[Shipping up to Boston]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

Answering the question asked:

I grew up with Subway, since it was founded in Connecticut in 1965, and that's where I'm from. I'd never eaten at a Jersey Mike's and wasn't aware that they even existed until I came down here to The Villages. I personally prefer Jersey Mike's, now that I've had it. Plus Subway doesn't make -grilled- steak and cheese. I also like JM's bread, it's more like normal Italian bread than the squishy soft fluffy stuff from Subway.

Other comments that don't answer the question asked but are germain to the rest of the discussion:

Jersey Mike's didn't buy Subway. Roarke bought Subway. Jersey Mike's is still privately owned by the family that founded it.

Publix cold subs are better than both Jersey Mikes and Subway. Jersey Mike's steak and cheese are better than both Subway and Publix. Publix BREAD is better than both, no matter what you put in it. I like buying just a single sub roll from them and making a garlic loaf with it. None of the above come even close to the Italian bread from back home in Connecticut, none of them make as good Italian subs, hot or cold, as the ones I used to get when I lived in Boston. And none of them make a steak and cheese as good as D'Angelo's, which only has shops in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. But the best steak and cheese sub I've ever had was made by the guy who worked at the little convenience shop downstairs from my apartment, when I lived in Brighton, MA.

I could run a whole thread on Italian delis back home. I will say since you have expanded beyond Subway and Jersey Mike’s....Publix does use premium Boars Head meats/cheeses. That alone is a reason for me to choose them over the others....in this region, of course