honavery
Arizona
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Saw a sign for one opening at Town and 3rd. I believe that brings the total downtown to close to 10....
High and State
Leveque Tower
Gay Street
The one by the Elevator
The one by the Library
Convention Center
Court House
E. Broad
I don't really have a problem with Subway, but it'd be nice to have some variety....
Nitsud Regnifloh
Valerio Heights
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other restaurants are more than able to buy up those spots too though. subway just seems to be the more aggressive restauranteur. great business model - maybe some local companies should take notes.
joev
Merion Village
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No f'in way!
Would be nice for a few of these to stay open till at least 5:30. The two that I walk past on my way home from work close at 5, making a quick dinner pick-up impossible. I would think they'd more than make up for an extra hour of operations with dinner sales.
lifeliberty
Here
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I get burnt out on Subway everytime they have a $5 footlong sale. haven't eaten there since. but the State and High location is open later, like 7 or 8 I think.
Potbelly is so much better anyways and they stay open later as well.
gramarye
In Exile
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I have to presume that the regional managers are aware of the risks of oversaturation and think that these locations will not draw too much business off of one another. If not, well, they'll get what's coming to them, and then we'll get some variety in the downtown market and teach a bit of a rough lesson in market economics at the same time. That said, Subway has been doing quite well and I think is now the second-largest fast food chain the country, behind McDonald's. (Of course, some of that growth could be unsustainable, fueled by debt, and about to implode--I have no idea. But for the moment, they've been expanding like wildfire. This isn't just a Columbus thing.)
HighLife
Grandview
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My biggest wish for downtown food would be for anything - ANYTHING - to replace the Ho Toy. Well, maybe not anything - there is a Subway just around the corner. But can you imagine how much business, say, a bigger El Arepazo or even just a regular old Chipotle would do there?
And yet, the Ho Toy marches on...
lifeliberty
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I used to hate Ho Toy food. it used to taste like dirty dish water.
I love the building though, LOVE IT!
I have ordered there 2 times in the last week, the sezchwan chicken and the shrimp chow mein, both were really good. the food was much improved from years ago. It is much more flavorful than Lee's China Kitchen(which over the years has blanded out).
but it kinda smells in there. so I recommend ordering takeout and not spending much time in there because you will smell like it for the rest of the day, the smell soaks into your clothes. it's not a good smell.
Nitsud Regnifloh
Valerio Heights
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Hael
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Snarf wrote >>
The subway on third/penn has a sub I haven't seen at other subways...the "feast."
It's basically every sliced meat they have, and it's awesome.
Ive seen this meaty sandwich at every subway in my path. Even better, albeit expensive, is the Philly Steak double meat.
Nitsud Regnifloh
Valerio Heights
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sjf, do you work in the political realm, or just work near the statehouse?
Nitsud Regnifloh
Valerio Heights
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right on. we used to be in that building until Huntington Center wooed us to move next door.
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