After more than a month of voting and over 800 responses, we have a victor in The Baltimore Banner’s war of Italian subs, which pitted 16 of the area’s favorite sandwich shops against one another in a series of matchups. I recommend stopping at each of the contenders yourself, who are ordered by rank at the bottom of this post. But there can only be one winner.

According to you: Di Pasquale’s makes the best Italian sub in town. Not exactly an upset victory. But I did pick up one tasty tidbit after stopping by the shop’s Brewers Hill location last week to break the news to owner Joe Di Pasquale. The company has a pizza shop and bakery in the works in Highlandtown, where it was a longtime neighborhood institution. Bring on the carbs.