The owner of the Subway franchise on Avenue B between 13th Street and 14th Street has decided to close. A small store-for-rent sign is now in the front window. (Thanks to Gojira for the photo!)
This outpost opened in the summer of 2011.
This also marks the eighth Subway sandwich shop to close in the immediate area in the past six-plus years, joining the one on the Bowery … East 14th Street … First Avenue … Second Avenue… Third Avenue ... Fourth Avenue ... and First Avenue between Sixth and Seventh.
The location at 250 E. Houston St. is all that remains in the East Village... though there are several nearby, like the one in the Avalon Chrystie Place.
Now where am I going to get my fill of Highly-processed and Plastic Turkey sandwich for 6 dollars?
ReplyDeleteI used to ask why people would go to subway when there were so many great delis, but now the delis are getting killed off by the cashless chains - and people aren't eatin sandwiches so much.
ReplyDeletePeople still eat sandwiches. Fox Face Sandwiches in the east village just got a star in the NYT! If you want a sandwich on Ave B, there's a deli across the street from the Subway and another on 12th and B. If you want something nicer, there's Barnyard or Sunny and Annie's or even C&B. All of which take cash, none of which are chains.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sad to see Subway go, and I'm glad that we've got some great options on Ave B!
I only wish I had the time to stand around and wait to order from Fox Face, their ticketing system is a turn-off when I'm just looking for a bite.
ReplyDeleteThe idea that people "aren't eating sandwiches so much" is laughable. Just get in line at any deli or drop into any Pret-a-manger.
ReplyDeleteFox Face is worth the wait -- it's usually less than 10 minutes, which is a pretty standard wait at your typical midtown deli around lunch time.
ReplyDeleteAccording to a Carnegie Mellon University study, sandwiches taste even better when someone else makes them for you.
ReplyDeleteWhat the neighborhood not necessarily needs but exploit is Jersey Mike's or Jimmy John's. Yes, both are chains, but EV has been taken over by chains. Goes in the same line of we're all going to hell might as well enjoy the ride.
LOL at Carnegie Mellon U, where they literally teach students how to tell jokes on the internet ;-), and whose school initials of CMU also stand for “cracking me up.”
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