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title: "VCU's New Dorm Welcomes Sandwich Shop"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/d6a94fe5-9955-4668-b4d7-318198588778
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/richmond-biz-sense-sandwich-shop-moving-into-new-vcu-dorm-1830
category: "Sandwich & sub"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Sandwich & sub"
published: 2015-06-15T19:14:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T22:34:29.653Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/8d777f385d3dfec8815d20f7496026dc528.png
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# VCU's New Dorm Welcomes Sandwich Shop

**TL;DR:** Jigar and Reema Patel have opened a Which Wich sandwich shop at Virginia Commonwealth University, their first location in the Greater Richmond area. The pair plans to open more locations in the area, with a goal of at least four more in the next few years.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2015-06-15. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/richmond-biz-sense-sandwich-shop-moving-into-new-vcu-dorm-1830).*

## Story

What better place to offer customizable, yummy sandwiches than on college campuses? Probably none. That’s what Jigar and Reema Patel think, anyways.

So, they decided to open up a Which Wich location at Virginia Commonwealth University. In his interview with Richmond Biz. Sense, Jigar explained his reasonings for choosing VCU as his and his wife’s location.

“I graduated at VCU, and I worked for VCU right after I graduated before moving to the corporate world,” Jigar said in an email. “That is why VCU has been close and dear to us and we have been trying to find a location there for five years now.”In addition to VCU, the pair plans to one day open more locations in the Greater Richmond area.

“The goal is to have one open in all the strategic locations of Richmond,” Jigar told Richmond Biz Sense. “Hopefully at least four more in the next few years.”Which Wich currently has 7 locations in Virginia.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- franchise location (topic)
- Which Wich (company)
- college campus location (topic)
- Virginia Commonwealth University (location)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/richmond-biz-sense-sandwich-shop-moving-into-new-vcu-dorm-1830). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/d6a94fe5-9955-4668-b4d7-318198588778).