From the South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Best Sub Shop

September 21 2005

LaSpada's Original Hoagies
4346 Seagrape Drive, Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, 954/776-7893; 2645 S. University Drive, Davie, 954/476-1099; and 7893 W. Sample Road, Coral Springs, 954/345-8833; www.laspadashoagies.com

LaSpada's doesn't so much make subs as manufacture them, assembly-line style, with a team of as many as four sandwichmakers whose movements are as choreographed as a Boom Boom Huck Jam stunt. It takes all that to keep up with the blitz of customers who line up at lunch and for tailgate-party orders at this unsurpassed sub shop chain. LaSpada's is renowned for the heft of its 8- and 12-inch subs, but size is only part of what makes them so sumptuous. The secret, if you can call it that, is in the freshness, from the Italian bread that is baked daily to the choice cold cuts that are sliced when you order and the cheeses and ripened vegetables, particularly the juicy, red tomatoes. No one does it like LaSpada's, and no one does it as well.