New Jersey: The Garden State. Home to the first ever organized baseball game, the first boardwalk in the world, the first saltwater taffy, the first drive-in movie theater, the first brewery. They even cooked the first can of condensed soup! But the best thing New Jersey came out with, second only to Nicole ‘Snooki’ Polizzi, is the first submarine sandwich shop: Mike’s Subs. This little shop eventually grew into a national chain you know as Jersey Mike’s. So how did this humble sandwich artist become an icon?