Firehouse Subs

Specialties

Firehouse Subs serves sub sandwiches for lunch and dinner with oversized portions of premium hand-​sliced meats and cheeses, steamed to make the flavors burst, then piled high with fresh produce atop a toasted sub roll. The restaurants reflect the authentic firefighter heritage of the founding family’s 200 years of firefighting service.

Some of our Specialty Subs:

Hook & Ladder® — Smoked turkey breast, Virginia honey ham, and melted Monterey Jack cheese, served Fully Involved.

Firehouse Meatball® — Italian meatballs, melted provolone, zesty marinara, and Italian seasonings.

New York Steamer® — Corned beef brisket, pastrami, melted provolone, mustard, mayo, and Italian dressing.

Italian™ — Genoa salami, pepperoni, ham, melted provolone, Italian dressing and seasonings, served Fully Involved.

Smokehouse Beef & Cheddar Brisket™ — USDA choice beef brisket smoked for 16 hours, melted cheddar, and special sauces.

History

Established in 1994.

Growing up in a family that is both entrepreneurial and built on more than 200 years of firefighting heritage, it seems we were destined to start Firehouse Subs. Of course we tried other things along the way to our American dream, but everything we experienced on our path led us to Firehouse Subs.

Nearly 20 years after opening the first restaurant, with nearly 600 Firehouse Subs restaurants, we’re convinced we’re doing a few things right. Turns out, people absolutely love the same things we do — the best meats, cheeses, and toppings we can find.

People come back again and again to Firehouse Subs because, unlike other sub places, we steam our premium hand-​sliced meats and cheeses, releasing a rush of flavors, then stuff a serving that’s way over code on one of our toasted private recipe sub rolls. It’s a winning combination that satisfies ravenous appetites and the value conscious alike.

As they say in the fire station, let’s eat!

— Chris Sorensen & Robin Sorensen, Co-​Founders

Meet the Business Owner

Wells A.

Business Owner

Wells Aitken is the owner of Firehouse Subs in Woburn. Woburn is the first of 5 locations to be developed over the next 5 years. He discovered Firehouse Subs while working on an out of town project in Jacksonville, FL in 1998. Having eaten at the restaurant 2 – 3 times per week he was convinced it was a restaurant that would thrive in New England. Waiting patiently for the restaurant to franchise then expand into New England Aitken signed a development agreement in 2011. Aitken, an entrepreneur at heart, is also a minority owner of another Woburn based business — Stop It Goaltending (located at 11 Cabot Road) — and the managing partner of Weather II Properties LLC.