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Carl Picelle and Jamie Reamer. Jeremy Brown/The Portager

New owner for Franklin Square Deli plans to keep quality high

- Jeremy Brown

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.

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