I tried club sandwiches from Subway, Jimmy John’s and Jersey Mike’s and there is one I wouldn’t order again

• I tried classic club sandwich at Subway, Jimmy John’s and Jersey Mike’s to find the best one.

• Jimmy John’s and Jersey Mike’s impressed me with their bread and meat respectively.

• My Subway sandwich was a bit of a disappointment for me, mainly because I felt the portions were small.

I love sandwichesand if I had to choose just one to eat for the rest of my life, I would choose the club.

In my book, a club sandwich consists of bread, mayo, turkey, lettuce, tomato and sometimes bacon. However, it can also be made with other meat, such as ham or chicken.

I set out to try classic subs from SubwayJersey Mike’s, and Jimmy John’s to see which one popular chain serves the best.

Here you can see how they stood together.

Jersey Mike is piled on the meat.

The turkey and ham was piled high on the club undercarriage — the pile was easily an inch thick, and that didn’t even include the bacon strips. The meat was shaved thin and tasted fresh.

The tomato slices were a good size and the mayo wasn’t slathered on too heavily.

Unfortunately, the wheat bread didn’t seem particularly fresh or soft to me. I also wasn’t thrilled with how easily the finely chopped lettuce fell out of the sandwich.

Despite these minor flaws, I would 100% order Jersey Mike’s club again.

Next on my list was Jimmy John’s.

Like Jersey Mike’s, Jimmy John’s has more than 2,000 locations, but its roots are in the Midwest. The first store opened in Illinois in the 1980s.

Jimmy John’s country club offers turkey, ham, provolone, lettuce, tomato and mayo. My 8-inch sandwich cost $11.97.

I thought Jimmy John’s club had the best bread.

Jimmy John’s French breadwhich is default unless you change it is sublime. Maybe it was made shortly before I placed my order, but it seemed unusually fresh for a fast food joint.

I could have enjoyed it with a pat of butter instead of toppings, but I was happy with all the other ingredients.

Although it didn’t have bacon, the meat and cheese were cut thicker than Jersey Mike’s and the cheese was more flavorful.

I also appreciated fresh vegetables. The lettuce was chopped, but not really chopped, so it didn’t slide off the sandwich so easily.

My country club had a little too much mayo, so if I ordered it again I would definitely specify the amount. Other than that, the sandwich was pretty much perfect.

I finished my sandwich mission at Subway.

Unlike the other two chains, which only operate from the US and Canada, Subway is a global sandwich behemoth with tens of thousands of locations.

I’m an unabashed fan and take comfort in knowing that wherever I travel, there’s bound to be some familiar food nearby.

That said, I don’t usually order its oven-roasted turkey and ham sandwich, which is the closest it has to a club. You choose your toppings at Subway, so I added mayo, provolone cheese, lettuce and tomato.

Subway’s standard sub was the smallest of the three at 6 inches, but it was also cheaper. I paid $8.68.

For me, Subway’s take on the classic sub was a mild disappointment.

I wish I had added a lot more toppings because this was the most diminutive sandwich of the trio by far.

There wasn’t much meat, just two pieces of cheese, and the veggie portions were modest. In my opinion, the meat was also a bit less flavorful than the others.

Adding bacon would have helped, but it wasn’t on the basic sandwich and would have cost extra. I think I’d rather stick to one of my usual ones Subway orders yet.

All three chains had their own take on a club, but some were better than others.

While none of the sandwiches ticked all my boxes, the ones from Jimmy John’s and Jersey Mike’s came pretty close.

Both chains offered substantial meat-filled subs that were especially flavorful at Jersey Mike’s. Plus, Jimmy John’s had the best bread.

The club I made at Subway fell flat in comparison. It was smaller, had less toppings and didn’t pack much flavor, so I probably wouldn’t order it again. I will still return to the chain for other subs though.

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