Paper Bag Sandwich Co., a lunch-only sandwich counter from Chewk's Cookies founder Hunter Breshears, is set to open June 5 inside The Frederick in midtown Phoenix. The compact counter will bake Tuscan-style schiacciata fresh each day and keep things tight with six signature sandwiches, all tucked into brown paper bags with customers' names handwritten on the front. Breshears says the whole idea is to pull people away from their desks and back into a real midday break.
As reported by Phoenix New Times, Breshears pegs startup costs at roughly $20,000 and plans initial hours of 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The menu leans Italian-inspired but keeps familiar staples in the mix, with options like turkey, ham and a vegetarian caprese. The owners say they will not serve alcohol. Families will find an "Uncrustable-style" kids sandwich on offer, along with drinks ranging from prebiotic sodas to fresh-shaken lemonade.
From dorm-room cookies to a lunch counter
Breshears launched Chewk's Cookies from a college dorm room, eventually growing the brand into a trailer and then a storefront, according to Chewk's Cookies. Paper Bag Sandwich Co. is framed as the next, tightly focused step in that path: pick one core thing, do it very well and turn it into a neighborhood habit.
Where it will sit
The counter is slated to open inside The Frederick, a small midtown retail cluster at 1215 E. Missouri Ave. Per Apple Maps, that address matches the shop's listed location and includes outdoor seating the owners expect to lean on when the weather cooperates.
Why the midday pitch matters
Breshears says Paper Bag Sandwich Co. is not out to reinvent lunch so much as revive it, giving neighbors a place to slow down and share a few unhurried minutes in the middle of the day. With a short, focused menu, house-baked bread and those old-school handwritten bags, the founders are betting the shop becomes a small but steady ritual for nearby offices and residents.
Paper Bag Sandwich Co. is targeting a June 5 opening and will operate from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to start, with an eye toward adding breakfast if there is enough demand. Hoodline will check back in on opening day and report any menu updates.
