sandwich bar

Noun

sandwich bar (plural sandwich bars)

1. A restaurant or takeaway food shop that primarily sells sandwiches.
   • There is in this, as well as in the other rooms of the same description in the City, a sandwich-bar, so that refreshment, in the shape of tea and coffee, sandwiches, and wines and liquors, is often combined with business pursuits.1852, David Morier Evans, City men and city manners, page 136
   • The sandwich bar was the most extensively patronised in the City. The ham, tongue, and beef sandwiches were the best that could be obtained in London, and the stout and pale ale could not be rivalled.1871, D. Morier Evans, “Within and Without”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, page 738

   Synonyms:

   sandwichery, sandwich shop

2. A self-service area where sandwiches can be prepared.