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Sandwell

Dining · 3+ locations · Upper West Side, Gramercy Park, SoHo

Sandwell looks like a scrappy NYC sandwich shop, but its investors are actually two longtime restaurant-industry mentors who stay hands-off. Founder Andy Gottlieb still runs the counter himself, while also working full-time as another restaurant group's CFO.

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The Big Picture

Solid Record

Sandwell is a small, founder-run NYC sandwich chain — three storefronts, no institutional investors, and no PE or VC money, just two hands-off mentor-investors from founder Andy Gottlieb's restaurant circle. As a young, three-location business, it has little public labor or environmental track record to date, but nothing in that record raises a concern.

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Local ownership
8/10
Founder involvement
8/10
Worker pay & benefits
6/10
Environmental impact
6/10
Sourcing & labor
6/10

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Company data last updated August 2026

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