Downtown Subway closes, blames food trucks and art walk for failure

[Adam White]

This doesn't make sense. If the issue is that the landlord didn't give them enough notice to renew their lease, then why isn't that the complaint? I don't understand why food trucks would be blamed if the landlord was the issue. It doesn't add up.

Blaming Art Walk also doesn't make sense. That's a one day a month event that's been going on for nearly 20 years. What does make sense is the building owner expanding their office into the Subway space despite interest from other restaurants. If food trucks were really draining the market, no one would be interested in opening there.

I thought he blamed food trucks AND art walk. That makes sense, logically (whether or not it's true) - the cumulative effect of both caused him to close. What doesn't make sense is to blame them both as some sort of smokescreen when the real issue is the landlord. Unless maybe he's afraid of his landlord or something.

[thelakelander]

I've never been in a Subway that has what I would call a decent sandwich.  I haven't been in one in 10+ years.  If they offered a tasty sandwich at a fair price they will do well.  I don't know how these places stay in business.

Working a block away, I would stop in there from time to time, when I wanted something cheap and quick.  Last time, I noticed they had jacked their prices up. So I replaced them with Trent's Seafood....another brick and mortar.

[acme54321]

There's a Trent's downtown?

[thelakelander]

Yes. They are located inside of the BB&T building at Bay and Hogan. For some strange reason they have no signage or outdoor seating, which is why most don't know they've been open for months.

[Snaketoz]

FREE JARED FOGLE

Hillarious!

[heights unknown]

No one ever said the building owner didn't provide them with proper notifications of their intentions to go in a different direction. Subway isn't the first restaurant in that building to not have their lease renewed.

Well it sounded that way to me LAKELANDER. Maybe I misconstrued what he said or just read it wrong. If I did, oh well, but still stick to my guns relative to the rest of my post. Carry on!

[thelakelander]

No worries. I'm operating off inside information. Everything in the article isn't exactly how things played out in reality.

[pierre]

I'd rather eat McDonalds than Subway.

Their food is garbage.

[Anti redneck]

Not our fault that Subway's food is trash. Give me art work and decent food from a truck anyday.