Eat Fresh, Eat Kosher
Subway's number of kosher stores expands with Baltimore opening
By: Erica Addison
Issue date: 5/7/08 Section: Features
One Subway restaurant in Baltimore has now joined the likes of unique Subway branches in Cleveland, Brooklyn, Los Angeles and eight other locations: it is kosher.
The new kosher location, located less than an hour away from campus at 706 Reisterstown Road in Pikesville, Md., opened April 7 despite an originally projected opening date in early fall.
First-time business owner Harry Kozlovsky, partnering with Ghazi Fadoul, who played a crucial role in the establishment of the first kosher Subway in Cleveland, Ohio, said kosher additions to the national fast food chain provide local Jewish residents with new choices rarely seen elsewhere.
"It's true fast food," Kozlovsky said. "I appreciate the opportunity to bring all the opportunities for the kosher consumer that come with having a kosher chain."
The opening of the kosher store drew attention both locally and nationally throughout the Jewish community. Since the location's Web site, www.koshersubs.com, opened last year, it has received over 10,000 hits, according to Kozlovsky.
"The reception has been amazing," he said.
Baltimore residents are not the store's only customers; Koslovsky said the store has also served customers from Silver Spring and Montgomery County. Several College Park students have also traveled to try the chain's take on kosher food.
The store will have another special visitor; Subway ad campaign celebrity Jared Fogle is expected to visit the Pikesville location as part of a media tour of the Baltimore area on May 7 and 8.
One university student who keeps kosher, though, was less-than-impressed with the store's opening.
"Baltimore is pretty far away," said senior accounting and information systems major David Miller, who has not visited Subway's new location. "I come from kind of a different perspective. From a business viewpoint it makes sense, but it's not that out of the ordinary."
According to Miller, several different chains in his home state of Rhode Island, including Dunkin Donuts, have opened kosher branches.
The new kosher location, located less than an hour away from campus at 706 Reisterstown Road in Pikesville, Md., opened April 7 despite an originally projected opening date in early fall.
First-time business owner Harry Kozlovsky, partnering with Ghazi Fadoul, who played a crucial role in the establishment of the first kosher Subway in Cleveland, Ohio, said kosher additions to the national fast food chain provide local Jewish residents with new choices rarely seen elsewhere.
"It's true fast food," Kozlovsky said. "I appreciate the opportunity to bring all the opportunities for the kosher consumer that come with having a kosher chain."
The opening of the kosher store drew attention both locally and nationally throughout the Jewish community. Since the location's Web site, www.koshersubs.com, opened last year, it has received over 10,000 hits, according to Kozlovsky.
"The reception has been amazing," he said.
Baltimore residents are not the store's only customers; Koslovsky said the store has also served customers from Silver Spring and Montgomery County. Several College Park students have also traveled to try the chain's take on kosher food.
The store will have another special visitor; Subway ad campaign celebrity Jared Fogle is expected to visit the Pikesville location as part of a media tour of the Baltimore area on May 7 and 8.
One university student who keeps kosher, though, was less-than-impressed with the store's opening.
"Baltimore is pretty far away," said senior accounting and information systems major David Miller, who has not visited Subway's new location. "I come from kind of a different perspective. From a business viewpoint it makes sense, but it's not that out of the ordinary."
According to Miller, several different chains in his home state of Rhode Island, including Dunkin Donuts, have opened kosher branches.
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