Cafe Sicilia Edges Wicked Cheesy For Best Subs In Tewksbury

When it comes to sub shops, the readers of Tewksbury Patch have spoken -- Cafe Sicilia is tops!

In an amazingly close race, edged out and for First Place in the Best of Patch Competition.

Best of Patch is divided into three categories -- a reader poll, positive comments and positive reviews on the business's Patch Directory page.

Cafe Sicilia won the reader poll with 56 votes, followed closely by Tewksbury House of Pizza with 54 and Wicked Cheesy with 49. (

Wicked Cheesy had, by far, the most positive comments on the poll page.

So it came down to the reader reviews on the Patch Directory pages. And during the course of the week-long contest, Cafe Sicilia clearly had the highest number of positive reviews.

Here are a couple of examples of the reviews they received.

From Brian McSweeney -- 5 Stars "Amazing meatball subs and sauce. Great value as one sub feeds 2 people for under 7 bucks!"

From Carol Doherty -- 5 stars "Cafe Sicilia gets my vote for the best subs! The size, price and taste can't be beat and the service is amazing. Anyone voting should try them prior to placing a vote for any other sub shop."

Congratulations to Cafe Sicilia and owner Joe Mazzola. And congratulations to Tewksbury House of Pizza and Wicked Cheesy for making this such a close battle.

On Monday, we begin the second installment of "Best of Patch" with "Best Salons in Tewksbury. Voting will start Monday, March 5 at 5 a.m. and will continue through Friday, March 9 at 9 a.m.