Pete's Super Submarines (First Subway)

The story

A 17-year-old's summer job became the world's largest restaurant chain by number of locations.

Everything that was here

• 1965–1975

  Pete's Super Submarines (First Subway)Restaurant

  A 17-year-old's summer job became the world's largest restaurant chain by number of locations.

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• 1965–1968

  Pete's Super Submarines / SubwayRestaurant

  A 17-year-old trying to pay for college teamed with a nuclear physicist to create the world's largest restaurant chain.

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• 1965–1968

  Subway (Pete's Super Submarines) Original RestaurantRestaurant

  A 17-year-old's $1,000 loan from a family friend became the world's largest restaurant chain by locations.

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• 1965–1966

  Pete's Super Submarines (Original Subway)Restaurant

  A 17-year-old seeking college tuition money and a nuclear physicist's $1,000 loan created the world's largest restaurant chain.

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