The Bubba Mike Sandwich Is an Oversized Sandwich with 1/2 lb. of Pulled Pork and a Texas Sausage Link, topped with Cheese Sauce, Creamy Coleslaw, and Original BBQ Sauce. Find it at Sweet Fire Donna's. Photo by Jonathan Timmes and Styling by Moi Sandwich Saga in Northern Virginia Magazine It's a righteous reference.
It's been a while since we were there and I'd forgotten the details on this legendary sandwich. To refresh my memory I called proprietess Donna and she gave me the Dagwoodian details.
Originally, Donna wanted to name her sandwich spot Bubba Mike's, after her husband. He's a Mike, all right, but he wasn't comfortable being quite so publicly honored. They settled on Sweet Fire Donna's.
When creating the menu Donna had her heart set on something mammoth, gargantuan, a "big mouth" sandwich. The pulled pork, Texas sausage, cheese sauce, slaw and bbq sauce combo came to be. Perfect, she thought, but what to call her creation? Of course, she had just the name up her sleeve. The Bubba Mike!
"There's a guy," she told me, "who eats it three times a week." She paused. "For lunch."