SUBWAY(R) Opens Kosher Restaurant In Brooklyn

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The SUBWAY® restaurant chain is pleased to announce the opening of its first kosher location in the New York City area. This marks the sandwich franchise’s second North American kosher restaurant and the first of its kind on the East Coast.

Officially opening for business on January 2nd, the restaurant is located at 1219 Avenue J, in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn. Owned and operated by three Sephardic Jewish business partners from the community, the restaurant is primarily a family affair with wives, mothers and other relatives taking turns baking bread, prepping ingredients and making sandwiches for the throngs of customers, many of whom have never before eaten traditional American-style fast food.

“I invite everyone to stop by and try our world-famous submarine sandwiches. Subway offers a variety of options that appeal to those interested in maintaining a healthy lifestyle and the opening of a kosher Subway restaurant in Brooklyn gives individuals and families an additional choice when deciding where to eat,” said SUBWAY® franchisee, Jack Mosseri. “I am not aware of any other popular restaurant chain in the country that has so thoroughly adapted its menu to meet kosher dietary laws.

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