Jersey Mike's Subs ~ national chain : Colorado Springs, Colorado

Latest visit: Jul 2023 (Colorado Springs - Interquest)

First visit: 1988 (Dallas - long closed)

---2/2/23 notes

Time for the annual update. Went to the drive thru. Figured out if I pay with cash, they don't ask for an unearned tip. Had the 8" Italian this time with Mike's Way, no tomato, with spicy mustard as an addition. Everything was perfect. Also ordered a mini Turkey and Provolone for Mrs. RJG, and she wanted it dry but with everything else. She proclaimed it was great as well. Jersey Mike's sees us about 4 to 6 times a year, and usually at this location. We have a long history with the chain, as noted below, so continue to expect annual updates.

As of this update, Jersey Mike's operates 2,431 stores globally (up 312 from last year, almost all in the USA) with 267 on the way. There are 9 in the Colorado Springs area (+1). There are 11 restaurants in our former NE Tarrant area. And that original review location of Las Colinas is hanging in there! To think they were "new" to the DFW area in 2003. In an era where restaurant chains are closing stores all over the place, these statistics are very impressive.

---1/14/22 notes

Our local location passes again with flying colors. We usually use the drive-thru, which is a rare sighting for the chain. And which came in very handy during the pandemic! We have been inside before - spacious comfortable place. Jersey Mike's is another chain who actively solicits for unearned tips, so the drive-thru takes that pressure off too, though they still ask for one on the credit card machine. I think it's entirely unfair that you have real servers out there to take your order at the table, bring you food, make sure you have drinks, etc... and these fast food places want the same tip money for doing nothing but running the cash register. I have no problem with a tip jar to dump extra change, but this is ridiculous. Oh well, a small gripe. On this visit, I had the Super Sub, which is about 2 meats shy of the Italian stuffer that I used to get. Mike's Way of course, with spicy mustard and no tomato. Took it home, unwrap, and devour. Perfect.

---1/2014 notes

Jersey Mike's continues to be the RJG's #1 go-to place for submarine sandwiches. Inexplicably they opened another location only a couple of miles east, also in Southlake and on Southlake boulevard! They could have opened in Keller, NRH, or Grapevine! It seems they are eating their young this way. Oh well, I hope they know what they're doing. I'm sticking with the location listed at the bottom, as that one was is still closer to Casa RJG. (2/2/23 update: To note, they did finally open in Keller while we were still there, just didn't get any notes down about it).

---1/2013 notes

Jersey Mike's no longer offer Tasty Kake's. Apparently the owner of Tasty Kake's will only deliver to large concerns (like grocery stores) rather than individual restaurants. That's a bummer! But the good news is you can now get them at Kroger, so it definitely takes away the need to have them at Jersey Mike's.

---3/2010 notes

I wanted to call out what I said here from the original post, as it was definitely prophetic: "As I said in the C and A Italian Family Deli post, finding a good sandwich in NE Tarrant is pretty tough, so if I was RegularJoeFranchise, I'd give serious thought to opening one in Southlake, Keller, Colleyville or North Richland Hills." And indeed it came to pass that Jersey Mike's opened in Southlake not long after.

---original 5/28/08 review (Las Colinas, Texas)

Jersey Mike's specializes in old fashioned sandwiches, where they slice the meat right in front of you, similar to the delicatessens of yore. They then go on to assemble the sandwich with "Mike's Way", and chips/drink/pay/done. C'ya! The bread is homemade locally and, depending on that location, can be truly sublime. The meats are all top notch, and the fixings are very fresh. No old lettuce here! In the past, I've tried a couple of their hot items, but really I go to Jersey Mike's for cold sub sandwiches, and generally of the Italian variety. I could eat here every week. And sometimes I do. It's perfect for to-go orders, and I can get back home for a quick conference call while stuffing my face. From my perspective, I think it would be hard to beat Jersey Mike's for subs, even for a small family run operation.

The RJG first ran into the name Jersey Mike's from an obscure lonely Dallas location not far from where I grew up in Northwest Dallas, in the Tom Thumb shopping center on Forest Lane near Marsh. It was a favorite place to have lunch with Dad. In those days lunch with Dad meant we had a choice of going to a sub sandwich place - or - going to a sub sandwich place. "I have an idea, Dad - let's go to sub place!", "OK - either Great Outdoors or Jersey Mike's" he'd generously offer as my two choices. And so we did just that on a regular basis. I'm pretty sure it was in the 1988-1989 timeframe, as the RJG was just getting his career started. They closed not long after they opened and I never heard the name again for many years. In fact, I thought they were a little independent at the time. I didn't hear Jersey Mike's again until we moved back in 2003 and they had opened their "first ever DFW location" on Greenville Avenue. Apparently the Dallas Warning News also forgot about the NW Dallas location. Am I the only one who remembers it? Maybe it was all a dream - seems to be the thing to do in Dallas (esoteric TV reference).

1988; 6/16/05; 8/21/06; 5/28/08 (new entry); 3/4/10; 1/17/12; 4/26/13; 1//14; 7/23/15; 4/30/18; 1/30/21; 1/14/22; 2/2/23

Dallas, Texas; Las Colinas, Texas; Greenwood Village, Colorado; Morrisville, North Carolina; Southlake, Texas (2); Keller, Texas; Colorado Springs, Colorado