Green Peas is a new restaurant on Sepulveda set up at the same spot Vinoteque used to be.  It's a casual place with a menu full of sandwiches, wraps, quesadillas, pizzas, salads and soups. Patrons order and pay at the counter, take a number, and then go find their table.

On my first visit, I was craving a well-made sandwich.  I ordered the prosciutto sandwich, which like all their sandwiches and wraps, come with a choice of soup or salad. The guy behind the counter suggested the zucchini soup, which I agreed to.

What's nice about Green Peas is that they give patrons their choice of breads which range from sweet pretzel breads to crusty baguettes.  I chose the baguette for my sandwich.

A decently sized sandwich came, cut in half, with a side of soup. The soup was piping hot, which I have to give them points for. I hate it when places serve luke-warm soup. Despite it being vegan, it was creamy, rich, and full of zucchini flavor.

When I get a hot meatball sub craving, I immediately think of Victor Jr's.  Their website makes it seem like their specialty is pizza, but don't be fooled.  Sandwiches are what they excel at.  Once, I strayed from the sandwich path and tried a slice of their pizza . While it was good, it just didn't satisfy me like their sandwiches did.  You can't go wrong with picking any of their hot sandwiches.

I usually waver between the meatball sub and the sausage sub, but this time, I went with the meatball sub.  The rolls are perfectly toasted to be crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside vessels for moist meatballs covered in a tangy marinara sauce.  But that's not all -- the meatballs are then topped with gooey, melted cheese. Diet food this is not. Half a sandwich is enough to throw me into a food coma, so I usually wrap the remaining half to save for later.