We bring food to some shut-ins when we visit our place in TV.
Last month they suggested Jersey Mikes so we brought home subs for 6, they, us, guests.
Mine was 2 for the price of one - my first and last.
Not just the worst excuse for a sub in my 65 years of Subs, Hoagies, Grinders, depending non region, but the worst excuse for anything I've ever eaten.
We collectively agreed.
Not because the group was spoiled and hailed from DC, Philadelphia, and Boston, but just plain lousy.Oversize white bread, they wouldn't toast it since there was tuna( duh, Subway toasts then adds the tuna and non-toastables)
high scores for indigestion (within minutes) lowest score for taste, looks, palatability, texture.
We'd have to be on a desert island to get one again.
I had to laugh to keep from crying.
We've had far better food from Subway except for the one in Sumter landing - hope that place got better.

OP there are a lot of experts here, pay attention. I luv this place.

Jersey Mike's isn't known for its tuna. And they have a few different varieties of bread. It sounds like you just made some poor choices and are upset about it. My first sub ever came from the first Subway ever, in the Bridgeport CT area where they were founded. I grew up on Subway subs. And I say - as someone who's been eating Subway subs since around 1968 (they were founded in 1965), they're not all that great. They're just convenient. Jersey Mike has fewer condiment options, but they have hot relish, which Subway lacks. Their pickles are also MUCH better, crisper and more flavorful rather than just a bite of limp, slightly crunchy vinegar.

Also, Subway doesn't have a grill at all. Jersey Mike's makes pretty decent steak and cheese subs. Subway's "hot" subs are all pre-cooked and simply convection-heated til the cheese melts and the edges of the bread turn brown.

Neither of them make "good" Italian subs. They make "edible" Italian subs.

Gio's for Italian Subs and also Roberto's. Excellent food!

Jersey Mikes has several bread choices. Sorry you picked one you didn't like...

Has anyone suggested Gio's on 301, right near 466?

If you think Gio’s is worth a try go to Roberto’s - it’s closer, the ingredients exactly the same. The 2 brothers use the same food suppliers. A decent sandwich, just not what you describe. Roberto’s food better, his daily specials worth a look.

I also have been looking.... nothing real around here.

AUTHENTIC? Means 100% Italian. That means that if it isn't made by an Italian in Italy, of all Italian products, at best, it is only a good approximation. Even as one travels throughout Italy, not just the sandwiches, but all food will vary.

Made from products at grocery store now. Butcher shops are pretty rare nowadays.

So, do lot of cooking at home?:ho:

Like at my age I going to drive 90 miles in horrific traffic just get sandwich/sub or

sandwiches are called by many names, including:
Sub: Short for "submarine sandwich"
Grinder: A New England term for a hot sub sandwich
Hoagie: An Italian-American term that originated in South Philadelphia
Wedge: A term that may have originated in Yonkers, New York
Blimpie: A brand name that became synonymous with sub sandwiches in Hoboken
Spuckie: A Boston term for an Italian sub sandwich
Hero: A term used to describe a sub sandwich
Torpedo: A term used to describe a sub sandwich
Italian: A term used to describe a sub sandwich

Anyone from the east side of Pittsburgh PA knows the still famous Triangle Bar and Grill in Swissvale, as they made/make fantastic Italian subs (not to mention Vincents Pizza for great pizza) !

Triangle Bar & Grill – Home Of The Battleship

Sorry. This is central Florida, not the Eastside of Pittsburgh. To get what you like "back home", you gotta go back home.
Too many people travel (not just to TV) and are incensed when things aren't "like back home". The food around the world is different. Accept it. Eat it! 😁😋😬🤢🤮🤬😊🙂

One would think - that SO MANY of us in The Villages come from "UP NORTH" - that there'd be a pretty significant interest in diverse food types, and state specialties. People who lived in Illinois and surrounding states would appreciate a Chicago Dog and deep dish pizza. There are thousands of people in the Villages who come from Illinois and surrounding states. People who grew up and lived in New England and New York (which is an honorary New England state, if not technically) would know and appreciate real maple syrup on pancakes, thin-crust wood-fired pizza with charred crust-bubbles, and hot wings actually called Buffalo Wings. There are thousands of people living in The Villages from New England, New York, and surrounding states that would have experienced these things and enjoyed them.

People from the New England/New York states and the west coast, California, Oregon, and Washington State, would ALL know and appreciate and pay for healthy wholesome foods made with fresh fruits and vegetables - not "fake meat analogues" with overprocessed sauces but instead, "genuine bean burgers" and falafels and rich hearty vegetable stews.

People from both coasts also love cultural diversity. There are only two taquerias within this 70-square-mile parcel of land. That's really sad. There is NO Indian restaurant at all. There is NO middle-eastern restaurant at all. MOST people in the Villages come from the combination of the west and east coast of the country. And MOST of them have experienced cultural diversity in their foods. You'd think the Villages would want to cater to that, and welcome that. But no. They prefer vanilla and white bread. They prefer the same conformity in food preferences as they do in landscape design.

Rather than embrace the differences that make us all so interesting, they'd prefer to homogenize us and make us all the same.