A Sub Above, LLC., doing business as Jersey Mike's Subs, is an American
submarine sandwich
A submarine sandwich, commonly known as a sub, hoagie (Philadelphia metropolitan area and Western Pennsylvania English), hero (New York City English), Italian ( Maine English), grinder (New England English), wedge (Westchester, NY), or a spuckie ...
chain headquartered in
Manasquan, New Jersey
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. The Jersey Mike's
franchise
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has about 2000 locations. Outside of the United States, there are two locations in
Ontario, Canada
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; (
London
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Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
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.
History
In 1968 at age 14, Peter Cancro of
Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey
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CEO
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of the company.
Cancro began franchising the restaurant in 1987. By 2014, it had 750 locations, with an additional 650 in some stage of development. In 2015, 197 new locations opened and the total number of Jersey Mike's locations exceeded 1,000. Jersey Mike's locations are gaining a larger presence on the
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, particularly
Southern California
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. The original Jersey Mike's location on Trenton Avenue is still used as a training center for the company.
Products
Like the original 1956 Mike's store, each Jersey Mike's Subs restaurant serves submarine sandwiches, which were made to order with slicing the meats and cheeses as needed. Each sandwich sub consisted of sliced onions, shredded lettuce, tomatoes, oregano, salt (spices) and a mixture of
red wine vinegar
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and
olive oil
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. There is also a signature
cherry pepper
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relish.
Some Jersey Mike's locations also serve various breakfast sandwiches during the morning hours, including sandwiches made with
pork roll
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It was developed in 1856 by John Taylor of Trenton, and sold as "Taylor's Prepared Ham" until 1906.
Though since then food labeling regulations require Tay ...
, a New Jersey product.
See also
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List of submarine sandwich restaurants
This is a list of notable submarine sandwich restaurants. A submarine sandwich, also known as a sub, wedge, hoagie, gyro, grinder, baguette, or one of many regional naming variations, is a sandwich that consists of a long roll of Italian or French ...