Grum's Sub Shoppe

So my friend and I have been going to Grums, a sub shop on Coventry Road, for 37 years now. In fact, when I got my driver's license at 16, my first solo trip was to take Tony and my friend Stephen to a wonderful store called The Record Exchange on Coventry (about a 35 minute drive). Afterward, we got a footlong sub called a Turkey Ridge: a solid amount of thinly sliced turkey and provolone: lettuce, tomato, and raw onion; and freshly baked Italian bread slathered with mayo and oregano. They are not cheap, but the sub is cut in half and each half is a meal in itself. The Ridge is the best sub I've ever had, and any time we're in the area we buy one to take with us. We tried to get one last week when I took Tony and our friend Dave to the candlelight show at the Mantz, but Grums was closed. So Tony was up in the area visiting a friend yesterday and stopped by to pick up two subs ($30 total). Last night I ate half because, well, it was Grums. Definitely not diet food but so damned good. Just now I ate half of the second portion alongside some healthy homemade coleslaw and half a cantaloupe from my sister-in-law's garden. The whole meal was delicious.

In the early 90's, I lived two blocks away on Lancashire and enjoyed the classic Italian, 'The Grum" on Italian bread and the always reliable "Turkey Ridge" on wheat. Three decades later I return to Cleveland with my kids and order the same sandwiches. The taste and quality are still in tact. The bread is so good! The cold cuts and all the ingredients are market fresh. Once you eat a Grum, you can never go back to eating something from Subway, Quiznos or Jimmy Johns. My only complaint was the two guys making my subs were slow. When I worked there, we had to have all the subs memorized and made under 1 minute. Make no mistake, there is no better tasting and satisfying sub sandwich than Grum's in all of Cuyahoga county. Support your local small businesses and eat real food 😀