One of the Granada Lofts’ first tenants, a sandwich shop, will open up by the end of the summer.
Jimmy John’s, a franchised sandwich shop, will open in mid-August Plaza in Granada Plaza and Lofts, now being completed at Eighth Avenue and Commercial Street, by mid-August, said Tyler Clabaugh, manager of the Topeka Jimmy John’s. Clabaugh said this will be their second franchise. His father, Rick Clabaugh, lives in Nebraska and together they manage and own the franchises.
The Jimmy John’s name first became known in 1983 when Jimmy John Liautaud decided to create a gourmet sandwich by keeping it simple. Liautaud operated his first shop with used equipment consisting of a refrigerator, a chest freezer, oven and meat slicer. Today there are more than 870 stores open around the country.
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