Nicola J. Lanni opened the first Great Steak & Potato Co. store in Dayton, Ohio, in 1982. The stores’ menus include Philadelphia Cheesesteak sandwiches, fresh-cut French fries, chicken and baked Idaho potatoes. The signature cheesesteak sandwich is prepared with grilled USDA choice sirloin steak and onions, melted Provolone cheese, mayonnaise, lettuce and tomato on a [...]

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The first Jersey Mike’s Super Sub was created in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, on the Jersey Shore in 1956.Peter Cancro started working in the submarine sandwich business when he was 14 years old. At the age of 17, before state law allowed him to operate a slicing machine, Cancro bought the original Jersey Mike’s location.Since [...]

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Founded by Jack Faulk and Richard Thomas in 1977, Bojangle’s serves Cajun-style chicken, buttermilk biscuits and other favorites to customers throughout the southeastern United States.Today the Charlotte, North Carolina-based company, which also has restaurants in Honduras and Jamaica, offers a menu that includes chicken, biscuits, rice, french fries and sandwiches. Bojangle’s locations also serve breakfast.

Founder Don Newcomb’s goal when he launched McAlister’s Deli in 1989 was to create a gourmet deli with Southern charm.The restaurants serve more than 90 different menu items, including sandwiches, salads, super-stuffed baked potatoes, appetizers, desserts and kid’s meals. Customers make their selections at the counter, receive their appetizers and drinks and then sit wherever [...]

Visits to his relatives near Philadelphia inspired Charley Shin’s entrepreneurial spirit, and he saw his future in cheesesteak sandwiches. In 1986, Shin opened his first Charley’s Grilled Subs at Ohio State University. The then-22-year-old’s restaurant became an instant hit with professors and students.Since then Shin has expanded to locations nationwide. In 1999, he was named [...]

In the kitchen of Footer’s Italian restaurant in Denver, the first Quizno’s recipes were born. The owners of Footer’s used the baguette-style bread, red-wine vinaigrette dressing and tuna salad created in their kitchen to establish their new venture, opening the first Quizno’s in Denver in 1981.Nearly 20 years later, Quizno’s has locations throughout the United [...]

James J. Liautaud founded Jimmy John’s in Charleston, Illinois, in 1983 when he was 19 years old. With used equipment, a refrigerator, one meat slicer, a freezer and an oven, Jimmy John Liautaud started his business without even a posted menu or an outdoor sign. At the time, he offered four sandwich varieties and 25-cent [...]

Subway is the largest submarine sandwich chain in the world, with 30,000 restaurants in 87 countries, and more locations in the US and Canada than even McDonald’s. It started in 1965 when 17-year-old Fred DeLuca and his family friend, Peter Buck, opened Pete’s Super Submarines in Bridgeport, Connecticut. With a loan from Buck for only [...]