traded as nasdaq pbpb industry fast casual founded 1977 founder peter hastings headquarters river center 111 . n.canal street chicago illinois number of locations 413 key people aylwin lewis chairman & ceo bryant keil founding chairman products sandwiches salads soups ice cream revenue 372.8 million 2015 1 operating income 9.429 million 2015 1 net income 5.628 million 2015 1 number of employees 7 000 2 website potbelly.com the first potbelly restaurant in lincoln park chicago . a view inside the first potbelly restaurant seating area a location in eden prairie minnesota potbelly corporation is a publicly traded restaurant chain that sells submarine sandwiches in the united states . the company is headquartered at the river center at 111 n. canal street in chicago illinois . 3 contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit potbelly sandwich shop is a sandwich and edibles shop that was founded in 1977 by peter hastings . the original store is located at 2264 north lincoln avenue in chicago in a retail space that was previously an antique store called hindsight also owned by hastings . many of the items that decorated the restaurant were taken from the former antique store . 4 in 1996 bryant keil purchased the original store . keil quickly expanded the store . the second store was opened in 1997 and he expanded potbelly to over 300 stores in several states and the district of columbia . 5 6 investors include maveron and american securities . 7 potbelly s menu features a variety of sandwiches that are all served hot on regular or multigrain wheat bread . all sandwiches can be ordered thin cut style in which one third of the bread is cut out . potbelly began offering salads in february 2007 . the menu also includes soup shakes malts smoothies and cookies . most restaurants feature live music from local musicians during the lunch hours . on november 5 2007 a new potbelly store in glen ellyn illinois became the first to feature a drive through . a second drive through store was added shortly thereafter in waukegan illinois . in 2011 potbelly opened two franchise stores in dubai in the united arab emirates ; these are the first international potbelly locations . additionally potbelly has the most corporate owned sandwich stores in the us . in august 2013 potbelly filed an ipo with us regulators to raise up to 75 million . 8 shares in the company began trading on the nasdaq stock market on october 4 2013 . potbelly opened its first european store at westfield stratford city london in july 2015 . 9 see also edit list of submarine sandwich restaurants references edit a b c https finance.yahoo.com quote pbpb financials p pbpb https finance.yahoo.com quote pbpb profile p pbpb frequently asked questions . potbelly sandwich shop . retrieved on february 24 2010 . our story . potbelly sandwich shop . retrieved 20 february 2014 . blessing anna h. september 13 2004 . bob schwartz potbelly s district manager is on the fast track works with the people to employ corporate standards . nation s restaurant news . retrieved june 29 2011 . timeline . potbelly sandwich shop . retrieved 20 february 2014 . potbelly warms up an ipo reuters avik das 29 august 2013 . sandwich maker potbelly files for ipo of up to 75 million . reuters . murphy bates sebastian 2015 05 23 . stratford to welcome first potbelly in europe . newham recorder . retrieved 2015 07 28 . external links edit chicago portal companies portal food portal official website v t e fast food and fast casual restaurant chains in the united states chicken chains coffeehouse chains pizza chains hamburgers a & w back yard big boy burger king carl s jr. checkers rally s cook out fatburger five guys freddy s fuddruckers the habit hardee s in n out jack in the box johnny rockets krystal mcdonald s roy rogers shake shack smashburger sonic steak n shake wayback wendy s whataburger white castle asian l & l hawaiian barbecue manchu wok panda express pei wei asian diner pick up stix sarku baked goods au bon pain auntie anne s bruegger s cinnabon corner bakery cafe dunkin donuts einstein bros. great american cookies honey dew donuts krispy kreme mrs. fields nestl toll house panera bread pretzelmaker pretzel time shipley do nuts tim hortons t.j. cinnamons wetzel s winchell s beverages argo tea biggby coffee caribou coffee bean & tea leaf coffee beanery dunn bros gloria jean s jamba juice juice it up orange julius peet s planet smoothie robeks seattle s best coffee smoothie king starbucks teavana tropical smoothie cafe tully s frozen desserts baskin robbins ben & jerry s braum s bruster s carvel cold stone culver s dairy queen dippin dots fosters freeze friendly s golden spoon graeter s h agen dazs handel s kiwi yogurt maggiemoo s marble slab menchie s pinkberry red mango rita s sweet frog tastee freez tcby tropical sno tutti frutti yogen fr z yogurtland hot dogs hot dog on a stick nathan s famous portillo s wienerschnitzel mexican style tex mex baja fresh cafe rio chipotle del taco el pollo loco freebirds green red burrito moe s pancheros qdoba rubio s taco bell taco bueno taco cabana taco del mar taco john s taco mayo taco time wahoo s fish taco noodles fazoli s noodles & company sandwiches arby s atlanta bread blimpie capriotti s charley s cos cousins d angelo daphne s erbert & gerbert s firehouse subs great wraps jason s jerry s subs jersey mike s jimmy john s lenny s sub mcalister s deli miami subs mr. hero newk s eatery penn station port of subs pdq potbelly quiznos rax runza sandella s schlotzsky s steak escape subway togo s tubby s tudor s biscuit world which wich seafood arthur treacher s captain d s h. salt esquire ivar s long john silver s skippers seafood & chowder house defunct bresler s ice cream brigham s burger chef carrols d lites druther s henry s hamburgers hot n now hot sam pretzels naugles red barn sandy s zantigo retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title potbelly sandwich works & oldid 743337033 categories companies based in chicagorestaurants in chicagoregional restaurant chains in the united statesfast food chains of the united statessubmarine sandwich restaurantsfast casual restaurantsrestaurants established in 19771977 establishments in illinoisrestaurant chains in the united states navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 05 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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