Attari Sandwich Shop

Los Angeles, United States

The anchor of Persian Westwood in Los Angeles, open since the early 2000s and a fixture for Iranian expatriates and their families. Attari serves the Tehran sandwich shop canon: tongue sandwiches, koobideh in bread, and sosis bandari cooked in spiced tomato sauce the way every Iranian remembers it from home. The shop sits inside Attari Plaza, the small Persian commercial complex on Westwood Boulevard that serves as an informal community center for the local Iranian community.

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Sausages served here

Sosis Bandari

Bandar Abbas, Iran

Sosis Bandari is not a sausage type. It is a dish: Iranian hot dog sausages cut into pieces or scored lengthwise, then cooked down in a spicy tomato sauce with onions, bell peppers, garlic, turmeric, curry powder, and fresh chili. The name means port sausage, from Bandar Abbas on the Persian Gulf coast. Street vendors and sandwich shops across Iran serve it stuffed into a baguette or noon barbari flatbread, sometimes loaded with fried potatoes. It is the country's most consumed fast food after kebab.

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