Subway Menu — Quick Facts
- Founded
- August 28, 1965 — Bridgeport, Connecticut
- Founders
- Fred DeLuca (age 17) and Dr. Peter Buck, whose $1,000 loan started it
- Original name
- Pete's Super Submarines (renamed Subway in 1968)
- Franchising
- Since 1976 — every restaurant is franchise-owned
- Headquarters
- Shelton, Connecticut, and Miami, Florida
- Owner
- Roark Capital (acquired April 30, 2024)
- Restaurants
- About 37,000 in 100+ countries; roughly 20,000 in the US
- Signature
- The Footlong, built to order in front of you
- Best value
- Fresh Value Menu — Deli Faves 6-inch subs at $3.99
- Loyalty
- Sub Club — 10 points per $1, 400 points = $2 Subway Cash
- Typical hours
- Open 7–9 AM, close 9–10 PM — set by each franchise
- Nutrition basis
- Official US chart (April 2025), 6-inch standard builds
The complete Subway menu for 2026, organized the way Subway itself shelves it now: steak, chicken, Italians, deli classics and clubs — the numbered Subway Series recipes of 2022 survive inside those groups as named sandwiches — plus the new $3.99 Fresh Value Menu, breakfast, wraps, bowls, salads, sides and drinks. Every sandwich is built in front of you, which is why this chain’s real menu is effectively “anything on the line, in any combination.”
Subway publishes no national price list — each franchise sets its own. The prices below are typical figures sampled from Subway’s own online ordering across US stores in October 2026 (with a few published national-average pairs where ordering pages didn’t pair both sizes). The same 6-inch can vary by $3 or more between stores, so treat every number as a well-checked typical, and the in-app price at your store as the truth. Calories are Subway’s published figures for the standard 6-inch build. Where a price can’t be responsibly typified, it says Varies. One shelf note: online ordering no longer shows a separate “Subway Series” category — the Series recipes live on as named sandwiches in the groups below.
Steak Sandwiches
The steak shelf is anchored by The Philly — Series build #1 from 2022, now simply a named sandwich: shaved steak, peppers, onions and double American cheese. A plain Steak & Cheese built your way is the flexible option.
| Sandwich | 6-Inch | Footlong | Calories (6″) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steak Philly (The Philly) | $8.29 | $13.49 | 510 |
| Chipotle Philly | $8.29 | Varies | 490 |
| Cheesy Garlic Steak | $7.99 | $12.99 | 510 |
| Steak & Cheese (build your own) | Varies | Varies | 370 |

Chicken Sandwiches
Chicken is Subway’s deepest shelf: the ranch builds at the rich end, the Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki (430 calories, its sauce doubling as the chain’s signature) in the middle, and a fall 2026 limited-timer — Hot Honey Chicken from the “Swicy” collection.
| Sandwich | 6-Inch | Footlong | Calories (6″) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken & Bacon Ranch | $9.09 | $13.79 | 580 |
| Elite Chicken & Bacon Ranch | $8.49 | $13.99 | 580 |
| Honey Mustard Chicken | $8.19 | Varies | 480 |
| Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki | $8.19 | Varies | 430 |
| All-Pro Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki | $7.49 | $11.99 | 430 |
| Grilled Chicken | $7.89 | Varies | 300 |
| Spicy Nacho Chicken | $7.99 | $12.99 | 440 |
| Honey Mustard BBQ Chicken | $7.49 | $11.99 | 510 |
| Homestyle Chicken Salad | Varies | Varies | 410 |
| Buffalo Chicken | Varies | Varies | 390 |
| Rotisserie-Style Chicken | Varies | Varies | 310 |
| Hot Honey Chicken (limited time) | Varies | Varies | 560 |

Italian Sandwiches
The Italian shelf carries the original B.M.T. (Genoa salami, pepperoni, Black Forest ham) and its bigger Ultimate sibling, the pepperoni-forward 5 Meat Italian, and the meatball builds. It is also where the calories climb — several builds here top 600 before you add a thing.
| Sandwich | 6-Inch | Footlong | Calories (6″) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italian B.M.T. | $7.89 | $11.49 | 590 |
| Ultimate B.M.T. | $6.99 | $10.99 | 560 |
| Spicy Italian | $7.69 | $9.99 | 660 |
| 5 Meat Italian | $9.19 | Varies | 670 |
| Meatball Pepperoni | $7.79 | Varies | 680 |
| Meatball Marinara | $7.09 | $10.29 | 460 |
| Hotshot Italiano | $6.49 | $9.99 | 630 |
| The Boss | $7.49 | $11.99 | 690 |

