The story behind why some Italian delis serve sandwich relish.

Multiple delis in the San Fernando Valley serve subs with chopped onion, tomato and pickle instead of the more common sliced tomato and onion. Here's where it came from.
Jenn Harris • Los Angeles Times • March 14, 2020
In my survey for the best Italian subs in Los Angeles, I came across a handful of delis, all in the San Fernando Valley, where a chopped relish involving onions and tomatoes — and at some places pickles — supplants the more common thinly sliced...
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