ONE SUB.
SINCE 1967.

Marian's Cooked Hot Italian. The sandwich that has kept Ruskin coming back since 1967.

Hot ham, cooked salami and provolone toasted on hot bread, finished with the cold stuff. One sandwich, seven days a week, from the same little shop on U.S. 41, made the same way since the day the shop opened.

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A whole Cooked Hot Italian on its wrapping paper — Photo The Cooked Hot Italian, on the wrapper, the way it leaves the counter.

The Marian Sumner story

She built a legacy daily between two slices of bread.

RUSKIN, FLA. Marian Sumner opened her sub shop in 1967, back when Ruskin was still a rural town. She built the whole business around a single sandwich: an Italian sub with salami and ham, and that was all she needed to become a local institution.

Third generation in Ruskin, she knew the area and the area knew her. She arrived at 7:30 every morning and stayed until the shop closed at 8. For 25 years, she was the only one who worked there.

She ran the shop at U.S. 41 and College Avenue S until almost the end of her life. The sandwich outlived her. It hasn't changed.

"Everyone knew Marian, and everyone knew Marian's sandwich shop. Everyone still does."

Joe Sumner II, her son

Marian was famously direct about her sandwich, too. As her daughter-in-law Cindy tells it: "If you didn't care for something on the sandwich, Marian had a solution ready. You could always go pick it out in the parking lot, baby."

Our menu

THE ONLY MENU.

The Cooked Hot Italian open-faced on the cutting board — Built open-faced, hot bread first. Toppings go on after the toast.

Marian's Cooked Hot Italian

Two sizes · Large 16" · Half 8"

Cooked salami Hot ham Provolone Lettuce Tomato Onion Pickles Red + green hot sweet cherry peppers Oil Oregano

The meat and cheese go through the oven hot. The toppings go on cold. That's the sandwich.

One sandwich, made the same way since 1967.

YOUR QUICK GUIDE TO MARIAN'S

A little local know-how

Est. 1967 · Ruskin, Florida

ONE SUB, MARIAN'S WAY.

The way it's been made since the day the shop opened. Come hungry for it.

Coming for lunch? Order ahead. 11:30 to 2 is our busiest stretch, and the wait can run 30 to 45 minutes. Ordering ahead makes pickup a whole lot easier: 813-645-1088.

Big order? Give us a little time. Picking up for the whole crew? Call us early and give us enough time to get everything ready Marian's way.

Stay or take it to go. Grab a seat at the picnic table out front, or take it home on the wrapper. It travels just fine.

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