After more than four decades in business, Franklin Square Deli has changed ownership for the first time. The new owner of the downtown Kent-based restaurant known for its sandwiches, soups and gyros will keep the restaurant’s popular menu items, but plans to make slight changes to the decor.
Franklin Square Deli’s former owner Carl Picelle, who established the restaurant in 1983, has retired and sold the restaurant to friend and former employee Jamie Reamer of Sugar Bush Knolls on Jan. 1.
The Franklin Square Deli. Jeremy Brown/The Portager
The eatery has earned a reputation in the Kent area for producing tasty, well-thought-out menu items at an affordable price, such as its State Fair Fried Bologna ciabatta sandwich or its Motor City bagel sandwich, but it’s Picelle’s undivided attention to the little details that he believes keeps customers coming back…