private industry restaurant founded 1988 headquarters fort lauderdale florida number of employees 600 website http miamisubs.com miami subs grill is a privately held restaurant chain based in the u. s. state of florida . the chain has approximately 40 locations the majority of which are in florida plus a location each in hawaii indiana and south carolina . 1 the company s menu consists of such items as wings submarine sandwiches and pizza along with items from arthur treacher s and nathan s famous hot dogs all of which operate co branding agreements with miami subs and which were corporate siblings of miami subs from 1999 2007 . contents 1 history 1.1 founding 1.2 expansion 1.3 co branding agreement 1.4 purchase and sale 2 references 3 external links history edit founding edit the founder of the company gus boulis helped build the mr. submarine now known as mr. sub restaurant chain in canada from a single location to over 200 locations after which he retired to florida . in 1980 he opened another restaurant in key west called mr. submarine which later expanded into miami subs grill offering a greater variety of food all cooked to order . expansion edit miami subs grill built this concept and expanded rapidly in the 90 s 2 starting in florida and spreading quickly nationwide with new restaurant locations as well as stores in less typical locations such as schools highway rest areas particularly along florida s turnpike and airports . 3 the restaurants featured a distinctive exterior design with south beach inspired pastels trimmed with pink and blue neon lights and interiors decorated in a tropical motif . co branding agreement edit a 1998 agreement added arthur treacher s fish and chips to the miami subs grill concept . 4 a planned merger between the two companies failed however when arthur treacher s stock value dropped precipitously . 5 purchase and sale edit in 1999 nathan s famous purchased the chain for 14.4 million bringing the miami subs grill and arthur treacher s brands under a common corporate umbrella . the chain had approximately 175 outlets at acquisition . however the chain struggled due in part to instability in the management ranks and in 2007 nathan s famous announced the sale of miami subs to a private investment group miami subs capital partner 1 inc for 3.3 million . 6 at the time of the sale the chain operated in 59 locations but several new locations have opened including one in turkey where 40 restaurants are planned . 7 another location is under construction in romania where 20 restaurants are planned . 7 on july 24 2012 miami subs announced that an equity stake in the chain was purchased by armando cristian p rez known by his stage name pitbull . 8 in february 2013 miami subs announced an agreement to develop new stores in the middle east gcc countries saudi arabia kuwait united arab emirates oman qatar and bahrain . 9 starting in 2004 the company decided to change their branding strategy by gradually changing to a new branding concept called miami grill . 10 the current strategy is to open all new locations as miami grill with a new modern building and dining room design . eventually all existing miami subs locations will be remodeled to the miami grill concept . miami grill has an updated menu featuring all the classic miami subs items plus the addition of grilled fish mahi mahi grilled shrimp and freshly made wraps . currently there are miami grill locations open in miami south beach west palm beach pembroke pines hawaii ft. wayne in and spartanburg sc . on january 18 2015 the first miami grill in malaysia opened in the sunway pyramid mall . references edit miami subs corporation company profile . hoover s. retrieved september 3 2009 . dead link prewitt milford february 10 1992 . miami subs explodes into growth mode . nation s restaurant news . retrieved september 3 2009 via findarticles . dead link miami subs expands non traditional development . business wire press release . february 26 1007 . retrieved september 3 2009 via the free library . arthur treacher s inc. makes announcement press release . february 17 1999 . retrieved september 3 2009 via findarticles . dead link allen robin lee august 17 1998 . miami subs elevates perlyn to chain s top post . nation s restaurant news . retrieved september 3 2009 via findarticles . dead link nathan s sells miami subs for 3.3 m . nation s restaurant news . june 8 2007 . retrieved september 3 2008 . dead link a b former papa john s president joins miami subs . business first louisville . june 10 2009 . retrieved september 3 2009 . walker elaine july 24 2012 . pitbull takes ownership in the new miami subs grill . miami herald . from miami to the middle east the new miami subs grill makes the jump across the pond to set up shop in six gulf coast countries pdf press release . the new miami subs grill . february 14 2013 . valverde miriam august 24 2014 . miami subs launching new brand miami grill with big expansion plans . fort 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