Deli Classics
The deli shelf is the value core of the classic menu — and its lightest corner: the Veggie Delite (220 calories) and Oven-Roasted Turkey (270) are the two leanest 6-inch builds Subway charts. The Cold Cut Combo is also one of the $3.99 Fresh Value Deli Faves at participating stores.
| Sandwich | 6-Inch | Footlong | Calories (6″) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oven-Roasted Turkey | $7.69 | $11.29 | 270 |
| Black Forest Ham | $7.19 | $10.29 | 280 |
| Roast Beef | $8.29 | Varies | 300 |
| Garlic Roast Beef | $7.49 | $11.99 | 490 |
| Titan Turkey | $6.99 | $10.99 | 500 |
| Grand Slam Ham | $6.49 | $9.99 | 510 |
| Tuna | $7.69 | $10.99 | 480 |
| Turkey & Ham | $7.69 | Varies | 280 |
| Cold Cut Combo | Varies | Varies | 330 |
| Veggie Delite | $6.19 | Varies | 220 |
| B.L.T. | Varies | Varies | 370 |
| Big Hot Pastrami | Varies | Varies | 510 |
| Veggie Patty | Varies | Varies | 390 |

Clubs & Big Builds
Clubs stack multiple deli meats; The Beast — half a pound of meat across five proteins — is the biggest standard build on the board at 740 calories. Two more Series-era club recipes (Turkey Cali Club, Pickleball Club) rotate by region and store.
| Sandwich | 6-Inch | Footlong | Calories (6″) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-American Club | $8.39 | Varies | 540 |
| Subway Club | $8.49 | $12.79 | 500 |
| The Beast | $9.60 | $16.50 | 740 |

Fresh Value Menu & Local Favorites
Subway’s first-ever value menu launched April 28, 2026: fifteen entrées under $5 at participating restaurants (prices run higher in CA, WA, AK and HI). The Pizza Sub sits in Local Favorites at many stores — a genuine menu item, not a hack — at $8.99 sampled.
| Sandwich | 6-Inch | Footlong | Calories (6″) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deli Faves 6-inch (4 builds) | $3.99 | $— | 330–510 |
| Protein Pockets | $3.99 | $— | 320–490 |
| Sub of the Day (rotates daily) | $4.99 | $— | Varies |
| Meal of the Day (sub + chips + drink) | $6.99 | $— | Varies |
| Pizza Sub (Local Favorite) | $8.99 | Varies | 470 |
Protein Pockets are $3.99 at launch stores and were seen at $4.99–$5.29 elsewhere — the one Fresh Value price that genuinely moves.

The day-by-day Sub of the Day rotation and the full deal math live on our Subway coupons and deals page.
Breakfast
Breakfast is served from opening at participating stores (all day at many): egg-patty builds on a 6-inch roll, with flatbread and wrap versions on the chart too. Prices below are ordering-page typicals; calories are the chart’s Artisan Italian builds.
| Item | Typical Price | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| Bacon, Egg & Cheese | $6.79 | 510 |
| Steak, Egg & Cheese | $7.09 | 500 |
| Black Forest Ham, Egg & Cheese | $6.29 | 460 |
| Egg & Cheese | $6.09 | 430 |

Wraps, Bowls & Salads
Any build can be ordered as a wrap (a 12-inch wrap carrying a Footlong portion of protein), a No Bready Bowl, or a chopped salad — priced at your store, so these read Varies. Salad calories exclude dressing; the chart’s bowl figure and the ordering-page figure for bowls disagree (see the nutrition note below), and we print the chart’s.
| Item | Typical Price | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| Grilled Chicken Wrap | Varies | 460 |
| Tuna Wrap | Varies | 800 |
| Veggie Wrap | Varies | 310 |
| Grilled Chicken Bowl (No Bready Bowl) | Varies | 200 |
| Veggie Salad (no dressing) | Varies | 50 |
| Grilled Chicken Salad (no dressing) | Varies | 130 |
| Subway Club Salad (no dressing) | Varies | 240 |

Sides, Snacks & Kids
| Item | Typical Price | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| Chips (Lay’s, Doritos, SunChips) | $1.79 | ~150–240 |
| Cookie (single) | $0.99 | ~200–210 |
| Cookies (6-pack box) | $4.79 | — |
| Footlong Cookie | Varies | 1,330 |
| Doritos Footlong Nachos | Varies | 550–600 |
| Footlong Dippers | Varies | 400–470 |
| Footlong Pretzel | Varies | 330 |
| Kids’ Veggie Delite Mini | $3.68 | 140 |
| Kids’ Black Forest Ham Mini | $4.35 | 180 |
| Kids’ Turkey Mini | $4.88 | 170 |
The $0.99 cookie is the menu’s quiet constant; the Footlong Cookie is its 1,330-calorie opposite. Kids’ minis come from the Fresh Fit for Kids line and typically bundle with a side and a drink.

