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Menna's Joint plans to open in the former Toppers Pizza space at 607 E. William St. in Ann Arbor.

(Melanie Maxwell | The Ann Arbor News)

Menna's Joint's popular "Dubs" are coming to downtown Ann Arbor.

The Michigan-based burrito restaurant chain, which specializes in grilled wrap sandwiches, or Dubs, plans to open at 607 E. William St. in the former Toppers Pizza space.

“We’ve actually been working with them for about five years trying to put them in Ann Arbor,” said Jim Chaconas of Colliers International, the real estate firm that represented the landlord of the East William Street building in the deal.

“If you go to Western Michigan University, or other college campuses, (Menna’s) is the place to go,” he added.

Founded in 2003 near Michigan State University's campus in East Lansing, Menna's also operates restaurants in Kalamazoo, Mount Pleasant and Allendale. Menna's is completing a build-out for a restaurant in downtown Grand Rapids. The Ann Arbor restaurant will be Menna's seventh location in the state.

The Menna’s website describes the chain as “fun, classic food joints steeped in youthful irreverence that are run by students and the young at heart, presenting a groovy, cool new spin on fast casual food.”

Menna’s Dubs are stuffed with meat, vegetables, cheese, potatoes and sauce, and most Dubs cost $6.50. The menu also includes French toast sticks, salads, cookies and fries, which are described as deep-fried, redskin potato cubes.

The corporately owned Ann Arbor restaurant will offer dine-in, take-out and delivery services, according to a Colliers International news release.

Chaconas said Menna’s Joint will open on East William Street in a couple months, after renovations to the 1,500-square-foot space are completed.

Toppers Pizza closed in the building on Sept. 24, eight months after it opened its doors. Gus Boutsikakis owns the 6,500-square-foot building, which is also occupied by a Firehouse Subs store.

Chris Cheek, Toppers Pizza’s chief development officer, said the Ann Arbor Toppers Pizza franchise store wasn’t financially viable. He said Toppers Pizza is "very positive" about the Ann Arbor area, but the company will not reopen a store on East William Street.

“It’s too bad about Toppers because it does well everywhere,” Chaconas said.

“There’s not much (Menna’s Joint) has to do to the space, because they already have a lot of stuff done in there,” he added.

Lizzy Alfs is a business reporter for The Ann Arbor News. Reach her at 734-623-2584, email her lizzyalfs@mlive.com or follow her on Twitter.