You can still catch the subway at 1 World Trade Center, just can't eat at one.
The ever-rising sandwich shanty providing lunch to the scores of contractors and steel workers during construction at Ground Zero has been growing since 2010 but can no longer stay in business, Crain's reports.
Logistically impractical anymore as the building narrows as they go higher, the Subway was originally installed because it wasn't practical for the workers, who only get 30 minutes for lunch, but could take up to 90 minutes including time getting to the sandwich shop.
According to Crain's, the makeshift restaurant had to sell 200 meals a day just to break even, but only ever made about 90. The franchise operator and DCM Vice president for operations, Bill Grutta, agreed to "eat any losses it incurred," which has amounted to $180,000 added onto the $500,000 cost of construction.
Subway might say "Eat Fresh," but Grutta points out how these guys like something off the grill with all the grease and flavor that goes with it.
Grutta says that the company is considering propping up another restaurant once they reach 105 stories
For more on the story check out Crain's New York
