Victualers’ Licenses OK’d for Wicked Good Frozen Yogurt and Subway

By Kim Siebert MacPhail

At their May 20 meeting, the Selectmen approved Common Victualers’ licenses for two new Bedford restaurants: Wicked Good Frozen Yogurt, located in the Blake Block at 80 The Great Road, and a Subway franchise in the Bedford Marketplace Plaza at 170 The Great Road.

Wicked Good Frozen Yogurt

Wicked Good will serve coffee and ten different flavors of frozen yogurt with a “twist in the middle” plus a variety of optional toppings. There is seating for 16 inside the restaurant. Business hours are posted on Wicked Good Yogurt’s Facebook page as 11:30 am to 9:00 pm.    https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wicked-Good-Frozen-Yogurt/159009204247866?fref=ts

Attorney Pam Brown, who represented owners and Bedford residents Maria and John Cronin through the permitting process, said that the Cronins “had a vision and saw a need” for this type of food establishment in town. Brown added that she believes the addition of the frozen yogurt shop helps to provide “a good mix” of business establishments in the town center’s newly renovated Blake Block.

Subway

The Bedford Subway is expected to open this Friday, May 24 with daily hours listed in the common victualer’s application as 7:00 am to 9:00 pm, 7 days a week. There is seating for 18 in the restaurant but most of the business is anticipated to be carry out. The establishment is owned and operated by two Billerica residents, Harshil Parikh and Niral Gandhi who, according to Attorney Pam Brown, underwent extensive corporate training in order to obtain their franchise license.

Selectman Margot Fleischman said that, on Monday night, the Selectmen voiced concern about parking availability in the Bedford Marketplace Plaza, specifically in the area near the Subway restaurant that is also frequented by bank, post office and Café Luigi patrons and soon to be joined, additionally, by b.good customers. Specifically, Parikh and Gandhi were cautioned to monitor the fire lane adjacent to the restaurant where patrons might be tempted to park “just for a second” to run in for a quick, to-go sandwich.