Club subs stacked on top of each other on a table. - Michelle McGlinn/Chowhound I grew up blocks away from an Italian deli with a lengthy menu of hot and cold sandwiches that, from a very young age, ...

Independent sub shops of the 1970s built loyalty through personal relationships and made-to-order craftsmanship that no chain loyalty app has replicated. Daily-baked bread and whole-loaf meat slicing ...