Jimmy John's vs. Jersey Mike's..... Which is better?

[Pete from Boston]

"Sweet Tea" is brown colored sugar water.  I can't taste any tea in it whatsoever.

It's really hard to screw up a sub sandwich to the point where it sucks.  As long as I like the actual ingredients in the sandwich and it hasn't been sitting in a refrigerator for an undetermined amount of time, it'll be fine.

I will say that I am so completely bored with Subway.  There are way, way too many of those in this country.

Subway's wheat bread tastes like it's loaded with sugar.

[cjk374]

I made a separate discussion about tea & Coke here: https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=15316.0

[Halian]

Definitely Jersey Mike's by a country mile.

[dfwmapper]

Subway's wheat bread tastes like it's loaded with sugar.

Almost all American wheat bread is loaded with sugar.

[Pete from Boston]

Subway's wheat bread tastes like it's loaded with sugar.

Almost all American wheat bread is loaded with sugar.

I tend to go for much less sweet-tasting bread than Subway's.  It's like they're saying, "We know being healthy's a chore, so now our wheat bread is cake!"

I don't know if it's that lousy bread (I think it is), but Subways actually smell bad to me.  I was walking in Manhattan one Sunday morning recently and smelled that smell, and sure enough, someone was coming out of a Subway behind me.

[triplemultiplex]

I don't know if it's that lousy bread (I think it is), but Subways actually smell bad to me.  I was walking in Manhattan one Sunday morning recently and smelled that smell, and sure enough, someone was coming out of a Subway behind me.

I know what you mean and I think it's their shitty bacon that smells like that.

[RG407]

Publix

[ajlynch91]

I'll give the Chicago answer and say neither are better than Mr. Submarine! Between the two, I'll take Jimmy Johns, their grainy-wheat bread is 10x better than their usual white, "French" bread.

[texaskdog]

Jersey Mikes Parmesan Chicken is better than the JJ Billy Club, though I really like both.  Of course, I really like Subway too so what do I know?

[Halian]

Publix

I love you.

[formulanone]

Publix

Unfortunately, not an option in 45 other states.

If they were smart about it, they could push the Pix concept into more of a Wawa/Sheetz, in those coinciding areas for which the aforementioned do not have much coverage.

[Brandon]

I'll give the Chicago answer and say neither are better than Mr. Submarine! Between the two, I'll take Jimmy Johns, their grainy-wheat bread is 10x better than their usual white, "French" bread.

I raise you Potbelly's. 

[TheHighwayMan3561]

I discovered Jersey Mike's on a layover at Hartsfield-Jackson in January and instantly fell hard for them. I don't eat a lot of subs but they blew pretty much everything away that I'd previously tried.

Another regional chain I like in the Midwest is Erbert and Gerbert's. Goofy sandwich caricatures aside they make pretty good subs, and soups too.

[GCrites]

I don't know if it's that lousy bread (I think it is), but Subways actually smell bad to me.  I was walking in Manhattan one Sunday morning recently and smelled that smell, and sure enough, someone was coming out of a Subway behind me.

I know what you mean and I think it's their shitty bacon that smells like that.

I actually think it might be their white American cheese.

[tribar]

They're both gross.

[on_wisconsin]

Potbelly's, any of there hot subs, especially Meatball, are excellent. But don't expect anything resembling customer service from the employees.

[GCrites]

^Yeah, it's one of those places with all the yelling.

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Jersey Mike's