Drinks
| Drink | Typical Price |
|---|---|
| Fountain Drink | $2.59 |
| Bottled Drinks, Gatorade, Juice, Milk | $3.09–3.29 |
Fountain brands vary by store (Coca-Cola and Pepsi fleets both exist across the system).

Allergen Information
From Subway’s U.S. Allergy and Sensitivity Information (January 2026), built on manufacturer data: all breads and wraps contain wheat/gluten. Hearty Multigrain also carries soy (from highly refined oil); flatbread and the 12-inch wrap contain milk, wheat and soy; Italian Herbs & Cheese bread contains milk and wheat. Tuna salad contains egg, fish and soy; the egg patty contains egg and milk. A gluten-free bread exists at some stores and is made in a gluten-free facility, but shared in-store equipment means Subway cannot guarantee a 100% gluten-free sandwich. Cross-contact during preparation is not reflected in official tables — tell your Sandwich Artist about any allergy before ordering, and read the full official document for your specific allergen.
Nutrition Highlights
The full chart — every Series and classic build with fat, sodium, carbs and protein, plus the breads, sauces and proteins that move the numbers — is on our Subway nutrition page. The headlines: the lightest 6-inch builds are the Veggie Delite (220 cal), Oven-Roasted Turkey (270), Black Forest Ham (280) and Grilled Chicken (300). The Beast is the ceiling at 740 calories and 2,080 mg of sodium. One honest note: Subway’s ordering pages sometimes show higher calories for a build than its official chart does (the chart defines a standard build; ordering pages appear to use different defaults) — we print the chart’s figures and flag the gap rather than blend the two.
| Lightest 6-Inch Builds | Calories | Protein | Sodium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veggie Delite | 220 | 10 | 360 |
| Oven-Roasted Turkey | 270 | 20 | 810 |
| Black Forest Ham | 280 | 19 | 850 |
| Turkey & Ham | 280 | — | — |
| Grilled Chicken | 300 | 26 | 570 |

