Boogy & Peel’s focaccia sandwich is stacked with Italian meats, onions, and peppers. Photograph courtesy of restaurant. Focaccia–daintily dimpled and gleaming with olive oil—is seemingly everywhere these days. As these chefs prove, the Italian flatbread makes for a stellar sandwich. Here’s where to get your fix. Ama location_on 885 New Jersey Ave., SE. language Website Chef Johanna Hellrigl deep-dives on focaccia at her neighborhoody Italian restaurant in Navy Yard, offering two renditions favored by her Ligurian mother: focaccia di formaggio­—supple sheets of thin dough sandwiching melty crescenza cheese—and prettily pitted, inch-thick focaccia Genovese, which can come topped with tangles of onions or San Marzano tomatoes and cheese.   Fossette Focacceria location_on 1250 Ninth St., NW. language Website Photograph courtesy of Fossette Focacceria. Tucked next door to his All-Purpose pizzeria in Shaw, chef Mike Friedman’s molto bello Italian sandwich shop serves its breakfast and lunch options on focaccia. Try the Bottega, with scrambled eggs, bacon, and melted fontina cheese, or the Testaccio, which features creamy horseradish sauce ladled over braised short rib.   Boogy & Peel location_on 1 Dupont Cir., NW. language Website In keeping with the quirky maximalist vibes of the pies at this Dupont pizzeria, chef Rachael Jennings offers a couple of over-the-top sandos. For the @kschifanorealtor (a riff on her pizza of the same name), she toasts Duke’s mayo–slathered rectangles of focaccia to bookend deli meats like prosciutto, calabrese salami, and mortadella.   Red Hound Pizza location_on 7050 Carroll Ave., Takoma Park. language Website Photograph courtesy of Red Hound Pizza. Using flours crafted with locally grown and milled wheats, chef Charbel Abrache creates flavorful focaccia for his seasonal sandwiches. Fillings rotate but have included salami-seasoned celeriac with black-olive gremolata; mortadella slathered in salsa verde; and roasted shiitakes with chèvre.   Nido location_on  3155 Mount Pleasant St., NW. language Website Photograph courtesy of Nido. This artfully curated Mount Pleasant wine and gourmet shop offers a thoughtful selection of sandwiches. Springy, well-oiled focaccia serves as the base for an Italian sandwich—packed with folds of mortadella, spiced salami, and shaved pecorino—and a Spanish BLT, which features crispy Serrano ham and a giant cross-section of tomato.   Sonny’s Pizza location_on 3120 Georgia Ave., NW. language Website Sonny’s creation features soppressata, ham, and pickled onions. Photograph courtesy of restaurant. Gleaming golden squares of focaccia freckled with sesame seeds are the foundation for hefty, satisfying sandwiches at this Park View pizza shop. The Long Shot is laden with ham, soppressata, provolone, and Calabrian chili butter, while the Deuce Court holds roasted red peppers, mozzarella, and arugula. This article appears in the January 2025 issue of Washingtonian.The post Focaccia Is Everywhere Right Now—Here Are 6 Sandwiches to Try first appeared on Washingtonian.