What is another name for a Hot Beef Sandwich?

Question

I remember going through another state on vacation and seeing it advertised, now can't remember what they called it. We may have been in Montana??

Roast beef in between 2 pieces of white bread, with mashed potatoes on the side and gravy poured over it all.....I saw it called a name besides Hot Beef----does anyone know it?

Answer 1

French Dip.
Rare roast beef, French roll, au jus for the dipping.
That's what we call them in Boston.

Here is a sampling of roast beef sandwiches from Montana eateries:

Montana Style Philly Roast Beef (Sliced Thin) with Grilled Onions, Jalapeno's, Mushrooms, Peppers, Special Hot Sauce, Provolone & Cream Cheeses on a French Alpine Roll

Wild Mile Philly Roast Beef (Sliced Thin) with Grilled Green Peppers, Mushrooms, Onions, Provolone & Cream Cheeses on a French Alpine Roll

Hot Roast Beef (Sliced Thin) with Sauteed Mushrooms & Onions, Swiss Cheese & Horseradish Sauce on a French Alpine Roll

Hot Open Face Roast Beef Sandwich with Mashed Red Potatoes and Gravy

NEW Wild Mile Jamaican Style Roast Beef Philly With Grilled Green Peppers, Mushrooms, Onions, Jamaican Sweet & Spicy Sauce, Provolone & Cream Cheeses On a Fresh Baked French Alpine Roll

B-B-Q Beef Sandwich – Our own oven-roasted roast beef smothered with Montana West’s famous B-B-Q sauce. Served on a hard roll

Prime Rib Sandwich – 8 oz. of our famous slow-roasted prime rib. Served on a hoagie roll.

Ricky's Reuben - Roast beef, melted provolone cheese, coleslaw and Russian dressing served on grilled sourdough bread

Bon appetit!

Answer 2

One that is served open faced on bread with beef, mashed potatoes and gravy is called a "Manhattan". Beef in a roll you dip in Au jus (beef broth) is called a "french dip". Both are yummy :)

Answer 3

Open faced sandwich or hot roast beef sandwich.

Answer 4

Either a French dip or if you were in New York a Beef On Weck.

Answer 5

If it is chipped beef it's called S.O.S. In the army it's the abbreviation for **** on a shingle.
If it's sliced then hot beef sand. is correct.

Answer 6

In parts of NY they call them "Beef on a Wick". Other sandwich names: subs, torpedos, grinders, hoagies, etc.

Answer 7

In parts of the Midwest they have been called "commercials " or "beef commercials ".

Answer 8

steak sub, cheesesteak, roast beef sandwich, submarine sandwich, hoagie, grinder...

There are also open face roast beef sandwiches

Answer 9

Do you mean a sloppy joe or pulled pork sandwich?

Answer 10

in oklahoma we call them messy sloppy joes