Subway Hours
There is no chainwide schedule — each franchise sets its own hours, printed per store on subway.com. The typical pattern: open between 7 and 9 AM (breakfast from opening where served), close between 9 and 10 PM, with some stores running to midnight and a minority open 24 hours (the app carries a “Subway Late Night” set for those). As an example, a directory lists the hometown Bridgeport store at 944 Madison Ave as opening 7:15 AM and running to midnight on weekdays.
| Day | Typical Opening | Typical Closing |
|---|---|---|
| Monday – Friday | 7:00–9:00 AM | 9:00–10:00 PM (some midnight) |
| Saturday | 8:00 AM typical | 9:00–10:00 PM |
| Sunday | 8:00 AM typical | 9:00 PM typical |
| 24-hour stores | Selected locations | Listed under Subway Late Night in the app |
What Customers Say
With ~37,000 franchised stores, “a Subway” is really 37,000 small businesses — quality is a store-by-store story. A fair example is the neighborhood store in Subway’s hometown, 944 Madison Ave in Bridgeport, Connecticut, whose recent Google reviews are unusually warm. Reviewers rate it Food 5 · Service 5 · Atmosphere 5 (Google sub-ratings) — and name the staff:
“The Subway on Capitol and Madison avenue is outstanding there’s a young lady Iesha have made my sandwich it was the best I’ve ever had from Subway outstanding you guys got to catch her when she’s there”
— Alphia Roberts, Google review, April 2026
“Great store! This is my daily Subway now, and they always have my food ready by the time I stop by to pick it up.”
— Shadman Mahbub, Google review, January 2026
“My favorite subway ! Always clean and blond hair girl always nice to me!”
— Robin Reese, Google review, January 2026
For balance: the same store drew a detailed service complaint from a customer who buys four to five times a week — the honest summary of Subway in 2026 is that the sandwich is consistent and the experience depends on the crew.
Subway Facts
1. Subway started with a $1,000 loan in 1965.
Fred DeLuca was 17 and wanted college money; Dr. Peter Buck, a nuclear physicist and family friend, lent him $1,000 and became his partner. The shop sold 312 sandwiches on its first day, at 49 to 69 cents each.
2. The first name was Pete’s Super Submarines.
Renamed Subway in 1968. The founding company, Doctor’s Associates, is a pun: DeLuca’s medical-school ambitions plus Buck’s doctorate.
3. Franchising began in 1976, in Wallingford, Connecticut.
The first store outside North America opened in Bahrain in December 1984. Today every one of the ~37,000 restaurants is franchise-owned.
4. It is the largest restaurant chain on Earth by locations.
About 37,000 restaurants in more than 100 countries — roughly 20,000 of them in the US — ahead of McDonald’s and Starbucks on store count.
5. The $5 Footlong built its fame.
Launched in 2008, it turned a pricing promotion into a jingle a generation can still sing. It survives today as rotating and local offers rather than a national everyday price — the standing value play is now the $3.99 Fresh Value line.
6. The original Sub Club was a paper stamp card.
From 1965 until 2005, customers collected stamps toward a free sub. Counterfeit stamps killed it — a problem its digital descendants were designed to solve.
7. Sub Club has changed shape three times in three years.
MVP Rewards launched in September 2023; the Sub Club name returned in December 2025 with a “fourth Footlong free” stamp mechanic, which was retired on April 1, 2026. Today’s program is points-only — the full timeline is on the coupons page.
8. The Series experiment reorganized the menu in 2022.
Subway launched twelve numbered chef-built recipes (“menu by numbers”) and added more in 2023–24. By October 2026 the numbers had folded back into named sandwiches on the regular shelves.
9. The Footlong Cookie has 1,330 calories.
The viral 2024 bakery item is a dessert built to be shared four ways — or not. A regular cookie is about 200.
10. A private-equity firm owns it now.
Roark Capital’s acquisition — announced August 2023 at a reported ~$9.6 billion — closed April 30, 2024, ending nearly six decades of founding-family ownership.
11. The Fritos sub is a 12-year comeback story.
The Fritos Chicken Enchilada Sub, last offered in 2014, returns October 27, 2026 alongside a buy-one-get-one Footlong for Sub Club members.
12. Subway sells breakfast, pizza and salads — somewhere.
Breakfast is a participating-store program; personal pizzas exist only at stores with a pizza oven program; chopped salads are any build without the bread.
13. There are two headquarters.
Shelton, Connecticut (international) and Miami, Florida (North America brand operations) — a dual-HQ structure set up under the previous ownership.
14. Systemwide sales run around $16 billion a year.
Industry compilations put 2024 system sales near $16 billion — smaller per-store than its rivals, spread across far more stores.
15. The Sweet Onion sauce is a menu item in itself.
The Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki’s sauce is the flavor anchor of one of the chain’s longest-running builds — and at 20 grams of sugar, the chart’s sweetest standard sandwich.
16. Order by numbers ended; order by name remains.
If you still know your Series number, the recipes persist — #30 is The Beast, #1 is The Philly — the staff just shelve them by name now.
Subway Menu FAQs
How much is a Footlong at Subway?
At typical prices sampled in October 2026, Footlongs run from $9.99 (Spicy Italian, Hotshot Italiano) to $16.50 (The Beast), with most classics between $10.29 and $13.79. Every store sets its own prices.
What is the cheapest thing at Subway?
The Fresh Value Menu: Deli Faves 6-inch subs (B.L.T., Cold Cut Combo, Spicy Pepperoni, Ham & Salami) and Protein Pockets at $3.99 at participating stores. A single cookie is $0.99.
What is the healthiest Subway sandwich?
By the official chart, the Veggie Delite at 220 calories is the lightest 6-inch build, followed by Oven-Roasted Turkey (270) and Black Forest Ham (280). Watch the sauces: mayonnaise alone adds 100 calories.
Is the Subway Series still a thing?
The recipes are; the separate shelf isn’t. Online ordering in October 2026 groups sandwiches as steak, chicken, Italians, deli classics and clubs, with the Series builds appearing as named sandwiches (The Philly, The Boss, The Beast and the rest).
Does Subway deliver?
Yes — through the Subway app and website for delivery at participating stores, and through the major third-party platforms. Delivery prices and fees differ from in-store.
Does Subway have gluten-free bread?
A gluten-free bread is offered at some stores and is made in a gluten-free facility, but shared equipment means Subway cannot guarantee a sandwich is 100% gluten-free.
What happened to the $5 Footlong?
It ended as a national everyday promotion years ago. Today’s standing equivalents are the $3.99 Fresh Value subs, the $4.99 Sub of the Day and periodic Footlong offers for Sub Club members.
Why do Subway prices differ so much between stores?
Every restaurant is franchise-owned and sets its own prices — the same sub can differ by $3 or more across town, and value-menu prices run higher in CA, WA, AK and HI.
Conclusion
Subway in 2026 is two menus at once: the deli counter it has always been — turkey, ham, tuna, a 220-calorie Veggie Delite — and a value fight it joined late but seriously, with $3.99 subs and a points program rebuilt twice in two years. Build it your way, check your store’s prices in the app, and keep an eye on our Subway coupons page and secret menu guide for the mechanics that save real money.
Heading out tonight? Check what time Subway closes first: most stores shut 9–10 PM, some run to midnight, and a minority are 24-hour.
Deal alert, live through November 8: Sub Club members get a free Footlong with any Footlong on app and online orders — no code needed. Here are the terms and the subs it excludes.
Prices are typical US figures sampled from Subway’s online ordering in October 2026 and vary by franchise; calories are from Subway’s official U.S. nutrition chart (April 2025). Subway is a trademark of Subway IP LLC; this site is not affiliated with Subway.
