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Turner Ham House & Fulks Run Grocery Wins Best Country Ham Sandwich in Virginia!

Homemades by Suzanne, Padow's Hams & Deli, Darden's Country Store and Old Chickahominy House in top five

Do a Google image search for the word 'sandwich,' and a majority of the results will show some variation of a ham sandwich – perhaps the most quintessential sandwich of them all. While you can find a ham sandwich just about anywhere, there's one state that excels at them, Virginia. 

  • Gayle's Market
    Penn Laird

    Gayle's Market, a family-owned country store in Penn Laird, also operates a deli serving inexpensive and tasty country ham sandwiches to hungry shoppers.
    Photo courtesy of Gayle's Market / Facebook

  • Edwards Virginia Ham Shoppe
    Surry

    Edwards Virginia Ham Shoppe, with locations in Surry and Williamsburg, serves their country ham sandwich with lettuce, tomato and a house dressing.
    Photo courtesy of Edwards Virginia Ham Shoppe

  • The Apple House
    Linden

    A ham-centric option on the menu at The Apple House in Linden is The Virginian – grilled baked Virginia ham with a choice of cheese on wheatberry bread.
    Photo courtesy of The Apple House

  • Yoder's Country Market
    Madison

    In addition to a winning ham sandwich, Yoder's Country Market also serves wraps, paninis, a variety of sandwiches, hot soup, hand-dipped ice cream and smoothies.
    Photo courtesy of Yoder's Country Market

  • Layne's Country Store
    Glasgow

    Opened in 1954, Layne's Country Store sells souvenirs and a variety of food products, including country ham and hoop cheese sandwiches from their deli.
    Photo courtesy of Layne's Country Store

  • Old Chickahominy House
    Williamsburg

    Visitors to the Old Chickahominy House at lunchtime can enjoy a Virginia ham sandwich, served on hot biscuits. Make it a Becky's Luncheon with a side of fruit salad, homemade pie, coffee or tea.
    Photo courtesy of Old Chickahominy House

  • Darden's Country Store
    Smithfield

    Darden's has been smoking hams since the 1950s, and the thin slices of flavorful hickory and applewood-smoked ham are best eaten sandwiched inside a proper Southern biscuit or between slices of white bread with all the fixings.
    Photo courtesy of Darden's Country Store

  • Padow's Hams & Deli
    Richmond

    Padow's Hams & Deli makes mouth-watering hickory smoked hams, served in sandwich from at the deli with a choice of bread, cheese, toppings and condiments. Padow's also serves ham biscuits for a distinctly Southern treat.
    Photo courtesy of Padows Hams & Deli / Facebook

  • Homemades by Suzanne
    Ashland

    The country ham sandwich at Homemades by Suzanne is served on a house-made yeast roll, freshly baked each morning. The meat is thinly sliced for optimal flavor, and ham purists eat it with just ham and bread to let the natural flavors of the cured meat shine through.
    Photo courtesy of Homemades by Suzanne

  • Turner Ham House & Fulks Run Grocery
    Fulks Run

    While Turner Ham House inside Fulks Run Grocery offers a cooked ham sandwich year round, their signature fried ham sandwich is only available on Fridays.
    Photo courtesy of Fulks Run Grocery

When you bite into a ham sammy in Virginia, you're probably eating country ham, a variety of cured ham popular throughout the south. Virginia's hams became popular during the 1700s when colonists began shipping them back to England, making them one of the first exports from the New World.

10Best and Sandwich America set out to find the best country ham sandwich in the state, and to do so, 10Best editors joined forces with a local Virginia food writer and The Food Channel to nominate 20 worthy restaurants across the state. We asked our readers to vote for their favorites from the list, and the results are in.

The top 10 winners in the category Best Country Ham Sandwich in Virginia are as follows:

  1. Turner Ham House & Fulks Run Grocery - Fulks Run
  2. Homemades by Suzanne - Ashland
  3. Padow's Hams & Deli - Richmond
  4. Darden's Country Store - Smithfield
  5. Old Chickahominy House - Williamsburg
  6. Layne's Country Store - Glasgow
  7. Yoder's Country Market - Madison
  8. The Apple House - Linden
  9. Edwards Virginia Ham Shoppe - Surry
  10. Gayle's Market - Penn Laird

Congratulations to all our winning ham sandwich shops!

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Kay Logsdon

Kay Logsdon

Kay serves as Editor in Chief of The Food Channel, developing food-related stories, videos, recipes and more for the website and its distribution network. She speaks and consults on food trends, working with some of the biggest food brands in America. Her favorite thing to do is work with chefs across the country as they do menu development, since she gets to taste and critique the dishes.

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Editor of Edible Blue Ridge magazine, Natalie has long had a passion for writing about beautiful, delicious foods. But it was a chance encounter with an Albemarle Pippin–an apple that has thrived in this area from the early 18th century, including in the orchards of native son Thomas Jefferson–that solidified her enthusiasm for the rich food culture of central Virginia. Between crisp, sweet-tart bites, she has written for magazines including Gourmet, Real Simple, Saveur, and USA Weekend, and has penned the Outdoor Entertaining Idea Book (Taunton; January 2009). As a mother, Natalie is intensely interested in understanding the journey of our food from farm to fork. And as a writer, she feels it’s only natural to marry her editorial expertise with the bountiful cornucopia that is Virginia’s Blue Ridge.

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After winning the World Sandwich Championships, Jennifer took her love of America’s first and still favorite “hand held device” better known as the sandwich, and founded Sandwich America, America’s comprehensive sandwich driven meal occasion platform. Jennifer believes that “a sandwich is the only food genre that is good for breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert, or a snack.” Jennifer has won numerous cooking competitions and is a restaurateur, wine sommelier, award winning food photographer, TV food personality with NBC Affiliate WFLA in Tampa and appeared on FYI’s original series World Food Championships. She looks forward to embarking on The Great American Sandwich Trail this summer. Socialize with Sandwich America on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.