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New DiBella's Homemade Submarine Shop on Bridge Street in DeWitt.

(Photo by Elizabeth Doran)

DEWITT, NY - DiBella's Old Fashioned Submarines is set to open its first CNY location Nov. 9.

The 3,600-square-foot sub shop is in a newly constructed building at 5805 Bridge St. in the town of DeWitt. It will open at 10 a.m. Nov. 9. The building is located across the street from the Home Depot and next to the Community Bank.

The Rochester-based sub shop got its start as a small family-run bakery back in 1918, and grew into a shop specializing in subs - and salads.

The sub chain now has 44 stores in six states.

DiBellas, which has been in Rochester and Buffalo for a number of years, has wanted to come to the Syracuse area for some time, said A.J. Shear, the chain's marketing director.

"There's a lot of demand here, and now we've found the right site," he said.

DiBellas was slated to share the building with another tenant- Tom and Chee, a grilled cheese specialty restaurant. But a dispute with the developer, Michael Dougherty of the Mayflower Cos., means there may be room for another tenant alongside the sub shop.



