Dear New Management...
There’s a sign on the door of the Elmwood/Forest Subway that notifies customers that the restaurant is temporarily closed. Apparently, there is a change of ownership at that location and the business should be reopening on January 1st. Is this an opportunity for the neighborhood? I certainly hope so. In recent years this corner business, located at the gateway of Elmwood shopping district, has been a bit unappealing. The yellow and brown splotchy ‘awning’ looks like it was dragged through the mud when lit up at night. That alone should be a telltale sign that the previous management didn’t think too highly of the business. You would think that with the incredible corner exposure that comes along with the building, Subway owners and management would be aware of the condition of its sign.
Last summer the building was painted, which was a big improvement over the bizarre hues of turquoise that once greeted visitors. It was hoped that the paint job would be the first in a series of façade improvements, but as time went by that appeared to not be the case. The sign in the window reads, ‘Under New Ownership – We will be closed until January 1, 2008. Sorry for the inconvenience this may have caused you. We are taking this time to make your Subway store the best that it can be. Thank you –Management. If they are truly making our Subway the best that it can be, then they better hurry up and get the new sign up. Otherwise it will continue to look like the same old broken down Subway that it was before.
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Joshua
I've ate at this Subway before and it tasted like any other Subway that I've been at. But, they are probably just making some improvements inside necessary for the chain.
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bird
you mean elmwood/forest, right?
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Bizzles
Yeah - man do I wish there WAS a Subway at Elm/North though!
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Matthewjohnp
They should all close, what a rip off. Give us EXCEL! Now that was a sandwhich!!
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Greetingcard
Here we go again. Come on, that Subway does a good business. Leave them alone! Just because they are a chain?
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Denizen
That Subway provides a tasty and familiar product at a convenient location. Good spot for it, considering there is a large college only a block away with plenty of hungry students who live in the neighborhood.
A new or even just cleaned awning would be nice, but let's not get our collective undies in a bunch over stuff like that. Not everything on Elmwood has to look disneyfied. Successful urban neighborhoods always have careful balance of gritty character and nice stuff. Diversity makes for exciting surroundings.
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RisingDamp666
"We are taking this time to make your Subway store the best it can be." Just how good is that? What is "the best" any Subway shop could be? Chandeliers? Little lawn jockeys up the stairs like at '21'? Oh, that's right, fresh polyurethane tables.
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viking
Call the regional office of Subway, tell them the location is not up to standards, but how about the vacant restaurant in the rear, that looks great also, and the lot in back is really prime. The numbers for this location have never been great, the fixed expenses are just to high.
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jen
I agree with viking, it's more than just the awning on the building looking shoddy, the buildings being vacant behind it look pretty bad. I wonder what sort of jacked-up rent the people that own those buildings want? Is that what is stopping a business from going in there?
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BSG
As a local business owner, and being very familiar with that corner, Jen couldn't be more right. And it is only going to get worse. I do however know two previous owners that spent a lot of time and money remodeling the inside and patiently building up business. It is too bad the thing that gets noticed is an awning that I'm sure they couldn't afford.
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bflorox
What the hell is an "inconvieance" anyway? : ) see top pic
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Metropolis
It was run by a bunch of hard working college kids. Yes - OWNED by college kids.
Oh well - here's to a new and "inproved" [sic] Subway.
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RisingDamp666
whatta buncha Subway freaks you all are! Is it the idea that if the person behind the counter is a "sandwich artist" that you're buying works of art? Or is it the sameness, that "familiarity" mentioned above? The trains always run on time at Subway, don't they? Meanwhile, at their corporate offices, a "nice, caring person" doesn't know who any of you are or could care whether you live or die.
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viking
Hey Damp my first business was a substantial sandwich shop and I insisted that each counter person that i employed become an accomplished sandwich artist. You mustn't have inconsistency in your passion, don't you agree. Was time a problem here, ever have a Subway work of art, and a caring person would , it's the definition and their job. No I never owned or do I plan to purchase stock, I'm not in anyway affiliated either.
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