Editing Submarine sandwich (section)

==History==
This sandwich type originated in several different [[Italian-Americans|Italian-American]] [[Little Italy|communities]] in the [[northeastern United States]] from the late 19th to mid-20th centuries.<ref name="stradley">{{cite web|last=Stradley|first=Linda|title=History of Hoagies, Submarine Sandwiches, Po' Boys Sandwiches, Dagwood Sandwiches, & Italian Sandwiches|url=http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/HoagieSubmarinePoBoy.htm |publisher=Whatscookingamerica.net |access-date=March 11, 2012}}</ref> The popularity of the [[Italian-American cuisine|Italian-American]] sandwich grew from its origins in [[Connecticut]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[Delaware]], [[Maryland]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[New Jersey]], [[Massachusetts]], and [[Rhode Island]] to other parts of the United States. This was often due to local pizzerias beginning to add the sub to their menus.

{{blockquote|text=Pizzerias may have been among the first Italian-American eateries, but even at the turn of the [20th] century distinctions were clear-cut as to what constituted a true ristorante. To be merely a pizza-maker was to be at the bottom of the culinary and social scale; so many pizzeria owners began offering other dishes, including the hero sandwich (also, depending on the region of the United States, called a 'wedge,' a 'hoagie,' a 'sub,' or a 'grinder') made on an Italian loaf of bread with lots of [[salami]], cheese, and peppers.| sign=John Mariani |source=''America Eats Out'', p. 66}}

As time went on and its popularity grew, small restaurants, called hoagie shops or sub shops, which specialized in offering the sandwich, began to open all over the United States.<ref name=Wilton>{{cite journal |last=Wilton |first=Dave |url=http://www.verbatimmag.com/28_3.pdf |title=A Hoagie by Any Other Name |journal=Verbatim |volume=XXVII |issue=3 |date=Autumn 2003 |access-date=November 21, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mtImAAAAIBAJ&pg=854,1295725&dq=submarine-sandwich&hl=en |title=Ogden Finds a New Gastronomic Love in a Submarine Sandwich |newspaper=Wilmington Sunday Morning Star |date=September 7, 1941}}</ref><ref name=PopikSub>{{cite web |last=Popik |first=Barry |author-link=Barry Popik |date= April 5, 2008 |title=The Big Apple: Submarine Sandwich |quote=Delaware has the strongest claim to the 'submarine sandwich,' with that term appearing in a Wilmington telephone directory in January 1940. |url=http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/submarine_sandwich_sub_sandwich/|access-date=August 22, 2013}}</ref> 
There are now many [[List of submarine sandwich restaurants#Submarine sandwich restaurants|chain restaurants that specialize in subs]] across the USA.
The sandwich is also often available at [[supermarket]]s, local [[Delicatessen|delis]], and [[convenience store]]s. They include [[Wawa (company)|Wawa]], which annually runs a sub promotional event during the summer called Hoagiefest,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.phillyvoice.com/wawa-hoagiefest-summer-2017/|title=This is when Wawa Hoagiefest 2017 will begin|last=Cummings|first=Sinead|date=15 June 2017|website=www.phillyvoice.com|access-date=2019-03-21}}</ref> and [[Publix]], whose sandwiches are often referred to as "pub subs".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Waterfield |first1=Sophia |title="Pub subs" on sale this week: How to get discounted Publix sandwiches for $5.99 |url=https://www.newsweek.com/pub-subs-sale-this-week-discounted-publix-sandwiches-1487613 |access-date=8 October 2020 |work=Newsweek |date=17 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author-first1=Kimberly|author-last1=Holland|title=Southerners Know the Secret Behind the Publix Sub |url=https://www.southernliving.com/dish/sandwich/customizable-publix-sub-order |access-date=8 October 2020 |magazine=[[Southern Living]]|publisher=[[Dotdash Meredith]]|location=[[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]]|date=11 January 2018 |language=EN}}</ref>