The young entrepreneur started on the project about a year ago, working on finding the best location, leasing, drawings and financials. A business studies student, Nellis says she received support from family and friends. “They were 100 per cent with me.”
Where does Nellis see herself in the next five years? She appears focused and aims to become the owner of “several” franchises. “I want to continue and grow my team. I’d like to have four to five Firehouse Subs franchises but I wouldn’t mind doing different ones. The doors are not closed.” She boasts of a staff of 25.
The new Bowmanville Firehouse Subs restaurant is open from 11 am to 9 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 10 pm on Fridays and Saturdays. Guests can order takeout service at the counter , over the phone or online, as well as through third-party delivery apps.
Founded by former firefighting brothers, the new restaurant décor reflects the founding family’s decades of fire and police service through photos and equipment donated by local fire departments. It boasts a custom, hand-painted mural by Chief Mural Artist Joe Puskas that features Clarington Firefighters picking apples in an orchard. Since the opening of the first Firehouse Subs in 1994, Puskas and his team have painted more than 1,200 murals from his studio at Firehouse Subs Headquarters in Jacksonville, Fla.
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