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The exterior of a Potbelly Sandwich Works shop.The exterior of a Potbelly Sandwich Works shop.
The first Potbelly Sandwich Works shop in Northeast Florida is set to open May 5 in the Deerwood Village shopping center across from Florida State College at Jacksonville. | Jacksonville Daily Record

Potbelly sandwich shop coming to Jacksonville in May

By Dan Macdonald - Jacksonville Daily Record
Published on April 22, 2026 at 2:48 pm
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Jacksonville’s first Potbelly Sandwich Works is set to open May 5 in the Deerwood Village shopping center across from Florida State College at Jacksonville.

It is the sandwich chain’s first Northeast Florida location.

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Peter Hastings founded Potbelly in 1977 in Chicago, selling sandwiches out of his antique store. The restaurant is named after a 19th-century potbelly stove that was in his store.

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