UPDATE: Big Star Sandwich's location on West Broadway in 麻豆传媒映画. Original article follows below.
has eight locations in Metro Vancouver, but none in the city of Vancouver.
That will be changing soon.
The Lower Mainland sandwich chain has signs up and a business license pending for a spot on West Broadway.
, a quick-stop Japanese restaurant specializing in donburi and salads, shuttered its location at 802 W Broadway earlier this year.
has now papered over the windows as renovations take place and put up "Help Wanted" signs as they prepare the location.
The sandwich chain started in 2013 in New Westminster and has been opening throughout the region since then. While there are a couple of locations close to 麻豆传媒映画(one is 100 meters east, in Burnaby, and another is just inside UBC), the West Broadway location will be the first in 麻豆传媒映画proper.
The local company makes made-to-order sandwiches on filone bread; each is numbered, like the number 17 (a beef dip sandwich) or the number 20 (corned beef and hickory sticks).
“If you think about chain restaurants out there, there’s a ton of burgers, there’s even chicken, pizza, there’s a lot of everything, but there’s not a lot of sandwiches. So you have Subway everywhere,” , director of operations, told Glacier Media in 2017.
He described .
In 2017, Big Star when movie star Liam Neeson took advantage of a "" advertisement.
No opening date has been shared yet.
With files from Cayley Dobie
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