Evelin Vargas remembers a time when she and her siblings would travel almost an hour from their hometown in Guatemala to treat themselves to what they considered to be a luxury, the shuko sandwich.

Now, the Vargas family has opened Olga’s, its second outpost on Long Island, in Riverhead, featuring their take on the traditional Guatemalan loaded sandwich. Listed as the "chévere" — meaning "cool" in Spanish — it includes steak, chorizo and chicken franks topped with guacamole, cabbage, ketchup, mayo, mustard and hot sauce ($13.09).

"We try to make it as traditionally as possible," Olga Vargas said, speaking in Spanish.

The Vargas’ first eatery, Olga’s Deli in East Quogue, opened in 2015, inspired by matriarch Olga Chucuy’s cooking. Vargas along with her family composed of siblings and sis

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