Angie's Subs At Jax Beach — Restaurant in Jacksonville Beach

Angie's is the heartbeat of Jax Beach, which I'd argue is a prime example of the beauty of small town America. Okay I hear you, Jacksonville probably doesn't qualify as small town America haha, but I'd argue Jax Beach does. It has such a unique charm and character. Residents and former residents have such a pride and reverence to be from here that it is infectious. It makes you want to go. It's a community that lifts each other up.

If you start talking about food with a Jax beach native, the first place they will talk about is Angie's. You'll hear something along the lines of “Best subs on the planet” … "I've been going for 20+ years" ... "You NEED to get the Sweet Tea" ... "I worked there in high school!!" ... "You HAVE to get the tater tots," ... "Make SURE you put Peruvian sauce on your sub" ... and the list goes on.

As we were walking up to the strip mall style building that Angie fully occupies, I couldn't help but smile at a sign in the window that reads "Closed up on Sundays, giving our employees time fer Faith, Family, and Friends."

After walking in, I scanned the menu and became a little nervous as Matt James has his own sub on there. Like damn, have they gone all Hollywood on us? I thought he was a dope Bachelor, but him as this food influencer... Idk I just don't really buy it. What is Matt James finna tell me about food? He kinda gives me the ick with his social media presence...but honestly I'm probably just jealous ahahaha I would be doing the exact same thing if I was him. What a dope life.

I obviously couldn't order the Matt James sandwich out of pure envy, although it does look kinda good if you take the mushrooms off tbh........... I stood on business and ordered the Peruvian, as it is their magnum opus. Their pièce de résistance. Their Mona Lisa.

My hopes were emphatically restored from the whole Matt James debacle when they gave us huge styrofoam cups for our drinks... I HADN'T SEEN A STYROFOAM CUP IN YEARS! Nothing hits like drinking a coke out of a styrofoam cup I swear.

We went and sat down at one of the high top chairs and......... for full transparency I've spent the past 20 minutes typing and deleting how to describe the interior of this place. In the best way possible, it reminds me of a movie set. It gives me Central Perk levels of coziness.

I'm a big softy, but I get emotional when I think about places like this. It reminds me so much of my childhood in Manhattan Beach before it went all Hollywood. It's an institution that serves, and is an integral part of the community. They support local small businesses with ad space all over the tables. They have framed "Customer of the Month" pictures dating back to the early 2000s. They employ high school kids from the local high school and have a TV solely dedicated to a livestream of the Jax Beach pier.

Angie's acts as almost a gathering place, a town hall if you will. As we were waiting for our subs, a group of 6 or so kids long done with their food sat to our right, proudly repping their respective college shirts and sweatshirts presumably back for Christmas break, trading stories and catching up. To our left, two gentlemen north of 60 were posted, splitting tater tots and laughing up a storm as they also awaited their subs. I'm not an eavesdropper but sometimes I like to eavesdrop hehehehee.

My name was called, and a young employee handed us our subs with a big smile. Oooooooo don't get me started on this Peruvian sandwich. I'm drooling just thinking about ripping into it and getting a mouthful of fresh baked bread fused with a gang of Italian meats all brought together by a ho-made oil and vinegar mix.......... A top 3 sandwich I've ever had.

In my week here I dragged my girlfriend twice, as it was my last meal in Jax before I left for the airport. I even bought their bottled Peruvian hot sauce and it got demolished in less than a week ahahahaha.

Convenience culture has killed many of these small town community places. But as long as Angie's is around, there is still a pulse.

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I had written a bit of a scolding review of Angie's Sub a couple year back. I wish to apologize!

Angie's Subs is a Jax Beach institution!! It started out ananLil Champ convenience store,and Angie moved into it not long after the Lil Champ went defunt. So Angie's has been around a good four decades! Obviously,they're doing something right,as the restaurant businessmisna tough game.

Angie's menu offers great food for moderate prices,and their sandwiches are giant! They don't skimp on ingredients the pop it in an over to make the out side bun crispy and that has worked well for them! Agood many locals had their first Job at Angie's Both my Daughters worked there! The shop owner,Ed is a straight forward guy and obviously treats his employees well. And did I mention their Sweet Tea?? Delicious on a hot summer day!

I hope Angies stays around for a few more decades! But it's getting sketchy with every square foot of the Beaches having something crammed on to it,450 new apartment slated for where Adventure Landing....great....another 8000 cars stuffed onto Beach Blvd,and of course the Gentrifying and Condofication continies on Jax Beach! More gaudy, shoeboxes stack stop one another,despite what Hurricane Ian and Nicole showing us what they can do to coastline. The very buildings being there are the root of the problem...I digress.Sorry . Angie's gets ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ from me! Keep.ypir money local! Angie's Subs blow away the corporate cahino places, and test,even the famous "Pub Sub" doesn't have anything on Angies...

Ok so here we go. My wife and I heard about this place from numerous people and after seeing something on their menu I wanted to try we skipped dinner tonight. Drove over and first impression is the atmosphere is certainly different, and the way to order is odd yet interesting but awesome. So I ordered the “Kickin’ Chicken it is fried chicken tossed in ho-made hot peruvian sauce, provolone cheese, and Knick-knack (aka coleslaw) wrapped in flour tortilla.” This wrap did not disappoint. I mean the flavor was amazing and the crunch was on point couldn’t ask for any better. My wife on the other hand ordered “Shane which is turkey, salami, bacon, ho-made del rio, honey bbq Fritos, provolone and banana peppers but minus the banana peppers and onions. The flavor was great but the sandwich itself was extremely lacking in the meat department. We were shocked as it looked like there was barely any meat in the sandwich. The turkey just looked clumped on one side and barely any on the other. The salami was sliced across in 3 pieces. My wife was extremely disappointed as she was really excited about this place. We didn’t even see any bacon. They got the no BP and no onions right so that is great. Not sure if it was just a misjudgment on the staff working or just missed. We also ordered the fries and they were fantastic with their sauce. This place I am sure does make some amazing sandwiches and I would visit again. My wife might take sometime as she was really...