Ellington Location Part Of 'Aggressive' Jersey Mike's Expansion Program

ELLINGTON, CT — Ellington is on the map as the "aggressive" expansion of the Jerseys Mike's sandwich chain features four more shops in Connecticut.

The four are listed as "in development" on the chain's website.

The new ones are:

• In Ellington at 135 West Road (next to a new Starbucks)
• In Naugatuck at 112 Bridge St. (next to a Chipotle)
• In Litchfield at 55 Village Green Drive (next to a Stop & Shop supermarket)
• In Lisbon at 143 River Road (in the plaza with a Starbucks and a Verizon store)

The new foursome will add to the 47 Jersey Mike's locations already operating in Connecticut. It's been a busy year or so in Connecticut with locations having opened in Vernon, Berlin, West Hartford, Avon and Clinton.

"If you just hear Jersey Mike's growth agenda, it sounds aggressive," CEO Peter Cancro said last year.

But it has been consistent. In 2024, the sandwich chain opened about 350 locations and this year the same predicted number was on track with 297 "new" locations nationwide, according to a news release.

Right now, Jersey Mike's has 3,189 locations in the U.S. Here is the list.

Said Jersey Mike's officials, "Then, come 2026, the real breakout (begins) — 400, 450 openings before settling into a cadence of 13 to 15 percent annual unit growth after that. We'd be talking 10 to 15 openings per week for a brand (then called Mike’s Subs) Peter Cancro acquired in 1975 at 17 years old — famously too young to legally slice a sub — with a $125,000 loan backed by his football coach. Or, viewed from above, 5,000-plus domestic locations within five years on the road to 10,000 stores."