Tony's Sub Shop

I have fond memories of this sub shop growing up...was back in town and staying nearby so had to try it again. Maybe it was an off day, but my sub was lackluster. The bread didn't have much flavor and there were not many meats/cheeses. Sad face!

My grandparents have always lived in Roxbury and since I was a child every week we'd get a Tony's regular sub with oil. I grew up eating these subs. In my opinion better than ems

I ordered a half Italian sub minus tomato. I liked this sub! The bread wasn't overly thick and wasn't stale, good mix of meat and toppings for me personally. Hubs thought the sub was a little skimpy on the meat, but he's a much bigger eater than I am.

I moved to Johnstown some 16 years ago and have heard about Tony's, from time to time, not really knowing where it was.Last week, after Tony's name came up a couple or few times recently, also mentioned as the best subs in Johnstown (probably self-promotion) I took to trying an 11 inch turkey sub.It was nothing "special" to me. Just average.

So it just dawned on me that I've never written a review for Tony's. Goodness, simply the VERY best in Johnstown.I'm very biased when it comes Tony's...I grew up living right down the street. When I long for home...I think of Tony's. Homemade 22" hard sub-rolls, delicious deli meats, homemade pepperoni rolls & square pizza with homemade sauce. Who could ask for more?!! Our favorites: -The super Regular sub with traditional coldcuts & provolone (it HAS to be provolone...not American cheese) with onions, Italian sweet & hot peppers flakes, extra pickles & oil-The super Italian sub made with hard salami, ham, provolone, Italian sweet & hot peppers and Italian dressing...nothing compares to this!!-The Regular Garbage Sandwich...this is simply a coldcut sandwich on an Italian roll. BUT it is the BEST coldcut sandwich on an Italian roll you will ever have in your life!!! Order it with provolone, onions, hot pepper flakes, oil & mayonnaise. Heaven.Yes...my love for Tony's is deep :)

Hubby used to love Clark's subs and I was always partial to Em's subs. You do know what a sub is don't you? http://www.tonyssubs.com/news.htmlClark's have changed hands within the family since the original owner retired, ugh, hubby no longer cares for Clark's subs. Subs are a Johnstown staple, a little like homemade pierogies, pigs ( stuffed cabbage) and Coney Island hot dogs are. Every town has their favorite local must haves, be it lobster rolls in NE or cheesesteaks in Philly. A sub, submarine sandwich is usually shared with several others, usually. It is one long loaf of bread and like the cheesesteak, the bread is very important. For a sub it should be crusty, fresh baked and worth it's own weight in flavor. Em's does still have the best bread for the sub. This bread is at least two feet long and can weigh up to two pounds or more once filled with your choices of ham, salami, different cheeses, lettuce, tomato, onions and possibly peppers. Then it is normally drizzled with just oil or oil and vinegar. A great sub will add herbs to this. I skip all of this because I am a lover of mayo and mustard on my burgers and sandwiches. Tony's bakes their own rolls and breads and thanks to yelp I now found them! They make the best sub we have had in years! I would love to hand them an Em's roll to start with, but we each got a super sub made the way we like it. A super sub has double meat, cheese and veggie toppings, but they layer it all twice! I ate mine for three days and hubby still ended up helping me. It was outstanding! He gets double ham and white american cheese with oil. I get ham, hard salami, swiss and longhorn cheese. We both get the onions but skip the peppers. The store is old and cram packed of really neat stuff. I am providing the links where you can read his story of how his father started the business way back when. http://www.tonyssubs.com/ They make two homemade soups per day and sold out quickly. They have a small deli and bakery section of local bakers. The 22" super sub was a double load deal at $12.99 each. They also sell hot subs, burgers and sandwiches. Tony's is my new go to for a great sub! Thank you Tony and thank you Yelp!

Sub was horrible. I loved "Tony's" subs all my life. This new ownership IS NOT that. Subs are awful. Hardly anything between the bun. The meat is so incredibly salty. Just awful. This business was well known for the best subs around for decades. Not sure why the new owners thought taking that away was a good business move. Won't be back.

Sub roll was dry. Only saw 3 thin slices of meat for $23. Never again. Used to be good.

I would give 6 stars if I could. Delicious turkey sub and sides of macaroni salad and pickle slaw. Very highly recommended.

I take it that Tony's is under new management & that is a great tragedy. My son thought to do me a great kindness for father's day & went 40+ miles each way to get me a 22" Italian sub. It was Tony's bread that really made his subs so great! This bun tasted like a large hotdog bun, ugh! They were most niggardly with contents & I had to add both meat and cheese to begun to bring it up t o Tony's [past] standard. I usually bought several on my 50+ mile trips to Johnstown, but never ever again. This was perhaps worst sub I ever ate & made even worse by expectation versus the reality. Definitely no longer recommended.