Ocean Subs keeps its menu to four sandwiches, each one piled with cold cuts — or, for the Veggie Sub, roasted peppers — and finished with a house tsunami sauce. The bread-to-filling ratio is tightly calibrated, the kind of thing a shop can only pull off by not trying to do much else.
The space was Deli World for nearly twenty years before changing hands, and that history still shapes the room: regulars and the chef-owner, who grew up in the neighborhood, trade local gossip across the counter like nothing changed. The Excelsior ties run deep, and the small footprint and short menu keep the focus narrow and the execution consistent.
The space was Deli World for nearly twenty years before changing hands, and that history still shapes the room: regulars and the chef-owner, who grew up in the neighborhood, trade local gossip across the counter like nothing changed. The Excelsior ties run deep, and the small footprint and short menu keep the focus narrow and the execution consistent.