Restaurants & Bars

Open A Few Months, With Ribbon Cutting, It's Official: Jimmy Johns A Main Street Fixture

At the 320 Main St. sandwich shop, the franchisee notes, "We bake bread all day, every day because stale bread isn't bread, it's…croutons."

As noted on Facebook last week, Will Roth is the Jimmy John's franchisee of the popular chain sandwich shop at 320 Main St. in East Haven.
As noted on Facebook last week, Will Roth is the Jimmy John's franchisee of the popular chain sandwich shop at 320 Main St. in East Haven. (Town of East Haven/East Haven Chamber of Commerce)

EAST HAVEN, CT — As noted on Facebook last week, Will Roth is the Jimmy John's franchisee of the popular chain sandwich shop at 320 Main St. in East Haven.

Roth announced the shop's Oct. 23 "grand opening" on Facebook but added that while the eatery has been open for business for months, the ribbon-cutting last week with the East Haven Chamber of Commerce and town and state officials was the "official re-introduction to the community now that we have our staff and operations running smoothly."

On the East Haven location's Jimmy John's webpage, it's noted that. "At Jimmy John's in East Haven, we don't just make sandwiches."

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"We make the sandwich of sandwiches. We use fresh vegetables because we don't hate salads, we just feel bad for them. We hand-slice our provolone cheese and meats every day, because packaged pre-sliced meats doesn't have the same ring to it," it reads. "And we bake bread all day, every day because stale bread isn't bread, it's…croutons."

Jimmy John's is located at 320 Main St., Unit 2, East Haven. For more information, call the store at (475) 241-3989.

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Its hours are:

Monday 10:30am - 9:00pm
Tuesday 10:30am - 9:00pm
Wednesday 10:30am - 9:00pm
Thursday 10:30am - 9:00pm
Friday 10:30am - 9:00pm
Saturday 10:30am - 9:00pm
Sunday 10:30am - 9:00pm

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