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title: "Orlando Business Journal: Marijuana-themed sandwich joint to roll out 1st Orlando location"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/0b0d5827-e308-498b-afab-461663ff18c2
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/orlando-business-journal-marijuana-themed-sandwich-joint-to-roll-out-1st-orlando-location-2712419
category: "Sandwich & sub"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Sandwich & sub"
published: 2020-02-29T06:01:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:28:10.734Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/c25e792916abd085fd3a717558b688024787.jpg
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# Orlando Business Journal: Marijuana-themed sandwich joint to roll out 1st Orlando location

**TL;DR:** Cheba Hut is opening its first Orlando location near the University of Central Florida, with franchise owner Tim Brashear planning two more locations in the area. The Colorado-based brand signed 14 new deals in 2019 for a total of 42 shops.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2020-02-29. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/orlando-business-journal-marijuana-themed-sandwich-joint-to-roll-out-1st-orlando-location-2712419).*

## Story

**According to the Orlando Business Journal****, Tim Brashear of Brashear Enterprises LLC, is set to open Orlando’s first** **Cheba Hut** **this July near the University of Central Florida. This will be the first of three planned openings for Breashar in the area, which are all reported to be 60-seat 2,200 square foot restaurants predicted to employ about 30 people each.**

**"We are considering another location in the UCF area, as well as potentially Oviedo, Lake Nona, Hunter's Creek and south downtown Orlando (SoDo),” Brashear told the Orlando Business Journal.**

**Cheba Hut** **signed 14 new deals in 2019 for a total of 42 shops. This is the Colorado-based brand’s second Florida location, the other of which is in St. Augustine.**

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- location growth (topic)
- franchise deal (topic)
- Orlando (location)
- Cheba Hut (company)
- University of Central Florida (location)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/orlando-business-journal-marijuana-themed-sandwich-joint-to-roll-out-1st-orlando-location-2712419). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/0b0d5827-e308-498b-afab-461663ff18c2).