Submarina is an American chain of

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s. Founded in 1977, the chain specializes in sub sandwiches.

History

Submarina was founded by Ron Vickers and Les Warfield of

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. They opened their first shop in

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(a suburb of San Diego) and later opened the first official franchise shop in 1988. Today there are 20 franchised Submarina locations with the headquarters in

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Restaurants established in 1977 Submarine sandwich restaurants Fast-food franchises Fast casual restaurants Fast-food chains of the United States Restaurants in California Companies based in San Diego Privately held companies based in California Restaurant chains in the United States 1977 establishments in California {{US-restaurant-stub