Isaac's Restaurant & Deli

Isaac's Restaurants
Private
Industry Restaurants
Founded 1983
Founder Phil Wenger
Isaac Williams
Headquarters Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Key people
 Mike Weaver, President
Number of employees
 550 employees (2014 est.)[1]
Website isaacsdeli.com

Isaac's is a chain of casual restaurants based in Pennsylvania known for its signature line of sandwiches, salads, and wraps named after birds.[1][2]

Headquartered in the city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the restaurant chain has locations throughout the surrounding region, including Lancaster County, Chester County, Berks County, Dauphin County, York County.[2]

The company, which employed 550 people as of 2014, reported approximately $20 million in annual sales that same year.[1]

History

Isaac's was founded by two college friends, Phil Wenger and Isaac Williams, who met as students at Eastern Mennonite University in Virginia.[2] The first Isaac's restaurant opened 44 N. Queen Street in downtown Lancaster in 1983.[1] As a tribute to Wenger's father, Chester Wenger, an avid bird watcher and amateur ornithologist, they incorporated a pink flamingo in their logo and named all of the sandwiches after birds.[2] Vegetarian sandwiches are named after flowers.

In March of 2017, the company opened their 19th location (an express model), called "Isaac's on the fly" in downtown York, Pennsylvania.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "A new chapter for Isaac's chief Wenger". LNP (newspaper). 2014-03-17. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Knowles, Laura (2012-03-29). "Flights of fancy fill menu at Isaac's". LNP (newspaper). Retrieved 2017-07-18.
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