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A popular New York City sandwich chain is set to open its doors at the JACX&CO food hall in Long Island City this spring.
Alidoro, a specialty Italian sandwich shop that first opened in SoHo in 1986, will open at the large food hall in April or May, according to company CEO Jon Streep.
The shop currently operates six locations in New York City – five in Manhattan and one in Brooklyn – and is renowned for its use of fresh Italian ingredients and no-frills approach to sandwich-making.
The new location will be unique in the JACX&CO food hall, which is found on the ground-floor of the JACX, a 26-story, two-tower building located at 28-07 Jackson Ave.
Alidoro will become the first eatery in the food hall to boast a street-facing entrance, while it will also feature outdoor seating during spring and summer.
“While we are part of the JACX food hall, we’re also really a brick and mortar because we have our own street frontage entrance,” Streep said. “So, while we’re connected to the food hall by a second entrance, we also have a street-level storefront.”
The new Queens location will also offer dozens of hot and cold sandwiches served on seven different types of freshly made bread, like many of the other Alidoro stores in the city. However, Streep said the new location will also carry a brunch and breakfast menu in addition to “happy hour bites”, setting it apart from other locations.
“We haven’t finalized the brunch and breakfast menus yet, but think of brunch and breakfast with an Italian twist,” Streep said.” “It might be an Alidoro version of avocado toast, or grain bowls, or salad rainbows.”
He said he is also in talks with a number of local eateries about collaborating for the new location’s brunch offerings.
Streep became CEO of the popular sandwich shop in 2013 and has overseen its expansion from a single location in SoHo to a chain of stores scattered…
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