With City Hall in the midst of ongoing discussions about how chain restaurants fit into the ongoing overhaul of the city’s zoning ordinances, the so-far conceptual debate is about to get its first real test, and it’s coming from one of the biggest chain restaurants in the world.
A local franchisee of the Subway sandwich chain has signed a lease for 29 Miller Ave., the space occupied by Baskin-Robbins for more than 40 years until it closed in July. Lynn Spaulding, whose family has owned the small Miller Ave. shopping center since 1968, confirmed that the space has been rented but declined to name the tenant.
Akki Patel, who has opened a number of Subway franchises in the North Bay and the Bay Area, filed an application at City Hall earlier this month for a conditional use permit (CUP) for 29 Miller.