamese iced coffee while you’re there.
Maureen Dahill is the editor of Caught in Southie and a lifelong resident of South Boston sometimes mistaken for a yuppie. Co-host of Caught Up, storyteller, lover of red wine and binge watching TV series. Mrs. Peter G. Follow her @MaureenCaught.
Absolutely love this place. I wished there was a menu in English. Because I’m missing out on alot. Or a list of the items 🤔
You have come along way proud of you 💕😘