Philly sandwich shop opens in NoDa with a linestretching around the block
Ricci’s Hoagies’ first shop outside Philadelphia opened Wednesday in Charlotte, with a crowd so big that the lunchtime line stretched around the block.
A DJ entertained the masses outside Centro NoDa, the mixed-use apartment development where the sandwich shop has joined recently-opened Morelia Paletas and smoothie shop Pure Green.
Sure, some may have come to try to snag Ricci’s opening day celebration offer of hoagies starting at 60 cents for the first 50 customers. But with plenty of transplants in the Charlotte area, it’s likely that many braved the long line to snag a taste of home.
Caption: A DJ entertains Ricci’s Hoagies’ opening day customers at Centro NoDa. Melissa Oyler | CharlotteFive
“You see a lot of people from the Northeast. Yesterday, we were in here training. My dad actually ran into a friend he hasn’t seen in 25 years from across the street,” Ricci’s owner Michael Pagliarella told CharlotteFive during a visit where we tasted the first sandwiches made in Charlotte.
Caption: An opening-day line of customers stretches around the block outside Ricci’s Hoagies at Centro NoDa. Melissa Oyler | CharlotteFive
Ricci’s serves up made-to-order hoagies on Philadelphia-based Liscio’s rolls, flown in fresh, and pairs them with Pennsylvania-based Herr’s chips — making for a traditional experience as close as Charlotteans can get to the real thing without hours in the car or hopping on a plane.
Ricci’s Hoagies
Location: 719 E 36th St, Charlotte, NC 28205
Menu
Cuisine: hoagie sandwiches
Hours:
Sunday–Thursday, 8 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Friday–Saturday, 10 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Instagram: @riccishoagiesclt
Caption: An Old Fashioned Italian hoagie at Ricci’s Hoagies, which has opened its first North Carolina location in NoDa. Its original location opened in Philadelphia in 1920. Heidi Finley | CharlotteFive
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