Ricci’s Hoagies’ first shop outside Philadelphia opened Wednesday in Charlotte, with a crowd so big that the lunchtime line stretched around the block.
A DJ entertained the masses outside Centro NoDa, the mixed-use apartment development where the sandwich shop has joined recently-opened Morelia Paletas and smoothie shop Pure Green.
I tried the first Ricci’s hoagie in Charlotte. Here’s what you can expect.
Sure, some may have come to try to snag Ricci’s opening day celebration offer of hoagies starting at 60 cents for the first 50 customers. But with plenty of transplants in the Charlotte area, it’s likely that many braved the long line to snag a taste of home…